(A) If the owner of a dwelling or other building fails to comply with the order of the building official to repair, alter or improve, and/or vacate, close, remove or demolish the dwelling, dwelling unit or building, the building official may cause the dwelling, dwelling unit or building to be repaired, altered or improved, and/or to be vacated, closed, removed or demolished. The building official may cause to be posted on the main entrance, a placard with the following words:
This building is unfit for human habitation or other use; the use or occupation of this building for human habitation or other use after __________ is unlawful and is prohibited.
(B) No person shall deface or remove the placard or other notice required hereunder from any dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming house, rooming unit or building. The building official shall cause the placard to be removed whenever the defects upon which the placarding action were based have been corrected or removed.
(C) The amount of the cost of the repairs, alterations, or improvements, or vacating and closing, or removal or demolition of the building official, including the cost of advertising and publishing of notices, shall be a lien against the real property upon which the cost was incurred, and shall bear interest at the rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum, compounded annually. The cost shall be placed upon the city's tax books against the property and may be collected, and the liens may be foreclosed, in the same manner as taxes and tax liens are collected and foreclosed, or by other civil suit or process as the corporation counsel may determine. If the dwelling, dwelling unit, or building is removed or demolished by the building official, he shall if possible, sell the materials of the dwelling, dwelling unit, or building and shall credit the proceeds of the sales against the cost of removal or demolition, and any balance remaining shall be deposited in the circuit court by the building official, shall be secured in such manner as may be directed by the court, and shall be disbursed by the court to the persons found to be entitled thereto by final order or decree of the courts.
(D) Failure on the part of any owner or party in interest to receive or have served upon him any complaint, notice or order herein provided for, shall not affect or invalidate the proceedings with respect to any other owner or party in interest or any other person.
(Ord. No. 11.66, § 110, 2-4-66; Amd. Ord. No. 03-06, passed 1-14-06)