(A) The Building Inspector is hereby designated the public officer and building official, to exercise all powers specified in the Housing and Unsafe Building Code adopted by the city, and as the administrative official to exercise all the powers now or hereafter granted to the city with respect to unsafe or unfit buildings by any applicable state law.
(B) In exercising the powers granted by the Housing and Unsafe Building Code, or any other state law or city ordinance relating to unsafe or unfit structures, and the demolition thereof, the Building Inspector shall follow the procedure set forth in such code, including the giving and publishing of notices, the holding and conduct of hearings, and the issuance of complaints, orders, and demolition instructions and complaints, or in such other state laws or city ordinances now or hereafter applicable and specifying other or different procedures.
(C) The lien for the costs of repairs, alterations and improvements, or of vacating, closing, removing, or demolishing buildings which are unfit for human habitation and so declared under § 10(3) of the Housing and Unsafe Building Code, in addition to being placed upon the city’s tax books against such property, shall also be set forth in a “notice of lien” filed in the office of the County Clerk. Failure to file such notice shall not, however, effect the validity or enforceability of the lien placed upon the city’s tax books.
(1976 Code, § 5-3)
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Cross reference:
Nuisances, see Ch. 50