[CC 1988 §49.020]
All "dangerous buildings" as defined in Section
505.010 of this Chapter are hereby declared to be public nuisances and shall be vacated and demolished and removed or secured and repaired as herein provided.
[CC 1988 §49.060]
In cases where it reasonably appears that there is an immediate danger to the health, safety or welfare of any person unless a dangerous building as defined by Section
505.010 of this Chapter is immediately vacated and demolished and removed or repaired or secured, the Building Inspector shall report such facts to the City Development Administrator and the City Development Administrator shall cause the immediate vacation and demolition and removal or repair of such dangerous building. The costs of such emergency repair, demolition, securing or removal of such dangerous building shall be collected in the same manner as provided in Section 505.050(2) of this Chapter.
[CC 1988 §49.070]
The notices provided for in Sections 505.040(4) and (7) of this
Chapter and Section 505.050(2) of this Chapter may be served by personal
service upon the owner, occupant, lessee, mortgagee, agent and all
other persons having an interest in the dangerous building as shown
by the land records of the Recorder of Deeds of St. Charles County,
Missouri. Said notices may also be served upon the owner, occupant,
lessee, mortgagee, agent and all other persons having an interest
in said dangerous building as shown by the land records of the Recorder
of Deeds of St. Charles County, Missouri, by certified mail, return
receipt requested, directed to the last known address of each; provided,
that if service of said notices cannot be had either by personal service
or certified mail return receipt requested, then and in either of
these events service of said notices may be had by posting such notice
publication of such notices in an official newspaper of general circulation
in the City of Lake Saint Louis, Missouri, once a week for three (3)
consecutive weeks, the first (1st) publication to be at least twenty-one
(21) days before the date of any hearing which may be set out in the
notice.
The owner, occupant or lessee in possession of any dangerous
building who shall fail to comply with the order to repair, vacate
or demolish said building given by the City Development Administrator
or who shall fail to proceed continuously without unnecessary delay;
and any person removing any notices provided for in this Chapter;
and any person violating any other provisions of this Chapter shall
be guilty of an ordinance violation and upon conviction thereof shall
be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). Each day that
a person fails to comply with an order of the City Development Administrator
may be deemed a separate offense.
[CC 1988 §49.090]
Any person removing, defacing or mutilating the notice placed
on a dangerous building as provided in Section 505.040(7) of this
Chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00)
for each offense.
[CC 1988 §49.110]
Whenever there is insufficient evidence of compliance with the
provisions of this Chapter or evidence that any material or any construction
does not conform to the requirements of this Chapter, or in order
to substitute claims for alternate materials or methods of construction,
the City Development Administrator may require tests as proof of compliance
to be made at the expense of the owner or his/her agent.
[CC 1988 §49.120]
Test methods shall be as specified by this Chapter for the material
in question. If there are no appropriate test methods specified in
this Chapter, the City Development Administrator shall determine the
test procedure to be used. Copies of the results of all such tests
shall be retained by the City Development Administrator for a period
of not less than two (2) years after the making thereof.
[CC 1988 §49.140]
The Chief of the Police Department of the City of Lake Saint Louis, Missouri, shall make a report in writing to the City Development Administrator of any buildings or structures which are or may be or are suspected to be dangerous buildings as defined in Section
505.010 of this Chapter. Such reports must be delivered to the City Development Administrator within twenty-four (24) hours of the discovery of such buildings by any employee of the said Police Department.
[CC 1988 §49.150]
No officer, elected official, agent or employee of the City
of Lake Saint Louis, Missouri, shall render himself/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 duties
under this Chapter. Any suit brought against any officer, agent or
employee of the City of Lake Saint Louis, Missouri, as a result of
any act required or permitted in the discharge of his/her duties under
this Chapter shall be defended at the City's expense until the final
determination of the proceedings therein.
[CC 1988 §49.160]
The provisions of this Chapter shall govern in the City of Lake
Saint Louis, Missouri, except as such matters are otherwise provided
in the Statutes of the State of Missouri.