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Austintown trustees declare multiple properties public nuisances, order owners to abate
Summary
The Austintown Township Board of Trustees on Aug. 4 approved a nuisance-abatement resolution under Ohio law that names multiple residential and commercial properties for high grass, debris, graffiti and other violations and authorizes the township to abate and lien costs if owners do not comply.
The Austintown Township Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Aug. 4 to declare a long list of properties public nuisances and ordered owners to abate conditions including high grass, junk and debris, graffiti and damaged signage.
Trustee Bruce Shepas moved to adopt Resolution #25-08-04-03, which lists more than two dozen parcels across the township and cites authority under Ohio Revised Code 505.87; Trustee Monica Deavers seconded the motion and the board approved it on a unanimous roll call.
The resolution names properties on streets including Allendale Avenue, Argonne Drive, Darbyshire Drive, Collins Street, South Four Mile Run Road, Idlewood Road, Evelyn Road, Inglewood Avenue, Lake Road, London Drive, Marcia Drive, Mahoning Avenue, Ohltown Road, Sandalwood Court, Penny Lane, Roanoke Avenue and Westminster Avenue. The identified violations range from high grass and weeds to junk and debris stored in exposed areas; one commercial property was cited for graffiti and a damaged dumpster enclosure. The board ordered owners to abate violations within seven days, or four days for repeat violations within 12 months, and authorized the township to perform abatement and place expenses (minimum $500) as liens on the properties.
The motion follows the zoning department’s recommendation and mirrors language in the township resolution that directs abatement under the cited state statute. Trustees emphasized that the timeline for compliance is short and that liens will be placed if owners do not correct the conditions.
Trustees said the measure is an effort to address visible conditions that township staff and residents have complained about; no changes to the ordinance itself were proposed at the meeting. The resolution was presented and passed during the regular board meeting at Town Hall.
The board also separately declared an inoperable 3+-year-old white Pontiac G6 parked at 119 North Yorkshire Boulevard a public nuisance under Ohio Revised Code 505.871 and ordered its removal within 14 days (Resolution #25-08-04-04). That motion was moved by Trustee Robert Santos, seconded by Trustee Monica Deavers, and approved unanimously.
What happens next: property owners named in the nuisance resolution will receive written notice and the township has the authority to abate and assess the costs as a lien on the property if owners do not comply within the prescribed period.
