(a) When the Chief Building Official or his designee determines, after completing inspection as required in Section 1391.123, that an unsafe building deemed to be a public nuisance does exist, such that the public health, safety and welfare is in immediate danger, he shall promptly notify the City Health Commissioner and the Chief of the Fire Department, who shall cause inspection of the premises on which the alleged public nuisance exists. Written reports of the inspection and the findings of the Health Commissioner and the Chief of the Fire Department, or their designees, with respect to the existence of an unsafe building and/or public nuisance, as defined in Sections 1391.115 and 1391.121, and any immediate danger as to the public health, safety and welfare, shall be filed with the Chief Building Official. It shall be the duty of the Chief Building Official to cause photographs of said unsafe building and/or public nuisance to be made and to be filed and to maintain a record of the written reports of the findings of the aforesaid officials.
(b) The Chief Building Official shall determine the parties having an interest in the aforesaid property and shall immediately cause a notice to be issued, as defined in Section 1391.123(c) and (d) and sent pursuant to Section 1391.124. Said notice shall further state that unless the owner or parties in interest thereof cause the abatement of the unsafe building and/or public nuisance within ten (10) business days after notice is effectuated, the same will be abated by the City, at the expense of the owners or parties in interest in the same manner as provided in Section 1391.125(c)(4).
(c) This provision shall be subject to Section 1391.125, which provides for a hearing before the Demolition Board of Appeals, and an action or appeal to a court of competent jurisdiction from a decision of the Demolition Court of Appeals.
(d) Should a majority of a quorum of the Demolition Board of Appeals determine that the owner or parties in interest failed to cause the abatement of the unsafe building and/or public nuisance in the time frame prescribed herein, the Board shall order such public nuisance to be barricaded, repaired, vacated, or demolished as the facts may warrant, under the standards provided for in this chapter.
(e) Upon such action by the Demolition Board of Appeals, the cost and expense of said abatement shall be certified to the County Auditor by the Safety Service Director, and the amount so certified from the date of the entry thereof shall be a lien upon the land upon which the building or structure stands or did stand.
(Ord. 2013-68. Passed 6-3-13.)