It is the intent of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Greenport
in enacting this chapter to prevent injury to the public health, safety and
welfare due to unsafe buildings and to provide for the demolition of such
buildings.
This chapter shall be known as the "Unsafe Building Demolition Law."
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Greenport shall appoint a Building
Inspector, who shall be charged with the responsibility of carrying out the
obligations and duties set forth in this chapter.
A signed copy of the report of survey shall be posted on the building,
and the surveyors appointed by the Board of Trustees shall be compensated
by the village.
All costs and expenses incurred by the village in connection with any
and all of the above proceedings to remove or secure, including the cost of
actually removing said building or structure or securing the same, shall be
assessed against the land on which the building or structure is located.
If such owner or person served by mail as hereinabove provided shall
fail to pay the costs and expenses incurred by the village within ten (10)
days after being notified, by registered mail, of the costs thereof, the Village
Clerk shall, immediately preceding the time for making the annual assessment
roll, file a certificate of such actual cost and expense with a statement
as to the property upon which such costs and expenses were incurred and the
buildings or other obstructions removed, as the case may be, with the Assessor
of the village, who shall, in the preparation of the next assessment roll
of general village taxes, assess such amount upon such property, and the same
shall be levied, collected and enforced in the same manner, by the same proceedings,
at the same time, under the same penalties and having the same lien upon the
property assessed as the general village tax and as part thereof.
In cases of great emergency where the delay of proceedings, as hereinbefore
provided, would result in probable loss of life or property, the Mayor or
Manager shall have the power to direct the Building Inspector to proceed at
once to take such action as is needed to guard the safety of persons and property.