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f INDIAN RIVER COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. 71-/ l An Ordinance to be entitled: 2 An Ordinance relating to dilapidated, abandoned or 3 unsafe buildings; providing for definitions, providing 4 for notices to owners by the Building Inspector, pro- 5 6 viding for appeals, providing for demolishment of buildings in the event owners fail to repair or remove buildings; providing penalties, providing for liens for 8, worktdone by the County and providing an effective date. 9 Be it ordained by the Board -Of County Commissioners of Indian, River y 10 County: 11 Section 1: All buildings or stmctures which are unsafe, 12 unsanitary, or not provided with adequate egress, or which consti- _ 13 totes a fire hazard, or are otherwise dangerous to human life, or 14 ,' ; ' which in relation to existing use constitute a hazard to safety or 15 health by reason of inadequate maintenance, dilapidation, obsoles.cene 16 : or abandonment, are severally in contemplation of'this section unsafe 17 buildings. All such buildings are hereby declared to be a nuisance. 18 All such buildings are hereby declared illegal and shall be abated by 19 repair and rehabilitation or by demolition in accordance with the -. 20 .. following procedure: t 21 Section 2: Whenever the Building Inspector shall find any - ! 22 building or structure or portion thereof to be unsafe, as defined in ! 23 Section 1, he shall give the owner, agent, or person in control of such ` t 24.E building or structure written notice stating the defects thereof. This t ' 25 notice shall require the owner within a stated time not to exceed ninety 26 (90) days, either to complete specified repairs or improvements, or 27 to demolish and remove the building or structure or portion thereof. 28 Section 31 If necossaryr, such notice shall alma raqulre tho i 29 building, structure or portion *thereof to be vacated forthwith and not i