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 107.
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.