A. Whenever the Commissioner of Parks, Public Health and Safety is of the opinion that any building or structure in the City is a dangerous building, he shall file a written statement to this effect with the City Clerk. The City Clerk shall thereupon cause written notice to be served upon the owner thereof, and upon the occupant thereof, if any, by registered mail or by personal service. Such notice shall state that the building has been declared to be in a dangerous condition, and that such dangerous condition must be removed or remedied by repairing or altering the building or by demolishing it, and that the condition must be remedied at once.
B. The form of the notice shall be as follows:
To (owner/occupant of premises) of the premises known and described as .
You are hereby notified that (described building) on the premises above mentioned has been condemned as a nuisance and a dangerous building after inspection by .
The causes for this decision are (here insert the facts as to the dangerous condition).
You must remedy this condition or demolish the building immediately, or the City shall proceed to do so.
C. If the person receiving the notice has not complied therewith or taken an appeal from the determination of the officer or employee finding that the dangerous building exists within ten (10) days from the time when this notice is served upon such person by personal service or registered mail, the Commissioner of Parks, Public Health and Safety may, upon orders of the Mayor and City Council, proceed to remedy the condition or demolish the dangerous building. (1964 Code § 280; amd. 2000 Code)