Whenever the City Manager finds that a building condition exists which poses an imminent threat, requiring immediate response to protect the public's health and safety, or to protect the occupants thereof from collapse, contamination or conflagration, the City Manager shall issue an order reciting the existence of the emergency conditions and requiring immediate vacation of the premises and abatement of the hazardous condition. The City Manager or his designee shall attempt to notify the owner of the property of the specifics of the emergency order through reasonable means. If the owner fails to act immediately to abate the imminent hazard, the City Manager shall have the authority to have the hazard abated through any available public agency or contract or arrangement of private persons, and the cost thereof, if not paid by the owner, shall be charged against the real estate upon which the structure is located and shall be a lien upon such real estate.
(Ord. 5-10, passed 2-1-2010)