§ 154.08. Registration fees.

A.

The owner of a vacant commercial or industrial building shall pay to the Director a registration fee annually each year the building remains vacant. The amount of the registration fee shall be based on the square footage of the commercial or industrial building as reflected on the tax card for the property maintained by the Fiscal Officer of Summit County, Ohio.

1.

For vacant commercial or industrial buildings of less than ten thousand square feet, the annual registration fee shall be three hundred dollars.

2.

For vacant commercial or industrial buildings often thousand square feet or more than ten thousand square feet, the annual registration fee shall be five hundred dollars.

B.

If a registration form is filed late, an additional late fee shall be paid to the Director in addition to the annual registration fee and shall be fifty dollars per day the annual fee is late, up to a maximum late fee of one thousand dollars.

C.

All delinquent registration fees shall be paid by the owner prior to any transfer of an ownership interest in the vacant commercial or industrial building.

D.

For purposes of this section, a commercial or industrial building ceases to be vacant upon presentation by the owner to the Director of a certificate of occupancy issued by the Division of Building Inspection of Summit County, or other satisfactory proof that the building is fit for occupancy, in addition to the building being occupied in fact.

(Ord. 207-2018)