City of Newark v. Garfield Development Corp.

This matter was commenced by the filing of a criminal complaint against the defendant corporation as the owner of certain real estate situated within the city of Newark, Ohio. In the criminal complaint it is alleged that the defendant, Garfield Development Corp. has violated city of Newark Ordinance 81-72 which is the ordinance which enacted the Property Maintenance Code of the city of Newark.

Specifically, the complaint states that the defendant did unlawfully:

“Within the 30-day period allowed for compliance, failed to comply with an order to cut and remove weeds from property located at 730…