Monroe County, NY Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)

Whenever any building, dwelling or a part thereof shall become insanitary so as to be unfit for human habitation or whenever occupancy of a building or dwelling shall cause an insanitary condition on or adjacent to the premises thereof and such condition shall be determined, by the Director after due notice to the owner and a hearing thereon, to constitute a nuisance or condition detrimental to life or health, the Director may issue an order requiring the owner thereof to abate said nuisance or condition by placing said building or dwelling in a sanitary or habitable condition within a time specified in said order.

B. Upon the failure of such owner to comply with the order provided for in § 569-35A herein, the Director may issue a further order, to be affixed conspicuously upon such building or dwelling and served upon the occupant or lessee thereof and upon the owners thereof or his agent, requiring all persons to vacate such building or dwelling and to discontinue its use at such time as shall be stated in said order and until such time as the building or dwelling shall be placed in a sanitary or habitable condition and the nuisance abated. Whenever such building or dwelling has been vacated in accordance with this section, it shall not be reoccupied except by written permission of the Director.[1] [1] Editor's Note: Original Article V, Meat Inspection, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 2-1-63, by Res. No. 50-1963.