The Building Commissioner/Inspector shall examine or cause to be examined every building or structure or portion thereof reported as, or believed to be, an unsafe building. He or she shall give written notice to the owner of record, including any purchaser under a recorded land contract, and to a person occupying such building if he or she is not the owner thereof. The written notice shall specifically state the defects that cause the building to be unsafe and shall state that the specified repairs or improvements, or the demolition and removal of the building or structure, or portion thereof, leaving the premises in a clean, safe and sanitary condition, such condition being subject to the approval of the Commissioner/Inspector, shall be completed within 30 days from the date of the written notice. However, in cases of emergency making immediate repairs necessary, the Commissioner/ Inspector may order the changes or demolition to be made within a shorter period of time. The notice shall also require that the building or portion thereof be vacated forthwith by the occupants thereof.
(Ord. 17-1969, passed 7-22-1969; Ord. 20-2012, passed 8-28-2012)