§ 45-58-170.22 — Findings of Appropriate City Official; Notice

Alabama § 45-58-170.22

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 45: Local Laws
• Ch. 58: Shelby County
• Art. 17: Health and Environment
• Part 1: Environment
• Subpart 2: Abandoned or Unsafe Dwellings

Text

The term appropriate county official, as used in this subpart, shall mean any county building official or deputy and any other county official or county employee designated by the county commission as the person to exercise the authority and perform the duties delegated by this subpart. Whenever the appropriate county official of Shelby County finds that any building, structure, part of a building or structure, party wall, or foundation situated in Shelby County or any portion thereof in which the Shelby County Commission has determined that this law shall be in effect and enforced is unsafe to the extent that it is a public nuisance, the official shall give the person or persons, firm, association, or corporation last assessing the property for state taxes and all mortgagees of record, by certified or registered mail to the address on file in the tax collector’s office, notice to remedy the unsafe or dangerous condition of the building or structure, or to demolish the same, within a reasonable time set out in the notice, which time shall not be less than 60 days, or suffer the building or structure to be demolished by the county and the cost thereof assessed against the property. The mailing of a certified or registered mail notice, properly addressed and postage prepaid, shall constitute notice as required herein. Notice of the order, or a copy thereof, within three days of the date of mailing, shall also be posted at or within three feet of an entrance to the building or structure, provided that if there is no entrance the notice may be posted at any location upon the building or structure.

Legislative History

(Act 97–576, p. 1020, § 3.)