This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Unsafe Buildings
Law of the Town of Dayton, New York."
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 Building Inspector, 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 Building
Inspector shall make a formal inspection thereof, and report in writing to
the Town Board his or her findings and recommendations in regard to the building's
or structure's removal or repair.
In the event the owner and persons in interest shall fail to comply
with the final order of the Town Board to make such building safe and secure
or removed, the Town Board shall order such building or structure to be made
safe and secure or removed and assess all the costs and expense, including
the cost of actually removing such building or structure, against the land
on which such building or structure is located at the same time and in the
same manner as general Town taxes.
In cases where it reasonably appears that there is immediate danger to the life or safety of any person unless an unsafe building is immediately repaired, vacated or demolished, the Building Inspector shall report such facts to the Town Board and the Town Board shall cause the immediate repair, vacation or demolition of such unsafe building. The costs of such emergency repair, vacation or demolition of such unsafe building shall be collected in the same manner as provided in §
79-8.
No officer, agent or employee of the Town of Dayton shall render himself or herself personally liable for any damage that may accrue to persons or property as a result of any act required or permitted in the discharge of his or her duties under this chapter. Any suit brought against any officer, agent or employee of the Town of Dayton as a result of any act required or permitted in the discharge of his or her duties under this chapter shall be covered under Chapter
14, Defense and Indemnification, of the Code of the Town of Dayton.