(A) Upon the completion of the required alteration, repair or rehabilitation work, and the payment of the re-inspection fee, the Building Inspector shall reinspect the building, structure or portion thereof formerly determined to be a dangerous building. If the Building Inspector concludes that the dangerous conditions have been corrected and that the building is no longer a dangerous building, the Building Inspector shall issue a certificate of occupancy. The re-inspection fee shall be an amount equal to 5% of the cost of the alteration, repair, or rehabilitation work performed to correct the condition or conditions that rendered the building a dangerous building.
(B) (1) If the owner fails to commence and complete the required alterations, repairs or rehabilitation, or demolition and removal of the building, structure or portion thereof within the period of time specified in the notice and order, the Building Inspector shall issue a notice and order to show cause to the owner of the building.
(2) The notice and order to show cause shall be directed to each owner of the building and property whose name appears on the current tax assessment records of the village.
(3) The notice and order to show cause shall specify the following:
(a) The name of the owner of the property as it appears on the current tax assessment records of the village;
(b) The address or legal description of the building and property, as it appears in the current tax assessment records of the village;
(c) The date, time and place of the hearing;
(d) A summary of the condition or conditions of the building, structure or portion thereof which renders the building, structure or portion thereof a dangerous building; and
(e) Notice that failure to appear may result in an order to have the dangerous building repaired or demolished and removed, and that the costs of the repair, demolition and removal, as well as the village administrative costs, including, but not limited to, the cost of publication, the cost of holding the hearing and actual attorney fees, may become a lien upon the real property of the owner.
(C) The notice and order to show cause shall be in writing and shall be served upon the person to whom they are directed personally, or in lieu of personal service may be mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to such owner or agent thereof at the address shown on the current tax record of the Village, at least ten days before the date of the hearing described in the notice and order to show cause. If any person to whom a notice and order to show cause is directed is not personally served, in addition to mailing the notice, a copy thereof shall be posted upon a conspicuous part of the building or structure. When service cannot be made by either of the above methods and after diligent efforts to locate the whereabouts of the owner, service shall be made by publishing in a newspaper with general circulation at least once a week for two consecutive weeks prior to the date of the hearing, and by mailing by first class mail, postage prepaid, at least ten days prior to the date of hearing, a copy of the notice and order to show cause to the owner or agent thereof at the address which appears on the current tax assessment records of the Village, and posting a copy of the notice and order to show cause on a conspicuous part of the building or structure.
(D) The Hearing Officer shall be appointed by the Village Manager to serve at his or her pleasure. The Building Inspector shall file a copy of the notice and order to show cause with the Hearing Officer.
(E) Notice shall be effective upon the earliest occurrence of any of the following:
(1) Personal service upon the owner or the owner's agent thereof;
(2) The date, the owner or the owner's agent or resident manager signed the return receipt for the certified mail; or
(3) The date of the last newspaper publication.
(Ord. 4-2007, passed 3-24-2008)