§ 150.68 NOTICE SERVED ON DANGEROUS DWELLING.
   Whenever the Building Inspector determines that a dwelling is a dangerous dwelling as defined in § 150.66, he shall:
   (A)   Affix to such dwelling or portion thereof, upon the door or entrance thereto, a placard on which shall be printed a declaration that such dwelling or portion thereof is unfit for human habitation and ordered vacated. No person shall deface or remove the placard from any dwelling or part thereof which has been condemned as unfit for human habitation and placarded as such. The Building Inspector shall remove such placard whenever the defect upon which the condemnation and placarding section were based have been eliminated.
   (B)   Notify the owner, occupant, lessee, mortgagee, or other person having an interest in the building, as shown by the land records of the County Recorder of Deeds, of any building found by him to be a dangerous dwelling within the standards set forth in § 150.66.
      (1)   The owner must vacate and repair or demolish the building in accordance with the terms of the notice and this building code.
      (2)   The occupant or lessee must vacate the building or, with the consent of the owner, may have it repaired in accordance with the notice and order and remain in possession.
      (3)   The mortgagee or other persons having an interest in the building, as shown by the land records of the County Recorder of Deeds, may at his own risk, vacate, and repair or demolish the building or have such work or act done.
(`63 Code, § 1317.24) (Ord. 42-69, passed 11-3-69)
   (C)   (1)   The notice required by subsection (B) hereof shall be served either personally or by leaving a copy at the usual place of residence of the owner, or by mailing a copy to such owner at his usual place of residence by U.S. certified mail with return receipt requested. If service of the written notice is not perfected by any of the hereinbefore described methods, then the Building Inspector shall cause such notice to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the city, once each week for two consecutive weeks, and shall further cause a copy of the aforesaid notice to be left with the person, if any, in possession of the premises on which it is alleged such "public nuisance exists, or if there is no person in possession thereof, he shall cause a copy of the notice to be posted on the same premises.
      (2)   Service of notice may be waived by any owner. Failure of the Building Inspector to serve all parties other than owners in subsection (B) hereof shall not relieve the owner in fee simple if properly served of the obligation to abate the nuisance.
(Ord. 92-87, passed 10-13-87)