The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the removal or repair
of buildings in business, industrial and residential sections that from any
cause may now be or shall hereafter become dangerous or unsafe to the public.
When in the opinion of the Codes Enforcement Officer, who is hereby
designated as the enforcement officer of this chapter, any building or structure
located in the town shall be deemed to be dangerous or unsafe to the public,
the Codes Enforcement Officer shall make a formal inspection thereof and report,
in writing, to the Town Board his findings and recommendations in regard to
the building's or structure's removal or repair.
The notice shall contain the following statements:
A. A description of the premises.
B. A statement of the particulars in which the building
structure is unsafe or dangerous.
C. An order requiring the same to be made safe and secure
or removed.
D. That the securing or removal of said building or structure
shall commence within thirty (30) days of the service of the notice and shall
be completed within sixty (60) days thereafter.
E. A notice of public hearing, time and place.
F. The removal of such building or structure by the town
in the event that such owner fails or refuses to repair or remove the same
within the time provided.
G. That the land on which said buildings or structures are
located will be assessed for all costs and expense incurred by the town in
connection with the proceedings to remove or secure, including the cost of
actually removing said building or structure.
All costs and expenses incurred by the town in connection with the proceedings
to remove or secure such building or buildings, including the actual cost
of repairing or removal, shall be assessed upon the land upon which said building
or buildings are located. Such assessment shall be assessed on the next assessment
against such property, and the same shall be levied and collected in the same
manner as the regular town tax.