(a) Board of Appeals. The Board of Zoning Appeals shall also be the Board of Appeals for purposes of this chapter.
(b) Owner Objection. Any owner, mortgagee or other interested person, of any building, structure or portion thereof, ordered to vacate and/or to make repairs or to demolish such building, structure or portion may, within thirty days from date of service of written notice to repair or demolish as provided above, file with the Board of Appeals written objection to such order. The objection shall be filed with the Building and Zoning Inspector. If such objection is filed, a hearing shall be held upon the question of whether or not such building, structure or portion thereof is imminently dangerous to the public safety or to the users or occupiers of such building, or unfit for human habitation or occupancy. The owner, mortgagee or other interested party of such building or structure shall be notified in writing of the date, time and place of such hearing. Notice of hearing shall be so given at least forty-eight hours in advance of the time of such hearing.
(c) Hearing and Decision. At any hearing before the Board, the Building and Zoning Inspector shall report the findings made upon his inspection of such building or structure and shall present such other evidence as may be available in support thereof. The owner, mortgagee or other interested person shall then be heard and the Board shall receive such evidence as may be offered tending to rebut the findings and evidence presented by the Building and Zoning Inspector. Thereupon, the Board shall determine whether or not such building, structure or portion thereof is imminently dangerous to the public or to the occupants or users of such building, or unfit for human habitation or occupancy, and if it so finds such building, structure or portion to be unsafe or unfit, it shall make written recommendation to Council that Council, by resolution, declare the building or structure or portion thereof to be unsafe and imminently dangerous and unfit for human habitation or occupancy, and order the Building and Zoning Inspector to have such nuisance abated. (Ord. 290. Passed 9-23-69.)