Any building or part of a building, staging or other structure
that from any cause may now be, or shall at any time hereafter become,
dangerous or unsafe shall be taken down and removed or made safe and
secure.
Immediately upon the receipt of a report by any officer or employee
of the Department of Buildings that a building or part of a building,
staging or structure is unsafe or dangerous, the Superintendent of
Buildings shall cause the same to be entered upon a docket of unsafe
buildings to be kept in his Department; and the owner or some one
of the owners, executors, administrators, agents, lessees or other
person who may have a vested or contingent interest in the same shall
be served with a printed or written notice containing a description
of the premises or structure deemed unsafe or dangerous, and an order
requiring the same to be made safe and secure or removed, as may be
deemed necessary by the Superintendent of Buildings. Such notice shall
require the person thus served to immediately certify to the Superintendent
his assent or refusal to secure or remove the same.
If the person served with a notice specified above shall immediately
certify his assent to the securing or removal of said unsafe or dangerous
building, premises or structure, he shall be allowed 48 hours after
the service of such notice in which to commence the securing or removal
of the same, and he shall employ sufficient labor and assistance to
secure or remove the same as expeditiously as can be done.
A.
Report to Clerk. In case of neglect or refusal to comply with said
notice within 48 hours, the Superintendent of Buildings shall report
the case to the Village Clerk, who shall bring the matter before the
Board of Trustees so that it may, as soon as possible, consider the
matter and determine what disposition shall be made thereof.
B.
Action of Board of Trustees. When the Board of Trustees deems a building
unsafe after inspection and hearing held thereon, of which due notice
shall be given to all parties interested, it shall immediately notify
any and all tenants or occupants of its findings in writing, and direct
the Chief of Police to cause all such tenants or occupants to vacate
the premises forthwith. If said tenants or occupants refuse to or
neglect to vacate the premises pursuant to said notice, such refusal
to or neglect to vacate on the part of said tenants or occupants shall
constitute a violation of this section on the part of said tenant
or occupants, and each day of such refusal or neglect shall be deemed
a separate and distinct violation.
A.
Recovery of bodies from wrecked buildings. In case of the falling
of any building or part thereof in the Village, where persons are
known or believed to be buried under the ruins, emergency services
personnel or other governing authority shall cause an examination
of the premises to be made for the recovery of the bodies of the killed
and injured.
B.
Temporary safeguards for dangerous buildings. In case there shall
be, in the opinion of the Superintendent of Buildings, actual and
immediate danger of the falling of any building or part thereof so
as to endanger life or property, he shall cause the necessary work
to be done to render said building or part thereof temporarily safe
until the proper proceedings for unsafe buildings provided by the
article are instituted.
C.
Vacating buildings; closing streets and sidewalks. The Superintendent
of Buildings is hereby authorized and empowered in such cases, and
also where any building or part thereof has fallen and life is endangered
by the occupation thereof, to order and require the inmates and occupants
of such building or part thereof to vacate the same forthwith, and
the Superintendent may, when necessary for the public safety, temporarily
close sidewalks, streets, buildings, structures and places adjacent
to such building or part thereof and prohibit the same from being
used. The Chief of Police, when called upon by the Superintendent
of Buildings to cooperate, shall enforce such orders or requirements.
