(A) When the Mayor or the health officer shall be of the opinion that any building or structure in the city is a dangerous building, he shall file a written statement to this effect with the City Clerk. The Clerk shall thereupon cause written notice to be served upon the owner thereof, and upon the occupant thereof, if any, by registered mail, or by personal service. Such notices shall state the building has been declared to be in a dangerous 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 at once. Such notice may be in the following form:
To (owner-occupant of premises) of the premises known and described as:
You are hereby notified that (describe building) on the premises above described has been condemned as a nuisance and a dangerous building after inspection by .
You must remedy this condition or demolish the building immediately, or the city will proceed to do so.
(B) If the person receiving such notice has not complied herewith or taken an appeal to the Council from the determination of the Mayor or Health Officer finding that a dangerous building exists within ten days from the time when this notice is served upon such person by personal service or by registered mail, the Mayor, upon orders of the Council will proceed to remedy the condition or demolish the dangerous building.
(Ord. 264, passed 5-13-68) Penalty, see § 10.99