(A) If the owner fails to comply with an order to repair, alter, or improve or, at the option of the owner, to vacate and close the structure, the city officer may cause the structure to be repaired, altered, or improved, or to be vacated and closed. The city officer may cause to be posted on the main entrance of any structure so closed, a sign with the following words: “This building is unfit for human habitation, occupancy, or use; the use or occupancy of this building for human habitation, occupancy, or use is prohibited and unlawful.”
(B) If the owner fails to comply with an order to remove or demolish the structure, the city officer may cause such structure to be removed or demolished.
(C) The amount of the cost of repairs, alterations, or improvements, or vacating and closing, or removal or demolition shall be a lien upon the real property upon which cost was incurred. If the structure is removed or demolished by the city officer, he shall sell the materials of the structure and shall credit the proceeds of such sale against the cost of the removal or demolition and any balance remaining shall be disbursed by the city officer to the persons found to be entitled thereto.
(Ord. 89-001, passed 3-13-89)