[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Florida 4-10-1979
by L.L. No. 1-1979. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Fire prevention and building codes — See Ch. 63.
Property maintenance — See Ch. 89.
Any building or other structure in the Village of Florida that may now
be or shall hereafter become unsafe, dangerous or otherwise hazardous to public
health or welfare shall be ordered removed, altered or repaired by the Village
Board as hereinafter provided.
Upon notification or upon the complaint of any person or upon his own
knowledge that there exists within the Village of Florida any building or
other structures alleged to be unsafe, dangerous or otherwise hazardous to
public health, the Building Official or Building Inspector of the Village
of Florida shall make an inspection and report to the Village Board.
The Village Board, after hearing such report, shall cause the Building
Official or Building Inspector to serve a written notice on the owner or the
owner's executors, legal representative or agents, or any other person having
a vested or contingent interest in same, either personally or by registered
mail, addressed to the last known address, if any, of the owner or one of
the owner's aforesaid representatives or agents shown by the records of the
Receiver of Taxes and/or in the office of the County Clerk, containing a description
of the premises, a statement of the particulars in which the building or structure
is unsafe or dangerous and requiring same to be made safe and secure or removed.
The notice aforesaid shall set forth the time within which the person
so served shall commence the securing or removal of the building or structure,
which shall be not less than 15 days from the service of notice, and shall
set forth the time within which the work shall be completed, which shall be
not less than 30 days nor more than 45 days from the date set for the commencement
of the work.
A.
In the event of neglect or refusal of the person served
with notice to comply with same, the Village Board shall cause an inspection
of the premises to be made by a practical builder or engineer or architect
to be named by the Village Board, who shall make an inspection and written
report to the Village Board. In the event that the building or other structure
shall be reported unsafe or dangerous under such inspection, a proceeding
will be instituted in the Supreme Court within a reasonable time thereafter
for an order declaring the building or other structure to be a public nuisance
and directing that it shall be repaired and secured or taken down and removed
as recommended by the written report.
B.
Failure to comply with the notice of the Building Official
shall constitute a violation of this chapter, punishable by a fine of not
more than $250 or by imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both.
[Amended 2-10-1987 by L.L. No. 1-1987]
A signed copy of the report of inspection shall be posted on the building
and the inspectors shall be compensated.
All costs and expenses incurred by the Village in connection with the
proceedings to remove or secure, including the cost of actually removing said
building or structure, shall be assessed against the land on which said building
or structure is located, and the aforesaid costs shall also be recoverable
in the legal proceedings brought to remove the public nuisance.
