Upon receipt of the reports required in the sections which follow, the Council shall take action as follows.
(A) Upon receipt of a report of the Building Official as provided for in § 150.062 of this chapter, the Council may order notice sent to the owner, occupant, mortgagee, lessee, agent and all other persons having an interest in said building as shown by the land records of the County Recorder, and whose addresses are ascertainable, to appear before the Council on the date specified in the notice to show cause why the building or structure reported to be a dangerous building should not be repaired, vacated or demolished in accordance with the statement of particulars set forth in the Building Official’s notice provided for herein in § 150.062(E) of this chapter.
(B) The Council shall hold a hearing a hear such testimony and argument as the Building Official or the owner, occupant, mortgagee, lessee or any other person having an interest in said building shall offer relative to the dangerous building.
(C) After such hearing, the Council shall make written findings of fact from the testimony offered pursuant to division (B) above as to whether or not the building in question is a dangerous building within the terms of § 150.060 of this chapter.
(D) If such building is found to be a dangerous building, the Council shall order the owner, occupant, mortgagee, lessee, agent and all other persons having an interest in said building as shown by the land records of the County Recorder to repair, vacate or demolish any building found to be a dangerous building within the terms of this subchapter within such reasonable time as the Council shall specify in said order, and providing that any person so notified who is not an owner shall have the privilege of vacating or repairing said dangerous building at his or her own risk to prevent the acquiring by the city of a lien against the land upon which said dangerous building stands, as provided in division (E) below.
(E) If the owner, occupant, mortgagee or lessee fails to comply with the order provided for in division (D) above, within the time specified therein, the Council shall cause such building or structure to be repaired, vacated or demolished as the facts may warrant, under the standards hereinbefore provided for in § 150.061 of this chapter, or direct the Building Official to proceed under any abatement order he or she may have issued, and shall cause the costs of such repair, vacation or demolition to be charged against the land on which the building existed as a municipal lien, or cause such costs to be levied as a special assessment against the land upon which the building stands or did stand to the extent authorized by law, or to be recovered in a suit at law against the owner; provided that, in cases where such procedure is desirable and any decay thereby caused will not be dangerous to the health, morals, safety or general welfare of the city, the Council shall direct the Attorney to take legal action to abate the nuisance or to force the owner to make all necessary repairs or demolish the building.
(F) If the Council shall determine that any dwelling or commercial establishment is a dangerous building because there is no toilet in said building within such reasonable time as the Council shall specify and, in default thereof, the Council may provide for installation of such toilet and charge the cost against the property as a special assessment.
(1992 Code, § 1015:25)