(A) Whenever the Building Inspector, City Administrator or person designated by the City Council shall be of the opinion that any building or structure in the municipality is an unsafe building, he or she shall file a written statement to this effect with the Municipal Clerk. It is not a defense to such determination that the building is boarded up or otherwise enclosed so as to prevent access to the building. The Clerk shall thereupon cause the property to be posted accordingly and shall file a copy of such determination in the office of the County Register of Deeds and shall serve written notice upon the record owner thereof and upon the occupant thereof, if any, by certified mail or by personal service or by publication.
(B) Any publication of notice shall be in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality which is published at least weekly; such notice shall be for two consecutive weeks; and all time periods shall run from the date of last publication. Such notice shall state that the building has been declared to be in an unsafe condition and that such dangerous condition must be removed or remedied by repairing or altering the building or by demolishing it and that the condition must be remedied within 60 days from the date of receipt.
(C) Such notice may be in the following terms:
“To ___________________ (owner-occupant of premises) of the premises known and described as ____________________; You are hereby notified that ________________________ (describe building) on the premises above mentioned has been determined to be an unsafe building and a nuisance after inspection by _________________. The causes for this decision are ______________________________________________ (here insert the facts as to the dangerous condition).
You must remedy this condition or demolish the building within 60 days from the date of receipt of this notice or the municipality will proceed to do so. Appeal of this determination may be made to the governing body acting as the Board of Appeals by filing with the Municipal Clerk within ten days from the date of receipt of this notice a request for a hearing.”
(D) If the person receiving the notice has not complied therewith or taken an appeal from the determination of the officer or employee finding that a dangerous building exists within ten days from the time when this notice is served upon such person by personal service or certified mail, or from the date of the last publication, the Building Inspector or City Administrator may, upon orders of the governing body, proceed to remedy the condition or demolish the unsafe building.
(Neb. RS 18-1722) (2000 Code, § 9-703)