(A) The city shall send the inspection report to the owner within 30 days of the inspection. Periodic re-inspections shall take place, as necessary, until code compliance is achieved. Should the vacant building come out of code compliance at any time, the building official or his or her designee shall make a written determination. The determination shall be in writing and shall state the factual basis for the determination. Following such determination, inspection, notices, and the appeals process shall be the same as provided in § 135.22.
(B) Nuisance abatement plan. Following receipt of the inspection the owner shall submit a vacant building plan. The building official or his or her designee may prescribe a form for the plan. If the owner fails to submit the plan as provided for by this chapter, the building official or his or her designee may determine the plan.
(C) The plan shall contain the following as a minimum:
(1) A plan of action to repair any doors, windows, or other openings which are boarded up or otherwise secured or covered by any means other than conventional methods used in the design of the building or permitted for new construction or similar type. The proposed repair shall result in openings being secured by conventional methods used in the design of the building or by methods permitted for new construction of similar type with board removed. The owner shall maintain the building in an enclosed and secure state until the building is reoccupied or made available for immediate occupancy. If the owner demonstrates that securing of the building will provide adequate protection to the public, the building official or his or her designee may waive the requirement of an enclosure.
(2) A time schedule identifying a date of commencement of repair and date of completion of repair for each improperly secured opening and nuisance identified by the building official or his or her designee.
(3) If the owner proposes to demolish the vacant building, then the owner shall submit a plan and time schedule for such demolition.
(4) A plan of action to sustain the maintenance of the building, premises, and grounds thereof in conformance with applicable city codes.
(5) A plan of action, with a time schedule, identifying the date the building will be habitable and occupied or offered for occupancy or sale. The time schedule shall include date(s) of commencement and completion of all actions required to achieve habitability. No plan which fails to provide for compliance with this chapter or, which will not, as determined by the building official or his or her designee, achieve such compliance, within three months, in the case of a vacant boarded building, and two years, in the case of a vacant, un-boarded, and code compliant building will be approved, except that the building official or his or her designee may approve an extension of the time during which the building will be unoccupied beyond two years to a date certain but then only based upon clear and documented evidence of good cause shown by the owner as determined by the building official or his or her designee.
(Ord. 18-053, passed 12-19-2018)