UNION TOWNSHIP, Ohio — The Union Township Board of Trustees has adopted a new ordinance that lets the township impose civil fines on property owners and landlords whose properties repeatedly generate nuisance complaints.
Trustees approved Resolution No. 2026-62 on Nov. 10 during their regular meeting at the Union Township Civic Center, the township said in a Facebook post. The measure defines “nuisance activities” and creates enforcement mechanisms, including civil fines, for properties where such activity occurs repeatedly.
The resolution cites Chapter 504 of the Ohio Revised Code, which grants limited home-rule townships authority to adopt local police, sanitary and other regulations that don’t conflict with state law. Union Township has operated under a limited home-rule government since adopting it under Ohio Revised Code Section 504.01, according to the resolution’s text.
Trustees found that properties with repeated nuisance activity endanger public health, safety, morals and welfare, burden township resources and harm the public good, the resolution states. The new rules apply only within the township’s unincorporated area and are enforceable through the civil fines authorized under Chapter 504, rather than criminal charges.
Trustee John Becker moved to adopt the resolution, and Trustee Michael Logue seconded it. Trustees Joe Dills, Becker and Logue each voted yes, according to the roll call recorded in the resolution. The board waived the usual requirement that a resolution be read on two separate dates, adopting it on first reading so it would take effect immediately.
The township’s fiscal officer is directing a certified copy of the resolution to the Clermont County Recorder and the Union Township Zoning Administrator, the resolution states. The full text of the nuisance property policy adopted as part of the resolution is available through the township’s website.
The information contained in this story was obtained from Union Township.