Lucas County sets no countywide blight code for the whole county. Inside Toledo, Maumee, Oregon and Sylvania, city property-maintenance codes govern; in unincorporated townships, township trustees abate nuisances under Ohio Revised Code 505.87.
Ohio has no county-wide zoning or maintenance code, so blight is enforced by whoever governs your parcel. Incorporated cities (Toledo, Maumee, Oregon, Sylvania) run their own property-maintenance and housing codes. In unincorporated Lucas County, ORC 505.87 lets a township board abate vegetation, garbage, refuse and debris it deems a nuisance and assess the cost to the owner. Chronic vacant/derelict buildings can also be declared a public nuisance under ORC 3767.41. Report blight to your city's code enforcement or your township trustees, not the county.
Township may abate and certify the cost to the county auditor as a lien on the property tax bill (ORC 505.87). City code fines vary by municipality.
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