(A) Whenever the President and Board of Trustees of the village are of the opinion, based upon a viewing of the premises by the President, a Trustee or an official of the village charged with enforcement of building or zoning and an oral or written report to the President and Board of Trustees, that any building or structure in the village is a dangerous building, the Board of Trustees may by resolution direct the Police Department to cause written notice to be served upon the owner thereof, and upon the occupant thereof, if any, by registered mail or personal service.
(1) Notice shall state that the building has been declared to be in a dangerous condition, that the 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. Notice may be in the following form:
“To (owner-occupant of the premises) of the premises known and described as . You are hereby notified that (described building) on the premises above described has been condemned as a nuisance and as a dangerous building after inspection by .
The cause for this decision is (here insert the facts as to the dangerous condition).
You must remedy this condition or demolish the building immediately, or the village will proceed to do so.
You may also be subject to a fine of not less than $50 per day nor more than $500 per day for each day the building has been or shall remain in a dangerous condition.”
(2) If the person receiving this notice has not complied therewith within ten days from the time when this notice is served upon the person by personal service or by registered mail, the President and Board of Trustees may proceed to remedy the condition or demolish the dangerous building.
(B) If the owner of the premises is unknown or if his or her address is unknown, service of any notice provided for in this section may be made by posting a copy thereof on the premises and by publishing a copy thereof one time in a newspaper published within the village.
Penalty, see § 98.99