(A) A court acting under § 153.55 of this code may authorize the department, acting through its enforcement authority, to cause the action required by the order to be performed by a contractor licensed and qualified under law, if it is shown that:
(1) An order was issued to each person having a substantial property interest in the unsafe premises;
(2) Each of the orders has been affirmed or modified at a hearing in such a manner that all persons having substantial property interest in the unsafe premises that are the subject of the orders are currently subject to an order requiring substantially identical action;
(3) The order, as affirmed or modified at the hearing, has not been complied with;
(4) The building that is the subject of the order is an unsafe building; and
(5) The order is not being reviewed under § 153.23 of this code.
(B) If the enforcement authority requests permission to cause the action required by the order to be performed by a contractor, all persons having a substantial property interest in the unsafe premises shall be made party defendants.
(C) The cost of the work and the processing expenses incurred by the enforcement authority computed under § 153.37 of this code, may, after a hearing, be entered by the court as a judgment against persons having a fee interest, life estate interest, or equitable interest of a contract purchaser in the unsafe premises.
(1987 Code, § 7-78) (Ord. 28, 1988, passed 11-14-1988)