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BILL TAYLOR COUNCILMAN-AT-LARGE City of Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi
(REVISED 8/22/03)
SECTION XIII DEMOLITION BY NEGLECT
A.	All landmarks and landmark sites within a preservation district shall be preserved by the owner or such other person or persons as may have the legal custody or control thereof against decay and deterioration and free from unreasonable structural defects. The owner or other person having legal custody and control thereof shall repair such landmark or landmark site if it is found to have one or more of the following defects:
1.	Deterioration to the extent that it creates or permit’s a hazardous or unsafe condition as determined by the City’s Building Official.
2.	Deterioration as determined by the Building Official, of a building characterized by one or more of the following:
a.	Those buildings which have parts thereof which are so attached that they may fall and injure persons or property;
b.	Deteriorated or inadequate foundations;
c.	Defective of deteriorated floor supports or floor supports insufficient to carry imposed loads with safety;
d.	Members of walls or other vertical supports that split, lean, list, or buckle due to defective material, workmanship or deterioration;
e.	Members of walls or other vertical supports that are insufficient to carry imposed loads with safety;
f.	Members of ceilings, roofs, ceiling and roof supports, or other horizontal members which sag, split or buckle due to defective material, workmanship, or deterioration;
g.	Members of ceilings, roofs, ceiling and roof supports, or other horizontal members that are insufficient to carry imposed loads with safety;
h.	Fireplaces or chimneys which list, bulge, or settle due to defective material, workmanship, or deterioration; or
i.	Any fault, defect, or condition in the building which renders the same structurally unsafe or not properly watertight.
B.	If the Commission makes a preliminary determination that a landmark or landmark site is being demolished by neglect, the City Building Official shall notify the owner or owners of the
landmark of landmark site of this preliminary determination, stating the reasons therefore, and
shall give the owner or record thirty (30) days from the date of mailing of such notice, to commence work to correct the specific defects as determined by the Commission.
C.	Said notices above shall be given by mail as follows:
1.	By certified mail, restricted delivery, mailed to the last known address of	the	recorded owner
or owners as listed on the City and/or County tax rolls; or
2.	If the above mailing procedure is not successful, notice shall be	posted in	a	conspicuous,
protected place on the landmark or landmark site.
D.	If the owner or owners fail to commence work within the time allotted as evidenced by a building permit, the Commission shall notify the owner or owners in the manner provided above to appear at a public hearing before the Commission at a date, time, and place to be specified in said notice, which shall be mailed or posted at least thirty (30) days before said hearing. For the purpose of
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