The Building Inspector/Code Enforcement Officer, or assistants specially designated thereto, shall:
(a) Inspect or cause to be inspected semi-annually, all public buildings, schools, halls, churches, theaters, hotels, tenements, commercial manufacturing, or loft buildings for the purpose of determining whether any condition exists which renders such places a "dangerous building" within the terms of Section 1741.01.
(b) Inspect any building, wall or structure about which complaints are filed by any person to the effect that a building, wall or structure is or may be existing in violation of this article.
(c) Inspect any building, wall, or structure reported (as hereinafter provided for) by the fire company or police department of this Borough as probably existing in violation of the terms of this article.
(d) Inspect annually buildings in the Borough to determine whether they are "dangerous buildings" within the terms of Section 1741.01.
(e) Notify, in writing, the owner, occupant, lessee, mortgagee, agent and all other persons having an interest in the building as shown by the Recorder of Deeds of the County of Allegheny, of any building found by him to be a “dangerous building” within the standards set forth in Section 1741.01, that:
(1) The owner must vacate, or repair, or demolish the building in accordance with the terms of the notice and this article.
(2) The occupant or lessee must vacate such building or may have it repaired in accordance with the notice and remain in possession;
(3) The mortgagee, agent, other persons having an interest in such building as shown by the land records of the Recorder of Deeds of the County of Allegheny, may at his own risk, repair, vacate or demolish the building or have such work or act done; provided, that any person notified under this subsection to repair, vacate, or demolish any building shall be given such reasonable time, not exceeding thirty days, as may be necessary to do, or have done, the work or act required by the notice provide for herein.
(f) Set forth in the notice provided in subsection (e)(3) 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 article within such length of time, not exceeding thirty days, as is reasonable.
(g) Report to Council any non-compliance with the "notice" provided for in subsections (e) and (f) hereof.
(h) Appear at all hearings conducted by Council, and testify as to the condition of "dangerous buildings."
(i) Place a notice on all "dangerous buildings" reading as follows: “THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE A DANGEROUS BUILDING BY THE BUILDING INSPECTOR/CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, OR ASSISTANTS, SPECIALLY DESIGNATED THERETO. 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 THE BUILDING, AND ALL OTHER PERSONS HAVING AN INTEREST IN SAID BUILDING AS SHOWN BY THE RECORDER OF DEEDS OF THE COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY. IT IS UNLAWFUL TO REMOVE THIS NOTICE UNTIL SUCH NOTICE IS COMPLIED WITH.”
(Ord. 3278. Passed 11-18-02.)