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116.7.8 Work by the City: Unsafe Buildings, Structures, Equipment and Unoccupied <br />Buildings: Demolition or Repair and Securing. <br />If the repairs, securing or demolition actions necessary to remove the unsafe condition as <br />set forth in the Notice of Unsafe Building are not made within the designated period and a <br />hearing has not been requested by the property owner, the Building Official shall request <br />that a hearing be held regarding the unsafe condition. <br />If the findings of the Building Board of Appeals are not complied with in the period <br />designated by the Board, the Building Official may then demolish, secure or repair such <br />portions of the structure, or may cause such work to be done, to the extent necessary to <br />eliminate the hazard determined to exist by the Building Board of Appeals. The costs of <br />demolition, security, repair, or any work to the extent necessary to eliminate the hazard <br />shall be charged to and a responsibility of the property owner. Failure to make payment <br />shall subject the property to lien for the costs unpaid. <br />116.7.8.1 Emergency procedure. <br />Whenever any portion of a structure constitutes an immediate hazard to life or property, <br />and in the opinion of the Building Official, the conditions are such that repairs, securing or <br />demolition must be undertaken within less than the designated period, the Building <br />Official may make such alterations or repairs, secure or demolish such portions of the <br />structures as are necessary to protect life or property, or both, after giving such notice to <br />the property owner as the circumstances will permit or without any notice whatever <br />when, in the Building Official’s opinion, immediate action is necessary. <br />116.7.8.2 Costs. <br />The costs involved in Sections 116.7.8 and 116.7.8.1 of such demolition, securing or repair, <br />including the entire cost of the services rendered by the City, shall be subject to lien for <br />nonpayment after reasonable demands for payment against the property upon which the <br />structure stands. The Building Official shall notify, in writing, the property owner of the <br />amount of the costs resulting from such work. Within thirty (30) days of the receipt of such <br />notice, the property owner may file with the Building Official a written request for a <br />hearing. <br />The Building Board of Appeals thereupon shall set the matter for hearing; give such <br />property owner notice thereof as provided in Section 116.7.2; hold such hearing and <br />determine the reasonableness or correctness of the assessment, or both; and if requested, <br />determine the necessity of the demolition or repairs. The Building Board of Appeals, in <br />writing, shall notify the property owner of its decision. <br />116.7.8.3 Recordation of costs.