The purpose of this chapter is to promote, protect and preserve the
health, welfare and property of residents and owners of property within the
town by providing for the removal or repair of buildings, residences and structures
therein that from any cause may now be or shall hereafter become dangerous,
unsafe, a public nuisance or a fire hazard to the public.
The Code Enforcement Officer of the town is hereby authorized to enter
onto any of the premises in the town, whether public or private, for the purpose
of inspection, whenever said Code Enforcement Officer is reasonably sure that
any building on the premises is dangerous, unsafe, a public nuisance or a
fire hazard to the public, or in the proper discharge of his duties.
The inspection report of any dangerous, unsafe or collapsed building
shall be in writing and shall be made either to the Supervisor or to the Town
Board.
The Town Board of the town shall determine the respective dates to be inserted in each notice provided for in §
79-4, and in each instance the notice to be served shall be subscribed on behalf of the Town Board of the town by the Town Clerk of said town.
A signed copy of the survey provided for in §
79-6 shall be posted on a building condemned hereunder.
All costs and expenses incurred by the town in connection with proceedings
to remove or secure a building or structure, including the cost of actually
removing such building or structure, shall be assessed against the land on
which said building or structure is located and shall be and become a lien
on said land as of the date of such assessment. The lien of the town for such
costs and expenses shall have priority over all other liens and encumbrances,
except the liens of taxes and assessments which constitute prior liens.
The remedies of the town as herein set forth shall not be exclusive,
but the town shall have any other and further remedy at law or otherwise by
injunction or otherwise now existing under the laws of the State of New York,
and any and all such remedies shall be deemed cumulative, and the pursuit
of any remedy shall not be construed as an election or waiver of the right
to pursue any and all others.