Council shall and hereby does designate the Village Building Inspector to investigate all violations of this chapter and report his finding to Council and he shall:
(a) Inspect or cause to be inspected semiannually or more often if the need arises, all public buildings and structures, tenements, commercial, manufacturing or loft buildings to determine whether any conditions exist which render such places dangerous buildings or structures as defined in this chapter;
(b) Inspect any building, structure, wall or other containing entity about which complaint or complaints have been filed or received about their condition;
(c) Notify in writing the owner, occupant, lessee, mortgagee, agent, and all other persons having any interest in such building or structure, as indicated by the land records in the Wood County Courthouse, of any building or structure found by him to be dangerous as defined in this chapter, that:
(1) The owner must vacate, repair or demolish such building or structure in accordance with the terms of the notice and this chapter;
(2) The occupant or lessee must vacate such building or structure or may have it repaired in accordance with the notice and remain in possession;
(3) The mortgagee, agent or other person having an interest in the building or structure as shown in the land records in the Wood County Courthouse may repair, vacate, or demolish such building or structure at its own risk;
Any person notified by the Building Inspector under this section to repair, vacate or demolish any building or structure shall be given a reasonable time, not to exceed 60 days, as may be necessary to do or have done the work or act required by this notice provided for herein. After the 60 day period, any person so notified may petition Council for an extension of time which may be granted upon showing of hardship;
(d) Set forth in the notice provided for in subsection (c) hereof a description of the building or structure deemed unsafe, a statement of the particulars which make the building or structure a dangerous building, and an order requiring the same to be put in such condition as to comply with the terms of this chapter within such length of time, not exceeding 60 days, as is reasonable;
(e) Place a notice on all dangerous buildings reading as follows:
“THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING BY THE BUILDING INSPECTOR. THIS NOTICE IS TO REMAIN ON THIS BUILDING UNTIL IT IS REPAIRED, VACATED OR DEMOLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NOTICE WHICH HAS BEEN GIVEN THE OWNER, OCCUPANT, LESSEE, MORTGAGEE OR AGENT OF THIS BUILDING, AND OTHER PERSONS HAVING AN INTEREST IN SUCH BUILDING AS SHOWN BY THE LAND RECORDS OF THE RECORDER OF DEEDS OF WOOD COUNTY. IT IS UNLAWFUL TO REMOVE THIS NOTICE UNTIL SUCH NOTICE IS COMPLIED WITH.”
(Ord. 6-84-362. Passed 7-3-84.)