(A) Upon receipt of a report of the Hearing Officer that an owner, agent or lessee or any other interested party has failed to demolish or make safe a building in the township upon the order of the Hearing Officer, the Township Board shall fix a date for a hearing reviewing the findings and order of the Hearing Officer and shall give notice for a hearing before the Township Board and shall give notice of such hearing to the owner, agent, lessee or other interested parties having an interest in said building or structure, or the time and place of the hearing.
(B) The notice shall be in writing and shall be given to the owner, occupant, lessee, mortgagee, agent, tenant and all other persons having an interest in such building, and shall be given either by personal service or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to such owner or party in interest at his or her last known address, said notice shall be given at least ten days before the date of the hearing described in the notice, a copy thereof shall be posted upon a conspicuous part of the building or structure at least ten days prior to the hearing date.
(C) The hearing shall be conducted by the Township Board and at the hearing the owner, agent, lessee, mortgagee or any interested party in said property, shall be given the opportunity to show cause why the building should not be demolished or otherwise made safe, and the Township Board shall determine, after receiving testimony, whether or not the building or structure, the subject matter of the hearing, shall be demolished or made safe within the provisions of this subchapter or the building ordinance of the township. The Township Board shall then either approve, disapprove or modify the order of the Hearing Officer for the demolition or making safe of the building or structure. The findings made by the Township Board shall be in writing.
(Prior Code, § 40.007) (Ord. 12-9-75, eff. 1-8-1976)