(A) The village, by declaration of the Village Manager, may declare any building or separate area or unit within a building within the Fire Limits District in violation of this subchapter.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any owner, agent, or business to occupy or permit occupancy of any building or area within a building by another person or business or to keep or maintain any structure or building or area within a building thereof declared to be in violation of this subchapter.
(C) (1) Upon the identification and declaration of a building or separate area or unit within a building to be in violation of this subchapter, the village shall notify the owner or local agent by issuing a notice of violation to the owner or owners of the building in whose name the property appears on the last local tax assessment record.
(2) The notice shall specify the time and place the person to whom the notice is directed shall have the opportunity to informally show cause why the building should not be declared in violation of this subchapter. Personal service or service by certified mail of the notice shall be made at least ten days before the informal hearing. In the absence of personal service or service by certified mail, such notice may be perfected by publishing in a newspaper of general circulation in the village once weekly for three consecutive weeks and a copy shall be posted in a conspicuous place upon the building or separate area within the building.
(D) (1) In the event the informal hearing fails to timely rectify the declared violation, the Village Council is hereby designated to take testimony of interested parties. The Village Council shall take the testimony of the Fire Warden, the Village Manager, and the building owner and/or agent of the owner of the property declared to be in violation.
(2) The village shall determine whether the building or separate area within the building located within the Fire Limits District is in violation of the ordinance and shall determine a plan to bring the building or separate area into compliance. The Council shall issue a written decision declaring the violation and a plan of correction, fixing a time for the owner and/or agent to bring said building or area within the building into compliance with the ordinance. The decision of the Village Council shall be final.
(Res. 11-01, passed 2-21-2011) Penalty, see § 150.999