The Code Enforcement Official of the Village of Valatie shall be charged with the responsibility of carrying out the obligations and duties set forth in this chapter.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Valatie 4-22-1980 by L.L. No. 7-1980 (Ch. 50 of the 1980 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 7-10-1984 by L.L. No. 5-1984; 6-12-1990 by L.L. No. 3-1990]
No person, firm, corporation or association who or which is the owner of a building in the Village of Valatie shall cause, suffer, allow or permit said building to become dangerous or unsafe to the public. In the event that any building now is or hereafter becomes dangerous or unsafe to the public from any cause whatsoever, said owner shall repair or remove said building. In the event of the failure of the owner of any building to repair or remove the same, the Code Enforcement Official of the Village of Valatie shall make a complete inspection of the condition of said building. Notice shall thereafter be served, by certified mail, on the owner or some one of the owners, executors, legal representatives, agents, lessees or any other persons having a vested or contingent interest in said building. Said notice shall contain a description of the premises, a statement of the particulars in which the building or structure is unsafe or dangerous and an order requiring said building or structure to be made safe and secure or removed. Said notice shall also provide for the time within which the person served with said notice shall commence and complete the securing or removal of the building or structures. In the event of the neglect or refusal of the person so served with said notice to commence or complete repair or removal within the allotted time, the Village of Valatie Board of Trustees, after a hearing as provided for in § 128-3 hereof, may cause the repair or removal of such building or structure. The aforementioned notice may advise of the date(s) set for the hearing by the Village Board of Trustees.
[Added 6-12-1990 by L.L. No. 3-1990]
Prior to the repair or removal of such building or structure by the Village or the assessment of costs incurred by the Village against the land on which the building or structure is located in accordance with § 128-4 herein below, the Board of Trustees of the Village of Valatie shall conduct a hearing to provide an opportunity to the owner of such building or structure to present any and all relevant evidence. Notice of such hearing, unless contained in the notice provided for in § 128-2, shall be served in the same manner as the notice provided for in § 128-2 herein above.
All costs and expenses incurred by the Village in connection with any and all of the above proceedings to remove or secure, including the cost of actually removing said building or structure or securing the same, shall be assessed against the land on which the building or structure is located.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
If such owner or person serviced by mail, as hereinabove provided, shall fail to pay the costs and expenses incurred by the Village within 10 days after being notified of the costs thereof by registered mail, the Village Clerk shall file, immediately preceding the time for making the annual assessment roll, a certificate of such actual cost and expense with a statement as to the property upon which such cost and expense were incurred and the buildings or other obstructions removed, as the case may be, with the Clerk of the Village, who shall, in the preparation of the next assessment roll of the general Village taxes, assess such amount upon such property, and the same shall be levied, collected and enforced in the same manner, by the same proceedings, at the same time, under the same penalties and shall have the same lien upon the property assessed as the general Village tax and as a part thereof.