(A) Dangerous structures. No person shall maintain any structure which is unsafe or which is a menace to the health, morals or safety of the public.
(1979 Code, § 9.2)
(B) Notice and hearing. The Council may, after notice to the owner and after holding a public hearing thereon, condemn such structure by giving notice to the owner of the land upon which such structure is located, specifying in what respects said structure is a public nuisance and requiring said owner to alter, repair, tear down or remove the same within such reasonable time, not exceeding 60 days, as may be necessary to do, or have done, the work required by said notice. Said notice may also provide a reasonable time within which such work shall be commenced.
(1979 Code, § 9.3)
(C) Abatement.
(1) If, at the expiration of any time limit in said notice the owner has not complied with the requirements thereof, the Superintendent of Public Works shall carry out the requirements of said notice. The cost of such abatement shall be charged against the premises and the owner thereof in accordance with the provisions of the City Charter.
(1979 Code, § 9.4)
(2) The Superintendent of Public Works may abate any such public nuisance, if the public safety requires immediate action, without preliminary order of the Council. Thereafter, the cost of abating such nuisance shall be charged against the premises and the owner thereof in accordance with the provisions of the City Charter.
(1979 Code, § 9.5)
Penalty, see § 10.99