(A) At the time fixed for hearing, the City Council shall hear all objections and evidence submitted by the person or persons who own, or have an interest in, or who appear or claim to own or have an interest in the lot or tract and the building or structure, as well as evidence and arguments submitted by the Building Inspector and other interested persons.
(B) If, after consideration of such evidence and arguments, the City Council shall find that the building or structure is an unsafe building or structure and, as the case may be, a nuisance, it shall by ordinance so determine, and shall in such ordinance order, in accordance with the provisions of § 150.134, that the building or structure be repaired, rehabilitated, vacated, or, as the case may be, demolished.
(C) If the order is to repair or rehabilitate the building or structure, the order shall specify the repairs or rehabilitation work to be done and the time, which shall be a reasonable one, within which the repairs or rehabilitation is to be completed, and shall require that such repairs or rehabilitation work be done by the owner or, as the case may be, by the lessee or occupant of the building or structure. If the order is to vacate the building, the order shall specify the time within which the building shall be vacated. If the order is to demolish the building or structure and remove all materials and debris from the lot or tract, it shall specify the time, which shall be a reasonable one, within which the demolition and removal shall be completed.
(D) In the discretion of the City Council, the order may also direct that if the building or structure is not repaired, rehabilitated, or demolished and the material and debris removed by the owner within the time specified, the building or structure shall be repaired or demolished and the debris therefrom removed by the city under the direction of the Building Inspector, and the cost thereof shall be levied by the City Council as a special assessment against the land, and the assessment shall be a lien on the real estate and be collected in the manner provided for special assessments. Subsequently, upon written application of a person affected by the order, the City Council may by resolution extend the time within which the building or structure is to be repaired, rehabilitated, vacated, or demolished by the owner if the City Council shall make a finding that repair, rehabilitation, vacation, or demolition of the building or structure within the time limited by the order would cause undue hardship to such person.
(Prior Code, § 150.517) (Ord. 1382, passed 3-14-1988)