The City Marshal and/or Fire Chief, or their designees, hereinafter referred to as “enforcing officer”, is charged with the duty of enforcing this chapter.
(A) Neither the enforcing officer, nor any employee of his or her division, shall be financially interested in the furnishing of labor, material or appliances for the construction, alteration or maintenance of unsafe substandard structure or in the making of plans and specifications for a profit unless such person is the owner of such structure.
(B) Neither the enforcing officer, nor any employee of his or her division, shall engage in any work which is in conflict with his or her duties or the interest of the department.
(C) The enforcing officer shall enforce this chapter in the following manner.
(1) The enforcing officer shall inspect or cause to be inspected, when necessary, all structures of any kind which are unoccupied or apparently abandoned, for the purpose of determining whether any condition exists which renders such place an unsafe substandard structure within the terms of this chapter.
(2) The enforcing officer shall inspect any structure about which a complaint is filed by any person to the effect that a structure is or may be existing in violation of this chapter.
(3) The enforcing officer shall notify in writing, by certified mail, the owner and/or all persons having interest, as shown by the tax rolls of the city, in any structure found by the enforcing officer to be an unsafe substandard structure within the standards set forth in this chapter. Said notice shall state:
(a) A description of the structure;
(b) A statement of the particulars which make the structure an unsafe substandard structure;
(c) The owner must repair or demolish said structure;
(d) Any person notified under this division (C)(3) to repair or demolish any structure shall be given reasonable time, as provided in this chapter, to do or have done the work required by the notice; and
(e) The owner of said structure shall appear before the City Council to show cause why said structure should not be repaired, removed or demolished.
(4) The enforcing officer shall also file a notice of declaration of unsafe substandard structure in the deed records of the county. Such notice will provide lawful notice to any proposed purchase of the property that the structure thereon has been declared an unsafe substandard structure, may not be lawfully occupied, may be subject to demolition and/or may not be eligible for building permits necessary to rehabilitate the structure.
(Ord. 020130917A, passed 9-17-2013)