(A) (1) The Common Council may appoint any of the following depending upon circumstances, conditions, or preferences, to serve at the pleasure of the Common Council to assist in enforcing or implementing the provisions of this subchapter.
(a) Building Inspector to serve annually. A Building Inspector, or other authorized representative, appointed at each annual reorganization of the Common Council for the ensuing year.
(b) Building Inspector to serve for individual situations(s). A Building Inspector, or other authorized representative, to serve for one or more specific situations brought before the Common Council.
(c) Standing Committee to serve annually. A Building Committee, or other commission, appointed at each annual reorganization of the Common Council for the ensuing year.
(d) Ad hoc committee. An ad hoc committee to serve for one or more specific situations(s) brought before the Common Council.
(2) Such Building Inspector or Building Committee may, or may not, consist wholly or partially of member(s) of the Common Council.
(3) For the purpose(s) of this subchapter, such Building Inspector or Committee(s) (or other authorized representative(s) of the Common Council) shall be referred to as Building Inspector in this subchapter.
(B) Whenever deemed necessary to make an inspection, or whenever the Building Inspector has reasonable cause to believe that there exists in any building, structure, or upon any premises any condition which makes such building, structure, or premises dangerous, as described in § 90.040, the Building Inspector may enter upon such building, structure, or premises at any/all reasonable time(s) to inspect the same or perform any duty imposed upon the Building Inspector, provided that:
(1) If such building, structure, or premises be occupied, the Building Inspector shall first present proper credentials to demand entry; or
(2) If such building or premises be unoccupied, the Building Inspector shall first make a reasonable effort to locate the owner or other person having charge or control of such building, structure, or premises and demand entry. If such entry is refused, the Building Inspector shall have recourse provided by law to secure entry. The Building Inspector is hereby authorized to request members of the Common Council, residents, or officers of the Police Department to assist the Building Inspector in making an evaluation or review of such building, structure, or premises. If a visual inspection of the exterior of the building, structure, or premises reveals conditions as listed in § 90.040, without the necessity for entering such building, structure, or premises, a determination may be made solely on the basis of such visual, non-entry inspection.
(C) Buildings, structures, or premises, or portions thereof, which are determined after inspection to be dangerous, hazardous, dilapidated, uninhabitable, or abandoned, as described in this chapter, may be referred to the Common Council for Council declaration as a public nuisance. Said Common Council may declare such building, structure, or premises a public nuisance which shall be abated by repair, rehabilitation, demolition, or removal or demolition in accordance with the procedures specified in this subchapter.
(Prior Code, § 4.0702) (Ord. 411, passed 9-2-1992)