Unless other penalties are specified in this chapter, a violation
of any of the following will result in the imposition of the penalties
stipulated in this section:
A. Failure to comply with notice or order. The failure of any owner
of any vacant building, vacant lot or unsafe building to comply with
any notice or order issued under this chapter shall be a municipal
infraction as provided for in this chapter and the Town of Brentwood
Code. Each sixty-day period such failure to comply continues beyond
the date fixed for compliance shall be deemed a separate offense.
The penalties shall be $200. Each additional 60 days a violation exists
is a separate offense subject to an additional fine of $200.
B. Failure to comply with placard or notice to vacate. The failure of
any occupant of any unsafe building to comply with any posted warning
placard or notice to vacate shall be a misdemeanor offense as provided
in this chapter and the Town of Brentwood Code. The penalties shall
be $350 for the first offense; $600 for the second offense; $800 for
the third offense; and $1,000 for the fourth and subsequent offenses,
or imprisonment not to exceed three months, or both.
C. Defacing or removing placard or failing to keep placard in good condition.
The defacing or removal of any warning placard or notice which is
posted on an unsafe building, or failing to keep the placard in good
condition, shall be a municipal infraction as provided in this chapter
and the Town of Brentwood Code. The penalties shall be $75 for the
first offense and $150 for a repeat offense in the same one-year period.
D. Lien on real property. All registration fees, fines or bills for
service, when overdue, are a lien in favor of the Town on the vacant
building, vacant lot, or unsafe building and may be collected and
enforced in the same manner as delinquent real property taxes.
In addition to the penalties for violations of this chapter set forth in §
57-21, the Town may:
A. Enforce the provisions of this chapter through injunctive, mandamus,
or any other appropriate proceedings, and a court of competent jurisdiction
may issue a restraining order, interlocutory or final injunction,
mandamus or other form of relief to restrain or correct violations
of this chapter;
B. Bring suit to collect all costs, assessments or liens imposed or
incurred by the Town in repairing or causing to be vacated, secured
or demolished unsafe buildings; and
C. Take such other legal action as is necessary to carry out the terms
or provisions of this chapter.
D. Closing streets. When necessary for the public safety, the Town Administrator
may in conjunction with the Chief of Police for the Brentwood Police
Department temporarily close sidewalks, streets, buildings and structures
and places adjacent to such vacant buildings, vacant lots or unsafe
buildings, and prohibit the same from being used.
E. Emergency repairs. For the purpose of this section, the Town Administrator
shall employ the necessary labor and materials to perform the required
work as expeditiously as possible.
The Town assumes no liabiltity and shall not be legally responsible
in any way for any damages or loss of any kind to persons or property
in undertaking the performance of any work the owner is obligated
to perform under this chapter. The owner shall be solely responsible
for any and all damages to persons or property that might arise from
any work perfomed by the Town due to the inaction of the owner.