(a) General Provisions.
(1) The designation of any building or accessory structure as being an unsafe building and the procedure for the condemnation and placarding of such building or accessory structure shall be carried out in accordance with the requirements set forth in this chapter.
(2) No owner shall allow an unsafe building or accessory structure as defined in this chapter to exist for a period exceeding thirty days following the date such building or accessory structure is so designated by the Housing Inspector without either having commenced repairs or demolition thereof. Such repairs or demolition shall be completed within a reasonable time as ordered by the Housing Inspector.
(b) Designation as an Unsafe Building. Any building found to be vacant or which becomes vacant after having been declared unfit for human habitation or use, including accessory structures, and which because of its condition, constitutes a hazard to the public health, safety, or welfare is hereby declared to be a nuisance and an unsafe building and shall be so designated and placarded by the Housing Inspector.
(c) Notices. Whenever the Housing Inspector determines that a building is an unsafe building as defined in Section 1331.06(b):
(1) He shall serve notice pursuant to Section 1331.04(b); and
(2) He shall affix to such building or portion thereof, upon the door or entrance thereto, a placard on which shall be printed a declaration that such building or portion thereof is an unsafe building.
(d) Repair of Premises. Any building deemed an unsafe building and so designated and placarded by the Housing Inspector shall be brought to a safe condition or razed within a reasonable time as ordered by the Housing Inspector.
(Ord. 89-21. Passed 5-1-89.)