(a) If an owner, agent or party in interest fails to appear or neglects or refuses to comply with the order provided for in Section 1444.07, the Hearing Board on Dangerous Buildings and Code Appeals shall file a report of its findings and a copy of its order with Council and request that the necessary action be taken to demolish or otherwise make safe the building or structure. A copy of the findings and order of the Board shall be served on each owner or party in interest in the manner prescribed in this chapter.
(b) Council shall, upon receipt of the order and findings of the Board, fix a date for a hearing to review the findings and order of the Board, and shall give notice to each owner or party in interest in the manner prescribed in this chapter of the time and place of the hearing. At the hearing, each owner or party in interest shall be given the opportunity to show cause why the building should not be demolished or otherwise made safe. Council shall either approve, disapprove or modify the order for the demolition or making safe of the building or structure and shall direct the Superintendent of Public Works to comply with the order as approved or modified forthwith after twenty days after the hearing.
(c) A decision from the city council modifying a demolition order to allow repair or alteration to the building will require that the building's owner, occupant, or lien holder complete all of the following
(1) Within 14 days of the city council's decision, post a cash or surety bond with the city treasurer's office in an amount equal to the Superintendent of Building's estimate of the cost to demolish the building;
(2) Within 14 days of the city council's decision, apply with the building department for all permits necessary for the repairs to the building and pay all permit fees;
(3) Obtain a certificate of occupancy from the building department within six months from the date that the permits are issued, or within any extensions of time that the building department may grant not to exceed an additional six months. No extension shall be granted if no work had not begun during the initial six month period.
(4) If the property owner and/or permit holders fail to comply with the provisions of subsection (3) of this section in the time required therein, the city shall retain all cash deposits to apply to the cost of demolition, the excess amount, if any, to be returned to the owner.
(5) If the costs of demolition exceed the amount of any cash deposition, the city will be permitted to exercise all other procedures for collection of such costs permitted in this Code or state law.
(1979 Code Sec. 16.16.100; Res. 2016-232A. Passed 8-15-16, Eff. 8-24-16.)