I.C. 36-7-9-1 through 36-7-9-29 are hereby adopted and incorporated by reference as the town’s Unsafe Building Law. All proceedings within the town for the inspection, repair and removal of unsafe buildings shall be governed by said law and the provisions of this chapter. In the event that the provisions of this chapter conflict with the provisions of I.C. 36-7-9-1 et seq., then the provisions of the state statute shall control.
(1996 Code, § 9-20) (Ord. 82-2, passed - -)
All buildings or portions thereof within the town which are determined after inspection by the Building Commissioner to be unsafe as defined in this chapter are hereby declared to be public nuisances and shall be abated by repair, rehabilitation, demolition or removal in accordance with the procedure specified in the town’s Unsafe Building Law.
(1996 Code, § 9-20) (Ord. 82-2, passed - -)
The Building Commissioner for the town, the same being the duly elected Clerk-Treasurer for the town, is hereby designated as the department and enforcement authority and shall be authorized to administer and to proceed under the provisions of this law. The Town Council is hereby specified as the hearing authority under this law.
(1996 Code, § 9-20) (Ord. 82-2, passed - -)
Wherever in the building regulations of the town or the town’s Unsafe Building Law, it is provided that anything must be done to the approval of or subject to the direction of the Building Commissioners, or any other officer of the town, this shall be construed to give such officer only the discretion of determining whether the rules and standards established by ordinance have been complied with; and no such provisions shall be construed as giving any officer discretionary powers as to what such regulations or standards shall be, power to require conditions not prescribed by ordinance, or to enforce ordinance provisions in an arbitrary or discretionary manner.
(1996 Code, § 9-20) (Ord. 82-2, passed - -)
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