(a) When the director of building and zoning, or the health officer shall be of the opinion that any building in the village is a dangerous building, or that any excavation in the village is a dangerous excavation, he shall file a written statement to this effect with the village manager.
(b) The manager shall thereupon, cause written notice to be served upon the owner thereof by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by personal service. In the event that service in this fashion is unsuccessful, it shall be sufficient service upon the owner to send such written notice by first class United States mail, with proper postage prepaid, to the last taxpayer of record of the premises on which the building or excavation is located as listed in the records of the Lake County treasurer or Cook County treasurer.
(c) Such notices shall state the building or excavation has been declared to be in a dangerous condition and a public nuisance, that such public nuisance must be removed or remedied by repairing, altering, or demolishing the building, or by completing, removing or filling the excavation, and that the condition must be remedied at once.
(d) Such notice may be in the following form directed to one or more of the owners of the premises on which the building is located:
You are hereby notified that [describe building or excavation] on the premises above described has been condemned as a [dangerous building or dangerous excavation] and a public nuisance after inspection by the [Director of Building and Zoning or the Health Officer].
You must either (i) remedy this condition by [repairing, altering, or demolishing the building, or by completing, removing or filling the excavation], in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Municipal Code of the Village of Deerfield, within fourteen (14) days after the date of this notice; or (ii) appeal the determination that the building or excavation is dangerous as defined in Section 6-23 of the Deerfield Municipal Code to the Board of Appeals as provided in Section 13-1 of the Code within twenty (20) days after the date of the notice.
(e) It shall be a violation of this article if the person receiving such notice has not remedied the dangerous condition as identified in such notice, within fourteen (14) days from the time when this notice is served upon such person, or taken an appeal from the finding that a dangerous building or dangerous excavation exists within twenty (20) days from the time when this notice is served upon such person. (Ord. 0-11-05, 2-7-2011)