(a) If the owner fails to comply with the decision and order provided for in this chapter, the City Engineer or the City Engineer's designee shall cause such dangerous building or structure to be demolished and removed or otherwise made safe. In the event the owner has failed to demolish or otherwise make the building or structure safe upon the expiration of the time ordered by the Hearing Officer, the City Engineer or the City Engineer's designee shall cause the building or structure to be demolished or otherwise made safe.
(b) The cost of the demolition includes, but is not limited to, fees paid to hearing officers, cost of title searches or commitments used to determine the parties in interest, recording fees for notices and liens with the County Register of Deeds, demolition and dumping charges, court reporter attendance fees, and the costs of the collection of the charges authorized under this chapter, or making the building safe, or of maintaining the exterior of the building or structure, or grounds adjoining the building or structure plus the costs of mailing, recording and publication incurred by the City to bring the property into conformance with this chapter shall be reimbursed to the City by the owner or party in interest in whose name the property appears. This includes owners who have an interest when these proceedings commence or who acquire their interest during the pendency of the proceedings.
(c) Each owner or party in interest as defined in Section 1472.05(a)(1) shall be notified of the amount of such cost by first class mail at the address shown on the records. If the owner fails to pay the same within 30 days after mailing by the assessor of the notice of the amount thereof, the City shall have a lien for the cost incurred by the City to bring the property into conformance with this ordinance. The lien shall not take effect until notice of the lien has been filed or recorded as provided by law. A lien provided for in this division does not have priority over previously filed or recorded liens and encumbrances. The lien for the cost shall be collected and treated in the same manner as provided for property tax liens under the General Property Tax Act, being M.C.L.A. §§ 211.1 to 211.157.
(d) In addition to other remedies under this chapter, the City may bring an action against the owner of the building or structure for the full cost of the demolition, of making the building safe, or of maintaining the exterior of the building or structure or grounds adjoining the building or structure plus the costs of mailing, recording and publication incurred by the City to bring the property into conformance with this chapter. The City shall have a lien for the amount of the judgment against the owner's interest in all real property located in this state that is owned in whole or in part by the owner of the building or structure against whom the judgment is obtained. The lien provided for in this section shall not take effect until notice of the lien is filed or recorded as provided by law. The lien does not have priority over prior filed or recorded liens and encumbrances. The judgment may be enforced against assets of the owner other than the building or structure.
(Ord. 2004-10. Passed 8-2-04.)