(A) Whenever the Building Inspector, the Fire Chief, or the Health Officer shall be of the opinion that any building or structure in the city is a dangerous building, the City Clerk shall be notified. The Clerk and/or Building Inspector shall thereupon cause written notice to be served upon the owner thereof, and upon any occupant thereof, by registered mail or by personal service. The notice shall state that the building has been declared to be in a dangerous condition, and that the dangerous condition must be removed or remedied by repairing or altering the building or demolishing; and that the condition must be remedied at once. The notice may be in the following terms:
"To _______________ (owner-occupant of premises) of the premises known and described as ___________:
You are hereby notified that ___________ (described building) on the premises above mentioned has been condemned as a nuisance and a dangerous building after inspection by the Building Inspector.
The causes for this decision are _____ ______ (here insert the facts as to the dangerous condition).
You must remedy this condition or demolish the building within 15 days, or the City of Paris will proceed to do so and any costs shall be your responsibility and a lien upon the property."
(B) If the person receiving the notice has not complied therewith or taken an appeal from the determination of the office or employee finding that a dangerous building exists, within 15 days from the time when this notice is served upon the person by personal service or registered mail, the Building Inspector may, upon orders of the Mayor and City Council, proceed to remedy the condition or demolish the dangerous building.
(1969 Code, § 6-51) (Ord. 1994-10, passed 4-11-1994; Am. Ord. 2015-9, passed 8-24-2015) Penalty, see § 154.99