(A) The Health Officer, if satisfied upon examination that the building, tenement, room, or cellar in the village which is occupied as a dwelling place, or any other place where human beings reside, congregate, work or have access to, has become, by reason of its being inhabited or used, unclean or unfit for use as herein stated, or is likely to become a nuisance as herein declared, or to be the cause of sickness to tenants, occupants or to those who have access to the place as being unfit for human habitation or use, shall demand by written notice that the occupant or owner of the premises put such place in a sanitary and habitable condition within a reasonable time as stated in the notice. If such occupant or owner shall fail or refuse to comply with the terms of the notice within the time specified, the Health Officer may declare the premises a nuisance and make and file a complaint against such occupant or owner or both as herein provided, or he may cause the condition of the premises to be corrected at the owner's expense, or he may do whatever is reasonably necessary to abate the nuisance at the expense of the owner.
(B) The reasonable cost and expense incurred by the Health Officer in repairing the premises and abating such nuisance shall be determined by the Health Officer, and the amount thus determined shall be charged to the owner of the premises involved, as well as any tenant occupying the premises, and shall be due and payable forthwith and said costs and expense shall immediately become a lien on the premises. In the event the charges are not paid for a period of six months after same have become due they may be certified to the Village Assessor by the Village Council and assessed against the property on the next village tax roll, in which event the charge shall be collected and returned in the same manner as other village taxes are collected and returned. In addition to all other remedies contained herein the charges may be collected against the owner and the tenant occupying the premises in an action of assumpsit.
(C) If such premises are vacated, the Health Officer may in his discretion refuse to permit and shall condemn the use of any premises for human habitation declared by him to be a nuisance, and the premises shall not again be occupied as a human habitation until they are put in a sanitary and habitable condition.
(D) The Health Officer shall have the power and he is hereby authorized and empowered, to condemn any premises declared by him to be a nuisance which are occupied as a residence and may order said premises vacated until repaired or the conditions corrected to make them habitable.
(Ord. 7.01, passed 10-11-71) Penalty, see § 10.99