(a) In the event of the failure of any owner of any dwelling or other building to comply with the terms and requirements of any notice, decision, or order of the Building Enforcement Agency within twenty days after the service or entry thereof, except where a proper demand has been made for a hearing and the matters arising thereon remain undetermined or application to the Circuit Court has been made for a temporary injunction and the hearing thereon has not been had and the decision not rendered, the Building Enforcement Agency may cause all necessary repairs, alterations or improvements to be made, or if the public welfare requires, may cause the dwelling or other building to be closed, removed or demolished, or any combination thereof. The Building Enforcement Agency shall keep an accurate account of all costs of such repairs, alterations or improvements, of such vacating and closing or removal or demolition, or any combination thereof, and shall assess all costs including reasonable attorney fees against the real property upon which such dwelling or other building is situated, and all costs, after the sale of any and all salvaged material is credited to the account, shall be a lien against the real property upon which such costs were incurred. Notice of lien shall be by a certified statement thereof, showing the nature of the work, the date and amount thereof, the property affected and the name of the owner thereof, and shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk of the County Court of Roane County in the General Lien Books as are deeds of trust and mortgages.
(b) The City of Spencer Building Official and/or the City Engineer shall inspect any and all alterations, improvements or repairs being made to the dwelling or building as set forth in the next preceding paragraph. (A.O.; Passed 4-7-22)