[1997 Code § 148-1]
Any building, wall or structure which is or may become dangerous
to life or health or which may tend to extend a conflagration shall
be removed or destroyed, and the cost thereof shall be assessed as
a municipal lien against said premises.
[1997 Code § 148-2]
The Construction Official of the City shall be the officer whose
duty it shall be to file a written complaint with the City Council
concerning any building, wall or structure in said City which is or
may become dangerous to life or health or which might tend to extend
a conflagration.
[1997 Code § 148-4]
When any such removal or destruction shall have been undertaken
and completed by the City of Absecon City, an accurate account of
the costs and expense thereof shall be kept by the officer of the
City in charge of such removal or destruction and filed with the City
Clerk. The City Council shall examine the same and, if the same if
properly made, shall confirm it and file such report with the City
Assessor, who shall assess the costs thereof as a municipal lien against
said premises.
[1997 Code § 148-5]
The Construction Official is hereby designated as the officer
charged with the supervision of the removal or destruction of any
building, wall or structure which is or may become dangerous to life
or health or which might tend to extend a conflagration.
[1997 Code § 148-6]
Any owner or owners or occupant or other person having any lien
or claim upon the premises on which is situate any such building,
wall or structure desiring to contest the right of the City to remove
or destroy any such building, wall or structure because he or she
contends it is not dangerous to life or health or might not tend to
extend a conflagration may file a written protest against such contemplated
removal or destruction with the City Clerk before the time has expired
in the notice as hereinabove provided setting forth his or her objection
and his or her post office address, in which case the City Clerk shall
present the matter to the City Council and to the Construction Official
of the City. The City Council shall thereafter or not less than 10
days' written notice mailed by the City Clerk to such person's
or persons' post office address designated in said written objection,
fix a time and place for the hearing of said objection. After such
hearing, the City Council shall either pass a resolution not to proceed
or to proceed with the destruction or removal of any such building,
wall or structure which is or may become dangerous to life or health
or which might tend to extend a conflagration. If the resolution is
to proceed with the destruction or removal, the Construction Official
shall, upon the expiration of the time prescribed in the original
notice hereinafter provided, proceed forthwith with the removal or
destruction of the same.