In accordance with the intent of this chapter, the Building Director shall:
(A) Upon receipt of the report of the Building Inspector provided for in § 1462.05(F), give written notice to the owner, occupant, mortgagee, lessee and agent of, and any other person having an interest in, the building, as shown by the land records of the County Recorder of Deeds that the building or structure is a dangerous building and should be repaired, vacated or demolished in accordance with the statement of particulars set forth in the Building Inspector’s notice provided for in § 1462.05(E);
(B) Issue an order commanding the owner, occupant, mortgagee, lessee, agent and other persons having an interest in dangerous building to repair, vacate or demolish the building. However, any person so notified, except the owner, may either vacate or repair the dangerous building, or any person not the owner of the dangerous building, but having an interest in the building as shown by the land records of the County Recorder, may demolish the dangerous building at his or her own risk to prevent acquiring a lien against the land upon which the dangerous building stands as provided in division (D) hereof;
(C) Report to the City Attorney the names of all persons not complying with the order provided for in division (B) hereof; and issue local ordinance ticket(s) commanding the persons to appear in court to testify why the building or structure should not be repaired, vacated or demolished; and
(D) If the owner, occupant, mortgagee or lessee fails to comply with the order provided for in division (B) hereof within ten days, the Director of Buildings shall cause the building or structure to be repaired, vacated or demolished as the facts may warrant under the provisions of § 1462.03, and cause, with the assistance of the Attorney, the costs of the repair, vacation or demolition to be charged against the land on which the building existed as a municipal lien or cause the costs to be added to the tax duplicate as an assessment, levied as a special tax against the land upon which the building stands or did stand or recovered in a suit at law against the owner. However, in a case where the procedure is desirable and any delay thereby caused will not be dangerous to the health, morals, safety or general welfare of the people of the city, the Director of Buildings shall notify the Attorney to take legal action to force the owner to make all necessary repairs or demolish the building.
(Ord. passed 7-26-1982; Ord. 06-40, passed 10-10-2006)