[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Greenfield 1-15-1981 by L.L. No. 1-1981. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Fire prevention and building construction — See Ch. 54.
Upon receipt of notice to the Town Board that
any building or structure within a business, industrial or residential
section of the Town is dangerous or unsafe to the public, the Town
Board shall appoint an official of said Town, to be designated by
the Town Board, to make an inspection of such building or structure
and to report in writing thereon to said Town Board.
A.
Upon receipt of said report, the Town Board shall
examine the same, and if it appears to the Town Board that said building
or structure may be dangerous or unsafe to the public, the Town Board
shall cause written notice to be served on the owner thereof or some
one of the owner's executors, legal representatives, agents, lessees
or any other person having a vested or contingent interest in the
same, either personally or by certified mail, addressed to the last
known address, if any, of the owner or some one of the owner's executors,
legal representatives, agents, lessees or other persons having a vested
or contingent interest in the same, as shown by the records of the
Receiver of Taxes or in the office of the County Clerk.
[Amended 5-8-2008 by L.L. No. 1-2008]
B.
The notice shall contain the following:
(1)
A description of the premises.
(2)
A statement of the particulars in which the building
is unsafe or dangerous.
(3)
An order outlining the manner in which the building
is to be made safe and secure, or demolished and all remaining debris
removed from the property.
[Amended 9-8-2011 by L.L. No. 1-2011]
(4)
A statement that the securing or demolition and removal
of all remaining debris of such building shall commence within three
days of the service of the notice and shall be completed within 60
days thereafter, unless for good cause shown, such time shall be extended.
[Amended 9-8-2011 by L.L. No. 1-2011]
(5)
A date, time and place for a hearing before the Town
Board in relation to such dangerous or unsafe building, which hearing
shall be scheduled not less than five business days from the date
of service of the notice.
(6)
A statement that in the event of neglect or refusal
to comply with the order to secure or demolish the building and remove
all remaining debris from the property, the Town Board is authorized
to provide for its demolition and to remove all remaining debris from
the property, to assess all expenses thereof against the land on which
it is located and to institute a special proceeding to collect the
costs of demolition, including legal expenses.
[Amended 9-8-2011 by L.L. No. 1-2011]
C.
A copy of the notice, served as provided herein, shall
be filed in the office of the County Clerk of the County of Saratoga.
In the event of the refusal or neglect of the
person so notified to comply with said order of the Town Board and
after the hearing, the Town Board shall provide for the demolition
and removal of such building or structure either by Town employees
or by contract.
[Added 12-28-1988 by L.L. No. 10-1988]
Any person who violates any provision of this
chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not to
exceed $250 or to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 15 days, or
both.
