A.    Notice. Pursuant to 65 ILCS 5/11-31-1(e), whenever the building inspector, fire marshal or health officer shall be of the opinion that a residential building two stories or less in height is a dangerous building, and furthermore is a building which is open and vacant, and which poses an immediate and continuing hazard to the community requiring expedited demolition of the building or removal of the hazard, he shall file a written statement to this effect with the city clerk. The clerk shall thereupon cause the following notices to be carried out as soon as practical:

    1.    A notice not less than two feet by two feet in size shall be posted on the front of the building, dated the date of the posting, stating that: (a) the building has been declared in a dangerous condition and an immediate and continuing hazard to the community; (b) the reason the dangerous condition is declared; and (c) that unless the dangerous building is demolished or the dangerous condition otherwise remedied by the owner or owners or lienhold-ers of record, same will be performed by the city, at the owner or owners' expense;

    2.    As soon as practical, and not later than thirty (30) days after posting of notice on the premises, a written notice shall be sent, by certified mail, return receipt requested, to all owners of record of the property, the beneficial owners of any Illinois land trust having title to the property, and all lienholders of record in the property, stating the intent of the city to demolish the dangerous building, or otherwise remedy the dangerous condition, if action is not taken by the owner or owners. Such notice may be in the following terms:

        To                 (owner/lien holder) of the premises known and described as .

        You are hereby notified that (describe building) on the premises above mentioned has been condemned as a nuisance, a dangerous building, and an immediate and continuing hazard to the community by                        . The causes for this decision are (insert facts as to dangerous condition). You must remedy this condition or demolish the building immediately, or the City will do so, at the owner or owners' expense.

    3.    As soon as practical, and not later than thirty (30) days after posting of notice on the premises, a published notice shall be made in the newspaper published or circulated in the city for three consecutive days, setting forth: (a) the permanent tax index number and address of the building; (b) a statement that the property is open and vacant and constitutes an immediate and continuing hazard to the community; and (c) a statement of the city's intention to demolish the dangerous building or, if appropriate under the circumstances, correct the dangerous condition, if the owner or owners or lienholders of record fail to do so.

    A person objecting to the proposed actions of the city may file his or her objection in an appropriate form in a court of competent jurisdiction.

    B.    City May Demolish the Dangerous Building or Remedy the Dangerous Condition Without Court Order. If the owner or owners of the dangerous building have not demolished same, or otherwise corrected the dangerous condition within thirty (30) days of the mailing of notice to the owners of record, the beneficial owners of any Illinois land trust having title to the property, and all lienholders of record in the property, or within thirty (30) days of the last day of publication of the notice, whichever is later, the city shall have the power to demolish the dangerous building, or otherwise correct the dangerous condition, at the expense of the owner or owners.

    C.    City's Costs Recoverable by Lien. The city's costs of demolition of the dangerous building or repair of the dangerous condition is recoverable by property lien, to be filed within one hundred eighty (180) days after the remedial action. (Amended during 1997 codification: prior code § 5-2-4)