(A) Whenever a Building Inspector, the Fire Marshal, the Health Inspector or any licensed structural engineer shall find that any building or structure in the city is a dangerous building, he or she shall file a written statement to this effect with the City Clerk.
(1) 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.
(2) Such notice shall state that the building has been declared to be in 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.
(3) Such 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 ________(describe building)_______ on the premises above described has been declared to be 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 therewith within 30 days from the time when this notice is served upon such person by personal service or by registered mail, the city may proceed, upon order of the Mayor and City Council, to remedy the condition or demolish the dangerous building.
(Ord. 2011-7, passed 7-11-2011)