The Board shall:
(A) Hear and decide all appeals from the action of the city's Department of Codes Enforcement.
(B) (1) Hear and decide cases arising under § 110 of the International Property Maintenance Code (the "IPMC") relating to the demolition or repair of structures so deteriorated or dilapidated or so out of repair as to be dangerous, unsafe, unsanitary, or otherwise unfit for human habitation or occupancy within the meaning of § 110.1 of the IPMC. The issues before the Board shall be: (i) whether the condition of the structure in question is as is set forth in the said § 110.1 of the IPMC and, if so, (ii) whether it is reasonable to repair the structure or whether the structure should be demolished. The city's Department of Codes Enforcement shall issue such notice to the property owner regarding the structure as is mandated by the IPMC, and should the time within which either repair or demolition of the structure by the owner elapse without abatement, the Department of Codes Enforcement shall schedule a hearing in front of the Board and provide to the property owner notice of the date, time, and location of the scheduled hearing.
(2) In any such case, should the property owner testify that he or she intends to make repairs to the structure so as to make it safe and fit for human habitation or occupancy, the Board shall enter an order which permits the property owner to do so, but which in addition sets forth the parameters within which such repairs shall be commenced, performed, and completed. If in any subsequent hearing involving the same structure and property owner the Board shall find that repairs have not been effected with due and reasonable diligence, the Board may enter such further orders as it may deem appropriate, including the imposition of one or more civil fines and/or an order directing that the structure be demolished.
(C) Make findings of fact and enter an order reflecting its adjudication of matters brought before it and in its order assess such civil fines as it may deem to be appropriate any violation it finds to have taken place; provided, however, that any fine shall be within the parameters prescribed by ordinance for the violation.
(Ord. 18-11, passed 6-26-18)