[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cove Neck 10-18-1974 by L.L. No. 2-1974 as Art. 15 of the 1974 General Code; amended in its entirety 3-14-1984 by L.L. No. 1-1984. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Brush, grass and weeds — See Ch. 28.
Building construction — See Ch. 32.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
DANGEROUS BUILDING
Includes any building, shed, fence or other man-made structure which:
A. 
Is dangerous to the public health because of its condition and which may cause or aid in the spread of disease or injury to health of the occupants of it or neighboring structures.
B. 
Because of faulty construction, age, lack of proper repair or any other cause is especially liable to fire and constitutes or creates a fire hazard.
C. 
By reason of faulty construction or any other cause is liable to cause injury or damage by collapsing or by a collapse or fall of any part of the structure.
D. 
Because of its condition or because of lack of doors or windows is an attractive nuisance or is available to and frequented by malefactors or disorderly persons who are not lawful occupants of the structure.
Any building in the Village which, from any cause, may now be or shall hereafter become a dangerous building as defined herein or which is unsafe to the public, to the occupants thereof, or to adjoining property or occupants may be removed or repaired as provided in this chapter.
Upon receipt by the Board of Trustees of a report of an inspection by the Building Inspector of a building shown in such report to be a dangerous building, the Village Clerk shall cause to be served on the owner, either personally or by registered mail addressed to the last known address, if any, of the owner as shown by the tax records of the Village or in the records of the County Clerk of the County of Nassau, a notice containing a description of the premises, a statement of the particulars in which the building or structure is unsafe or dangerous and an order requiring the same to be made safe and secure or removed and the time within which the person served with such notice shall commence and complete the securing or removal of such building. If such service is made by registered mail, the Village Clerk shall cause a copy of such notice to be posted on the premises.
In the event of the neglect or refusal of the person served with the notice provided for in § 35-3 to comply with the same within the time therein specified, the Village may by written notice to the property owner require that a survey be made by the Village Engineer and a practical builder, engineer or architect to be named by the Board of Trustees and a practical builder, engineer or architect appointed by the person notified as provided in § 35-3. In the event of the refusal or neglect of the person so notified to appoint such surveyor within 15 days from the date of such notice provided for in this section, the two surveyors named by the Village shall prepare the survey and report. The aforesaid notice shall state that in the event the building or other structure shall be reported unsafe or dangerous under such survey, an application may be made at the Supreme Court in Nassau County, following the receipt of said report of the surveyors by the Board of Trustees, for an order determining the building to be a public nuisance and directing that it shall be repaired and secured or taken down and removed by the Village at the sole expense of the owner of said building.
Following the receipt of a report of surveyors by the Board of Trustees, the Village Clerk shall cause a copy of the report of survey to be posted on the building and mailed to the property owner.
Upon obtaining the aforementioned Supreme Court order, the Village shall enter the property and effect the repairing, securing or removing of a dangerous or unsafe building. All costs and expenses for the same incurred by the Village, plus accrued interest at the rate of 12% per annum from the date of completion of the work, shall be paid by such owner. If such costs, expenses and interest are not paid by the owner, they shall be assessed against the lot or parcel of land where such building is or was located, which assessment shall be included in the next succeeding annual bill for Village taxes for such property and shall become a lien thereon when such taxes become a lien.