The chief of any fire department providing fire-fighting services for
a property within this City shall promptly notify the Code Enforcement Officer
of any fire or explosion involving any structural damage, fuel burning appliance,
chimney or gas vent.
Unsafe structures and equipment in this City shall be identified and addressed in accordance with the procedures established by Chapter
55 of the Code of the City of Batavia as now in effect or as hereafter amended from time to time.
The Code Enforcement Officer shall review and investigate complaints
which allege or assert the existence of conditions or activities that fail
to comply with the Uniform Code, the Energy Code, this chapter, or any other
local law, ordinance or regulation adopted for administration and enforcement
of the Uniform Code or the Energy Code. The process for responding to a complaint
shall include such of the following steps as the Code Enforcement Officer
may deem to be appropriate:
A. Performing an inspection of the conditions and/or activities
alleged to be in violation, and documenting the results of such inspection;
B. If a violation is found to exist, providing the owner of the affected property and any other person who may be responsible for the violation with notice of the violation and opportunity to abate, correct or cure the violation, or otherwise proceeding in the manner described in §
51-17, Violations, of this chapter;
C. If appropriate, issuing a stop-work order; and
D. If a violation which was found to exist is abated or
corrected, performing an inspection to ensure that the violation has been
abated or corrected, preparing a final written report reflecting such abatement
or correction, and filing such report with the complaint.