The Building Commissioner or his duly authorized assistant shall:
(A) Inspect or cause to be inspected, as necessary, any building in the City, including, but not limited to, all public buildings, schools, halls, churches, theaters, hotels, tenements, commercial manufacturing buildings or loft buildings for the purpose of determining whether any conditions exist which render such buildings dangerous buildings, as defined in Section 1420.05;
(B) Inspect any building, wall or structure about which complaints have been filed by any person to the effect that such building, wall or structure is or may be existing in violation of this Building Code;
(D) Notify in writing the owner, occupant, lessee, mortgagee or agent of the same and all other persons having an interest, as shown by the land records of the County Recorder or County Treasurer in any building found to be a dangerous building, as defined in Section 1420.05, that:
(1) The owner shall vacate, repair or demolish such building in accordance with the terms of the notice and this Building Code;
(2) The occupant or lessee shall either vacate such building or have it repaired in accordance with the notice, in which latter case, such occupant or lessee may remain in possession; and
(3) The mortgagee, agent or other persons having an interest in such building may, at his own risk, repair, vacate or demolish such building or have such work done, provided that any person so notified shall be given such reasonable time, not exceeding sixty days, as may be necessary to do or have done the work required by the notice;
(E) Set forth in the notice provided for in subsection (D) hereof, a description of the building or structure deemed a dangerous building, a statement of the particulars which make the building or structure a dangerous building and an order requiring that such building or structure be made to comply with the terms of this Building Code within such length of time, not exceeding sixty days, as is reasonable;
(F) Give advice concerning procedure for appeal;
(G) Appear at all hearings conducted by the Building Appeals Board and testify as to the condition of dangerous buildings;
(H) Place a notice on all dangerous buildings reading as follows:
"This building has been found to be a dangerous building by the Building Commissioner of the City of Lima, Ohio. This notice is to remain on this building until it is repaired, vacated or demolished in accordance with the notice which has been given the owner, occupant, lessee, mortgagee or agent of this building, and all other persons having an interest in such building as shown by the land records of the Recorder or Treasurer of Allen County, Ohio. It is unlawful to remove this notice until such notice is complied with";
(I) Adequately photograph such dangerous buildings; and
(J) Cause such work to be done as may be necessary to render such structure or part thereof temporarily safe to passersby, adjacent properties and occupants, pending the vacation, repair or demolition thereof, whether or not the Commissioner has previously issued any order of vacation therefor. In lieu of attempting to make such structure or part temporarily safe, he may, when necessary for the public safety, temporarily close such adjacent properties and any affected streets and other public ways and areas and prohibit the use thereof.
The cost for such work shall be collected in the manner provided in Section 1420.10(A).
(Ord. 33-61. Passed 3-27-61.)