(a) Service and Posting. All complaints, notices, decisions and orders issued by the Building Inspector shall be served upon the owner of the property by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the owner’s last known address; and shall, in addition thereto, be posted one or more conspicuous places upon the property.
(b) City May Do Work; Cost a Lien. In the event of any owner of any dwelling or other building to comply with the terms and requirements of any notice, decision or order of the Building Inspector, including an Order to maintain property in a safe and sanitary manner, including free of weeds and properly mowed; within twenty (20) days after the service and entry thereof, except where a proper demand has been made for a hearing, and the matter arising thereon remain undetermined, or application to the Circuit Court has been made for a temporary injunction and the hearing thereon has not been had and decision not rendered, the Building Inspector may cause all necessary repairs, alterations or improvements to be made, or if the public welfare requires, may cause the dwelling or other buildings to be closed, removed or demolished, or any combination thereof. The Building Inspector shall keep an accurate account of all costs of such repairs, alterations or improvements of such vacating and closing or removal or demolition, or any combination thereof, and shall assess all costs, including reasonable attorney fees, against the real property upon which such dwelling or other building is situated, and all costs, after the sale of any and all salvaged material is credited to the account, shall be a lien against the real property upon which such costs were incurred. Notice of the lien shall be by a certified statement thereof showing the nature of the work, the date and amount thereof, the property affected and the name of the owner thereof, and shall be recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the Putnam County in the General Lien Books as are Deeds of Trust and mortgages.
(c) The City of Winfield Building Inspector and/or the City Engineer shall inspect any and all alterations, improvements or repairs being made to the dwelling or building as set forth in the next preceding paragraph.
(d) In the event such application is made, a hearing thereon shall be had within twenty (20) days, or as soon thereafter as possible, and the Court shall enter such final order or decree as the law and justice may require. Costs shall be imposed in such a manner as in the discretion of the Court shall seem meet and proper.
(Ord. 2011-12-8. Passed 2-14-12.)
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF WINFIELD