If the City Council or the Enforcement Officer has issued an order requiring the building or structure to be repaired or vacated and closed, and the building or structure has been vacated and closed pursuant to such ordinance or order, the City Council may find that the owner has abandoned the intent and purpose to repair, alter, or improve the building or structure, and that the continuation of the building or structure in a vacated and closed status would be inimical to the health, safety, and welfare of the city, in that it would continue to deteriorate, would create a fire or safety hazard, would be a threat to children or vagrants, would attract persons intent on criminal activities, or would cause or contribute to blight and the deterioration of property values in the area. Upon such findings, the City Council may enact an ordinance and serve such ordinance on the owner. If the cost to repair the building or structure to bring it into compliance with minimum standards is 50% or less of its then-current value, the ordinance shall require the owner to either repair or demolish and remove the building or structure within 90 days. If the cost to repair the building or structure to bring it into compliance with minimum standards exceeds 50% of its then-current value, the ordinance shall require the owner to demolish and remove the building or structure within 90 days. Vacant manufacturing facilities or vacant industrial warehouses must have been vacated and closed pursuant to an order of ordinance for one year before the City Council may take action under this section. The ordinance shall be recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds, indexed in the name of the property owner in the grantor index. If the owner fails to comply with the ordinance, the Enforcement Officer shall implement the purpose of the ordinance.
(Ord. 18-21, passed 11-27-2018)