It shall be unlawful for any owner or owner's agent to keep
or maintain any dangerous building or structure within the City.
An owner aggrieved by any final decision of the Board under §
9-331 may appeal that decision to the Kalamazoo County Circuit Court, provided that the appeal must be filed within 21 days from the date of the mailing of the Board's decision to the owner, or within such time period as provided by law.
If the City elects to contract the responsibility for razing
or repairing the building to a receiver, the City shall put the matter
out for bid, pursuant to established City procedure.
Upon completion of the work required of the receiver by the
contract, the receiver shall submit to the City a complete invoice
listing all of the work performed and the cost (materials, supplies
and services).
The receiver may bid at the foreclosure sale; if its bid is
the highest bid, the sum due to it (as determined by the court) may
be applied to said bid (so as to reduce the sum otherwise payable
by the receiver).
Upon commencement of razing or repairing the dangerous building,
the City may record a notice of lis pendens with respect to the future
claim the City will assert (in its own name and/or on behalf of the
receiver) for the costs to raze or repair such building.
From the time repairs commence by the City, including through
a third-party contractor or through a receiver, until the time the
cost of those repairs is fully paid by the owner, the owner shall
exercise no control over the building nor occupy nor cause or allow
another to occupy such dangerous building.