Oregon, OH Code Violation Reporting: How to Report (2026)

02 sets out the City's process for handling a public nuisance complaint, and it's deliberately open to any resident, not just City staff. The section states that a complaint may be made to the Commissioner of Building and Zoning Inspection by the Zoning and Nuisance Inspector or any other person, meaning a neighbor, tenant, or passerby can trigger an investigation just as an inspector can. 01(a), (b) or (c), covering general health hazards, fire hazards, or unsafe occupancy, the Commissioner must promptly inspect the property in question.

If that inspection turns up a nuisance posing an immediate danger to public health, safety or welfare, the Commissioner is required to notify both the Sanitarian assigned to the City by the Lucas County Health Department and the Chief of the Division of Fire, who then inspect independently and file written findings. 03 sets a parallel track: the Commissioner serves written notice on the property's owner of record from the Lucas County Treasurer's files, giving thirty days to abate before the City does the work and bills the owner.

An owner who receives a notice can demand a hearing in writing within fourteen days, held before a board of the Solicitor, the Director of Public Service and the Mayor. This dual complaint-and-hearing structure means a report doesn't just disappear into a queue: it forces an inspection, a documented finding, and a defined response timeline the City has to follow.