It is the purpose of this Chapter to provide a just, equitable
and practicable method for the repairing, vacation or demolition of
buildings or structures that may endanger the life, limb, health,
property, safety or welfare of the occupants of such buildings or
the general public, and this Chapter shall apply to all dangerous
buildings, as herein defined, that now are in existence or that may
hereafter exist in the City of Pine Lawn, Missouri.
All dangerous buildings, as defined by Section
503.020, are hereby declared to be public nuisances and shall be repaired, vacated or demolished as provided herein.
All City Police Officers and all other City of Pine Lawn employees
so designated by the City Administrator shall be Building Inspectors
within the meaning of this Chapter.
The City Administrator or other designated officer or officers
shall act as Building Commissioner under this Chapter.
Any owner, occupant, lessee, mortgagee, agent or any other person(s)
having an interest in a dangerous building as shown by the land records
of the Recorder of Deeds of the County wherein the land is located
may, within thirty (30) days from the receipt of the order of the
Building Commissioner, appeal such decision to the Circuit Court of
the County wherein the land is located pursuant to the procedure established
in Chapter 536, RSMo.
In cases where it reasonably appears that there is immediate
danger to the health, life or safety of any person unless a dangerous
building, as defined herein, is immediately repaired, vacated or demolished
and the property is cleaned up, the Building Inspector shall report
such facts to the Building Commissioner and the Building Commissioner
may cause the immediate repair, vacation or demolition of such dangerous
building and clean up of the property. The costs of such emergency
repair, vacation or demolition of such dangerous building shall be
collected in the same manner as provided in Sections 503.080(5).
Any person violating the provisions of this Chapter is guilty
of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more
than five hundred dollars ($500.00). Each day that a person fails
to comply with an order of the Building Commissioner may be deemed
a separate offense.