(A) Whenever the Building Inspector and/or the Town Administrator or their agents find any building or structure or portion thereof to be hazardous to the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the town as defined in § 151.03 or if a petition is filed with the office of the Town Administrator by at least five residents of the town charging that any structure exists in violation of this subchapter or whenever it appears to the County Building Inspector and/or the Town Administrator or their agents, upon inspection, that any structure exists in violation hereof, he or she shall, if his or her preliminary investigation disclosed a basis for such charges, issue and cause to be served upon the owner of and parties in interest in such structure a complaint.
(B) Such complaint shall state the charges and contain a notice that a hearing will be held before the Town Board of Commissioners at the Town Hall or designated area, no more than 30 days after the serving of the complaint. The owner or any party in interest shall have the right to file an answer to the complaint and to appear in person or otherwise and give testimony at the place and time fixed in the complaint.
(C) Notice of such hearing shall also be given to at least one of the persons signing a petition relating to such structure. Any person desiring to do so may attend such hearing and give evidence relevant to the matter being heard. The rules of evidence prevailing in courts of law or equity shall be not controlling in hearings before the Town Administrator and the Board of Commissioners.
(Ord. passed 6-29-2004)