A Town Officer or Inspector shall cause or make
an inspection and report in writing to the Town Board his or her findings
and recommendations in regard to the removal or demolition and removal
of such unsafe motor vehicles, boats, trailers, containers, and other
nonbuildings or structures, in his or her own opinion or upon receipt
of information that it:
A. Is or may become dangerous or unsafe to the general
public.
B. Is accessible to and an object of attraction to minors
under 18 years of age, as well as to vagrants and other trespassers.
C. Is or may become a place of rodent infestation.
D. Presents any other danger to the health, safety, morals
and general welfare of the public.
E. Is unfit for the purposes for which it may lawfully
be used.
The said notice shall be posted at or upon the
object causing the dangerous situation. An effort shall be made to
notify the owner or person in charge of the object by posting said
notice upon the door of the last known residence and/or any residence
that the occupant of said residence may have an interest in said object.
The notice shall contain the following:
A. A description of the object.
B. A statement of the particulars in which the object
is unsafe or dangerous.
C. An order outlining the manner in which the object
is to be made safe and secure or demolished and/or removed.
D. A statement that the securing or removal of such object
shall be done within 24 hours of the posting of the notice, and for
good cause shown, such time shall be extended or for a shorter period
of time if necessary to protect the life, safety or health of any
person or property.
E. A statement that in the event of neglect, failure
to act or refusal of the person charged with the care or custody of
the object to comply with the same, the Town Board may authorize the
removal or securing of the said object and to assess the costs and
expenses of securing or removing same against the land on which it
is located.
F. Said notice shall also specify a time and place for
a hearing before the Town Board to determine whether or not any object
should be removed from or secured upon the premises.
The Town Board shall thereafter consider such
report and by resolution determine, if in the Board's opinion the
report so warrants, that such object is an attractive nuisance, unsecured,
unsafe or a danger to the safety, health or general welfare of persons
in the Town of Babylon, and order its demolition and/or removal.