(A) The owners of those in possession of a building that the Enforcement Authority or his or her designee inspects/reinspects in accordance with this chapter shall pay a $30 inspection fee per inspection. The fee is to be paid to the Clerk-Treasurer for the town within 15 days from the date of inspection. The Clerk-Treasurer shall promptly deposit all collected inspection fees into the unsafe building fund.
(1) The person seeking the warrant must establish that the building to be searched or inspected is to be searched or inspected as part of a legally authorized program of inspection which naturally includes the building or that there is probable cause for believing that a condition, object, activity or circumstance legally justifies such a search or inspection of that building;
(2) An affidavit indicating the basis for the establishment of one of the grounds described in this section must be signed under oath or affirmation by the affiant;
(3) The court must examine the affiant under oath or affirmation to verify the accuracy of the affidavit.
(B) The warrant is valid only if it:
(1) Is signed by the judge of the court and bears the date and hour of its issuance above that signature, with a notation that the warrant is valid for only 48 hours following its issuance;
(2) Describes (either directly or by reference to the affidavit) the building where the search or inspection is to occur so that the executor of the warrant and the owner or possessor of the building can reasonably determine what property the warrant authorizes an inspection of;
(3) Indicates the conditions, objects, activities or circumstances that the inspection is intended to check or reveal; and
(4) Is attached to the affidavit required to be made in order to obtain the warrant.
(C) Any warrant issued under this section for a search or inspection shall be valid for only 48 hours after its issuance, must be personally served upon the owner or possessor of the building and must be returned within 72 hours.
(`77 Code, § 66.21) (Am. Ord. 1997-4, passed 3-17-97; Am. Ord. 2013-8, passed 7-15-13)