Whenever the Mayor determines that a building or structure is a dangerous building or structure as defined in § 150.25, or if unoccupied is inadequately secured from ready entrance by unauthorized persons, he or she shall:
(A) Affix to such building or structure, or portion thereof, on the door or entrance thereto a placard on which is to be printed a declaration that such building or structure or portion thereof is unfit for human habitation and ordered vacated. No person shall deface or remove the placard from any building or structure or part thereof which has been condemned as unfit for human habitation and placarded as such. The Village Administrator shall remove the placard whenever the defect or defects upon which the condemnation and placarding section were based have been eliminated;
(B) (1) Notify the owner, occupant, lessee, mortgagee or other person by registered mail having an interest in the building or structure as shown by the records of the county of any of the buildings or structures found by them to be a dangerous building or structure within the standards set forth in this subchapter. The owner must vacate, repair or demolish the building or structure in accordance with the terms of the notice and this subchapter. The occupant or lessee must vacate the building or structure, or, with the consent of the owner, may have it repaired in accordance with the notice and order and remain in possession.
(2) The mortgagee or other person having an interest in building or structure, as shown by the records of the county, may, at his or her own risk, vacate and repair or demolish the building or structure or have such work or act done.
(C) Service of the notice shall be made in accordance with § 150.45.
(Ord. 1988-6, passed 12-5-1988)