(A) Registration fee.
(1) The owner of a neglected vacant building or residential structure shall pay a registration fee of $50 per year for each such structure he or she owns.
(2) The $50 registration fee is due and payable upon registration no later than 30 days after any building or structure becomes a neglected vacant building/residential structure, as defined in § 92.31, or no later than 30 days after being notified by an enforcement officer of the requirement to register.
(B) Annual fee. If the building or structure is to remain unoccupied pursuant to § 92.32(D)(2), then the owner shall also pay an annual neglected vacant building or residential structure fee of $500 for each such building or structure that has received a notice of code violation within the previous 24 months until the building is properly demolished or rehabilitated for lawful occupancy. The $500 annual neglected vacant building or residential structure fee is due and payable together with the $50 registration fee, and on each anniversary thereafter until the building or residential structure is demolished or rehabilitated for lawful occupancy.
(C) Additional fee for failure to complete rehabilitation.
(1) If the building or structure is to be returned to a permitted use pursuant to § 92.32(D)(3), the rehabilitation plan shall not exceed 365 days and shall include progress benchmarks at least every four months, unless the enforcement officer grants an extension. If the rehabilitation has not been completed in accordance with the plan, then the owner shall pay an annual neglected vacant building or residential structure fee of $500 until the building or residential structure is properly demolished or rehabilitated for lawful occupancy.
(2) The $500 annual neglected vacant building or residential fee is payable either on each anniversary of the payment of the $50 registration fee in division (A) above, or no later than 15 days after being notified by an enforcement officer that the owner has failed to meet a required benchmark, whichever date is earlier, and on each anniversary thereafter until the building or residential structure is demolished or rehabilitated for lawful occupancy.
(D) Transfer of ownership.
(1) All required fees and other charges noted herein shall be paid by the owner prior to any transfer of an ownership interest in any neglected vacant building or residential structure.
(2) The owner shall give a purchaser written notice that the building or residential structure in question is a neglected vacant building or residential structure required to be registered under this section.
(E) Payment of fees; late fee.
(1) The neglected vacant building or residential structure registration fees and annual vacant building or residential structure fees as set forth herein are to be delivered, by mail or in person, to the Town Clerk-Treasurer at P.O. Box 328, Gage, OK 73843.
(2) A late fee of 1.5% per month or any part thereof will be assessed on any invoice which is unpaid after 30 days from the date of the demand for payment of an invoice.
(3) A $35 processing fee will be charged for each check returned by the bank due to insufficient funds or other reason.
(4) A replacement payment must be made in cash, money order or bank or certified check and must include the $35 fee and any applicable late fees.
(Prior Code, § 4-5-4) (Ord. 182, passed 6-25-2012)