The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the removal or
repair of buildings in business, industrial and residential sections
that, from any cause, may now be or shall hereafter become dangerous
or unsafe to the public.
When in the opinion of the Code Enforcement Officer, who is
hereby designated as the Enforcement Officer of this chapter, any
building or structure located in the Town shall be deemed to be dangerous
or unsafe to the public, the Code Enforcement Officer shall make a
formal inspection thereof and report in writing to the Town Board
his or her findings and recommendations in regard to the building's
or structure's removal or repair.
In the event the owner and persons in interest shall fail to
comply with the final order of the Town Board to make such building
safe and secure or removed, the Town Board shall order such building
or structure to be made safe and secure or removed and assess all
the costs and expense, including the cost of actually removing such
building or structure and the cost of professional fees incurred in
effectuating such removal, against the land on which such building
or structure is located at the same time and in the same manner as
general Town taxes.