If the owner or responsible person fails or refuses to repair, demolish or remove
a building or structure within ten days after receipt of the notice provided for in section 10-536, the fire marshal, fire chief or building official may cause an appropriate citation
to be issued notifying such person to appear before the municipal court to answer
a complaint against him for violation of this article, or the fire marshal, fire chief
or building official may give further notice in writing by certified mail, return
receipt requested, or in the event the owner is a nonresident, and his address is
unknown, by publishing notice one time in the official newspaper of the city and by
posting a copy thereof on the building or structure, ordering such person to appear
before the city council at a time and date specified in the notice, to show cause,
if he has any, why the building or structure, or any part thereof, should not be repaired,
demolished or removed. At the time of the hearing before the city council, the appropriate
official of the city shall present such evidence as he may have concerning the condition
of the building or structure and make such recommendations, as he may feel proper
to the city council. The owner or other person ordered to appear may offer such evidence
concerning the condition of the building or structure, as he may desire. At the conclusion
of the hearing, the city council may order the building or structure repaired, demolished
or removed, as the council may deem necessary. In no event, however, shall the time
fixed for such repair, demolition, or removal be less than 30 days from the date of
the council order.
