Excerpt from www.Columbiana-Health.org: The Columbiana County Health Department is anxious to assist in the prevention and eradication of nuisances that may be harmful to the public health. However, nuisances must be determined to be a public hazard before abatement proceedings will be initiated. Cases involving civil matters between individuals and not directly affecting the public health are advised to proceed through private litigation. If you require the assistance of the Columbiana County Health Department, you may access their Nuisance Complaint Page and form by clicking this link: Excerpt from Fairfield Township Zoning Resolution, 1997 711.05 Abatement of Dangerous Property Conditions and Nuisances In conformance with the authorities and procedures provided in the Ohio Revised Code, the Board of Township Trustees may provide for the removal, repair, or securance of buildings or other structures in the Township that have been declared insecure, unsafe, or structurally defective by a fire department under contract with the Township or by the county building department or other authority responsible under the Ohio Revised Code for the enforcement of building regulations or the performance of building inspections in the Township, or buildings or other structures that have been declared unfit for human habitation by the board of Health of the general health district of which the Township is a part. Further, the Board of Township Trustees may provide for the abatement, control, or removal, of vegetation, garbage, refuse, and other debris from land in the Township if the Board determines that the owner’s maintenance of such vegetation, garbage, refuse, and other debris constitutes a menace. |