The expense of any action subsequent to preliminary inspections
taken pursuant to this chapter shall be assessed against the real
property involved. Those expenses shall be reported to the Assessor
within 20 days following completion of the proceedings herein authorized.
The Assessor shall cause a notice to be given of the time and place
where he will assess the expense against the property. A copy of the
notice shall be served upon or mailed by certified mail to the owner
and other persons having or claiming any interest in the real property
who has appeared in any proceeding under this law. Except as hereinafter
provided, personal service shall take place at least eight days before
the hearing.
At the time and place specified in the notice, and upon any
adjourned dates, the Assessor shall hear all interested parties. At
the conclusion of the hearing, the Assessor shall complete the assessment,
stating therein the name of the owner, the account number of the amount
assessed to each parcel of real property. Thereafter, he shall return
the assessment to the Town Clerk, who shall present it to the Town
Board. The Town Board shall certify the assessment to the County Legislature,
which shall cause the amount stated therein to be levied against the
property. The amount assessed shall be a lien on the real property
until collected. It shall be levied and collected at the same time
and in the same manner as other Town taxes and shall be paid to the
Town Supervisor to be applied in reimbursing the fund from which the
expenses were paid.
Any notice directed to a corporation may be served upon it at
its principal place of business, upon a duly designated agent within
the Town or upon the Secretary of State. The time for service shall
be extended by four days for any notice served on the Secretary of
State.
Any period of time fixed for performance hereunder may be extended
by the Building Commissioner for a period not exceeding 14 days.
This chapter supersedes and repeals Subdivision 1-24, Section
1, of Chapter 3 (Building Code) of the Town Ordinances, adopted May 11, 1936, as amended
February 19, 1951. This chapter shall not otherwise limit the power
of the Town or its officers to act with respect to buildings, structures,
lands or property as authorized by law.
In addition to their usual meanings, or instead of where the
context so indicates, words used herein shall be defined as provided
for in the State General Construction Law.
This chapter shall take effect immediately.
If any section, clause or provision of this chapter or the application
thereof to any person or lands is adjudged to be invalid, the adjudication
shall not affect other sections, clauses or provisions nor the application
thereof which can be sustained or given effect without the invalid
section, clause or provision or application, and to this end the various
sections, clauses and provisions of this chapter are declared to be
severable.