The code official shall order the owner or owner's authorized agent of any premises upon which is located any structure, which in the code official's or owner's authorized
agent judgment after review is so deteriorated or dilapidated or has
become so out of repair as to be dangerous, unsafe, insanitary or
otherwise unfit for human habitation or occupancy, and such that it is unreasonable to repair the structure, to demolish and remove such structure; or if such structure is capable of being made safe by repairs, to repair
and make safe and sanitary, or to board up and hold for future repair
or to demolish and remove at the owner's option;
or where there has been a cessation of normal construction of any structure for a period of more than two years, the code official shall order the owner or owner's authorized agent to demolish and remove such structure, or board up until future repair. Boarding the
building up for future repair shall not extend beyond one year, unless approved by the building official.
Notices and orders shall comply with Section
111.4.
If the owner of a premises or owner's authorized agent fails to comply
with a demolition order within the time prescribed, the code
official shall cause the structure to be
demolished and removed, either through an available public agency
or by contract or arrangement with private persons, and the cost of
such demolition and removal shall be charged against the real estate
upon which the structure is located and shall be
a lien upon such real estate.
Where any structure has been ordered demolished
and removed, the governing body or other designated officer under
said contract or arrangement aforesaid shall have the right to sell
the salvage and valuable materials. The net proceeds of such sale,
after deducting the expenses of such demolition and removal, shall
be promptly remitted with a report of such sale or transaction, including
the items of expense and the amounts deducted, for the person who
is entitled thereto, subject to any order of a court. If such a surplus
does not remain to be turned over, the report shall so state.