Whenever a petition is filed with the public officer by a public authority or by a resident of the municipality charging that any building is unfit for human habitation, occupancy or is in anyway a violation of this code, whenever it appears to the public officer on his or her own motion that any building is unfit for human habitation, occupancy or use or that the continuing of any condition constitutes a nuisance in the meaning of this chapter or presents a condition harmful to the health and safety of the occupants of said building and the general public of the municipality, or is in anyway in violation of this code, the public officer shall, if his or her preliminary investigation discloses a basis for such charges, issue and cause to be served upon the owner of and parties in interest in such building a complaint stating the charges and containing a notice that a hearing will be held before the Hearing Board at a place therein fixed not less than ten days nor more than thirty days after the serving of the complaint; that the owner and parties in interest shall be given the right to file an answer to the complaint and to appear in person, to have an attorney and to give testimony at the place and time fixed in the complaint and that the rules of evidence prevailing in the courts shall not be controlling in hearings before the Hearing Board.
(Ord. 10-05, passed 4-12-10)