(A) Whenever the Health Commissioner, the Fire Chief or Police Chief shall be of the opinion that any building or structure in the city is a dangerous building, he or she shall file a written statement of this effect with the City Clerk. The Clerk shall, thereupon, cause written notice to be served upon the owner thereof, and upon the occupant thereof; it may be 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. Such notice may be in the following terms:
To
(owner-occupant of premises) of the premises known and described as . You are hereby notified that (describe 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
will proceed to do so. |
(B) If the person receiving the notice has not complied therewith or taken an appeal from the determination of the officer or employee finding that a dangerous building exists, within ten days from the time when this notice is served upon such person by personal service or registered mail, the city employee may, upon orders of the Mayor and the City Council, proceed to remedy the condition or demolish the dangerous building.
(Ord. 13, Series 2011-2012, passed 3-26-2012)