(A) Authority. The Neighborhood Preservation Manager or his or her designee shall be responsible for administering a program for identifying and monitoring the maintenance of all vacant buildings in the city. The program shall be documented and regularly updated. The program shall be available for public review.
(B) Purposes. The purposes of the monitoring program shall be:
(1) To identify buildings which become vacant as defined in this chapter;
(2) To order vacant buildings which are open and accessible to be secured against unlawful entry;
(3) To initiate proceedings against the owner and/or the owner of record of any vacant building found to be substandard as defined in this title or a nuisance under Title 10 of this code; and
(4) To maintain surveillance over vacant buildings so that timely code enforcement proceedings are commenced in the event a building becomes substandard or a nuisance.
(Ord. 877 C.S., passed 9-15-10)