As used in this chapter, the following term shall have the meaning indicated:
PERSON
When used in this chapter, shall mean and include one or more persons
of either sex, natural persons, corporations, partnerships, associations,
joint-stock companies, societies and all other entities capable of being sued.
Any building or part of a building, staging or other structure that,
from any cause, may now be or shall at any time hereafter become dangerous
or unsafe, shall be taken down and removed or made safe and secure.
Immediately upon receipt of a report by the Building Inspector or Fire
Chief that a building or part of a building, staging or structure is unsafe
or dangerous, the Building Board shall cause the same to be entered upon a
docket of unsafe buildings, and the owner or some one of the owners, executors,
administrators, agents, lessees or any other person who may have a vested
or contingent interest in the same shall be served with a printed or written
notice containing a description of the premises or structures deemed unsafe
or dangerous, 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 as may be deemed necessary by the Building Board. Such notice
shall require the person thus served immediately to certify to the Building
Board his assent or refusal to secure or remove the same.
If the person served with a notice specified in §
106-3 shall immediately certify his assent to securing or removal of said unsafe or dangerous building, premises or structure, he shall be allowed 24 hours, after the service of such notice, within which to commence the securing or removal of the same as expeditiously as can be done.