(A) Eminent danger. When determined by the city, that there is eminent danger of failure or collapse of a building or structure which endangers life, or when any structure or part of a structure has fallen and life is endangered by the occupation of the structure, or when there is actual or potential danger to the building occupants or those in the proximity of any structure, the city is hereby authorized and empowered to order and require the occupants to vacate the premises forthwith. The city may cause to be posted at each entrance to such structure a notice reading as follows: “This structure is unsafe and its occupancy has been prohibited by the City of Goose Creek.” It shall be unlawful for any person to enter such structure except for the purpose of securing the structure, making the required repairs, removing the hazardous condition or of demolishing the same.
(B) Temporary safeguards. Notwithstanding other provisions of this code, whenever the city determines there is eminent danger due to an unsafe condition, the city may order the necessary work to be done, including the boarding up of openings, to render such structure temporarily safe whether or not the legal procedure herein described has been instituted and, shall cause such other action to be taken as the city deems necessary to meet such emergency.
(C) Closing streets. When necessary for public safety, the city may temporarily close structures and close, or order the authority having jurisdiction to close, sidewalks, streets, public ways and places adjacent to unsafe structures, and prohibit the same from being utilized.
(D) Emergency repairs. For the purposes of § 95.041, the city may employ the necessary labor and materials to perform the required work as expeditiously as possible.
(E) Cost of emergency repairs. Cost incurred in the performance of emergency work shall be paid by the city but shall be a lien against the property which may be filed against the property and pursued by all available legal means. The legal counsel of the city may institute appropriate action against the owner of the premises where the emergency work was performed for the recovery of such costs including attorney's fees.
(Ord. 17-016, passed
7-11-2017)