Section 1721. Notice.
Whenever the municipal officers shall find a building or structure or any portion thereof is structurally unsafe, unstable, unsanitary; constitutes a fire hazard; is unsuitable or improper for the use or occupancy to which it is put; constitutes a hazard to health or safety because of inadequate maintenance, dilapidation, obsolescence or abandonment; or is otherwise dangerous to life or property; they may after public notice and hearing on this matter, adjudge the same to be a nuisance or dangerous and may make and record an order prescribing what disposal shall be made thereof.
(A) Notice. The notice shall be in writing sent by certified mail to the owner or owners at their last known address at least 14 days next prior to the date of hearing.
(B) Notice, How Published. When the name or address of any owner or co-owner is unknown or is not ascertainable with reasonable diligence, then the notice shall be published once a week for 3 successive weeks prior to the date of hearing in a newspaper generally circulated in the county, or if none, in the state paper.
(C) Order. The order made by the municipal officers shall be recorded by the municipal clerk who shall forthwith send an attested copy thereof to the owner or co-owner by certified mail to his last known address, or if the name or address cannot be ascertained, the clerk shall publish a copy of the order in the same manner as provided for notice in subsection (B).
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