The duties of the Chief Building Inspector are to:
(A) Inspect any building, wall, or structure about which complaints are filed by any person to the effect that a building, wall, or structure is or may be existing in a dangerous manner;
(B) Inspect any building or structure within the jurisdictional area of the city for the purpose of determining whether any conditions exist which render such place a dangerous building within the terms of this chapter;
(C) Placard every building or structure found to be a dangerous building. Such placard shall be placed on the exterior near the main entrance and shall state that the building or structure is unsafe or unfit for occupancy and use;
(D) (1) Notify in writing the owner, occupant, lessee, mortgagee, agent, and all other persons having an interest in the building as shown by the land records of the County Register of Deeds, of any building found by him or her to be dangerous that:
(a) The owner must vacate, repair, or demolish the building in accordance with the terms of the notice and the provisions of this chapter;
(b) The occupant or lessee must vacate the building or may have it repaired in accordance with the notice and remain in possession; and
(c) The mortgagee, agent, or other persons having an interest in the building as shown by the land records of the County Register of Deeds may, at his or her own risk, repair, vacate, or demolish said building or have such work done; provided, that any person notified under this section to repair, vacate, or demolish any building shall be given reasonable time, not exceeding 90 days, to do or have the work done.
(2) This notice shall include a description of the building or structure, a statement of the conditions which make the building or structure dangerous, and an order requiring that the conditions which make the building or structure dangerous be corrected within 90 days.
(E) Report to the Housing Administrator any noncompliance with the notice provided for in division (D) above.
(Prior Code, § 9-1106)