(A) If the owner fails to comply with an order issued pursuant hereto to repair, alter, or improve or, at the option of the owner, to vacate and close the structure, the Building Inspector may cause the structure to be repaired, altered, or improved, or to be vacated and closed. The Building Inspector may cause to be posted on the main entrance of any structure so closed, a placard with the following words:
“This building is unfit for human habitation, occupancy or use; the use or occupation 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 Building Inspector 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 Building Inspector, 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 deposited in the circuit court by the Building Inspector, shall be secured in such manner as may be directed by such court, and shall be disbursed by such court to the persons found to be entitled thereto by final order or decree of such court.
(Ord. 535, passed 6-1-99)