The Code Enforcement Officer of the Village of Potsdam shall be the
enforcement officer of this chapter and shall make inspections of all unsafe
buildings and structures within the Village of Potsdam. The Code Enforcement
Officer shall report to the Village Board all unsafe buildings and structures
which from time to time may be found within the limits of the village. The
Village Board may also direct the Code Enforcement Officer to report on buildings
which the Board believes may be unsafe. When it shall be reported to the Village
Board that a building or structure is in an unsafe or dangerous condition,
the Village Board shall direct the Code Enforcement Officer to inspect the
same and to report the condition to the Village Board within five days by
delivering a copy of same to the Village Administrator.
The Village Board shall thereafter consider the report of the Code Enforcement
Officer and, if the report so warrants, determine by resolution that said
building or structure is unsafe and dangerous and order its removal or its
repair, if the same can be safely repaired.
In the event that the survey determines that the building is unsafe
or dangerous, the Village Board may pass a resolution directing the Mayor
to make an application to the Supreme Court. The application will be for an
order determining the building or structure to be a public nuisance and directing
that it shall be repaired, secured or removed in accordance with the survey.
All costs and expenses incurred by the village in connection with the
proceedings to survey, repair, secure or remove, including the actual cost
of surveying, repairing, securing or removing a building or structure, together
with a charge of 50% in addition thereto as compensation to the village for
administering, shall be assessed against the land on which the building or
structure is located and added to the village levy.
Said surveyors shall be paid reasonable compensation for the service
performed by them in making their survey and in preparing the report thereof.