§ 19-29.5. Time delays, procedure for maintenance.

(a)

After forty-five (45) days have elapsed from the date notice to the owner and, if applicable, the seizing creditor, mortgage holder, lien holder, or loan servicer of the property, the parish may undertake maintenance pursuant to this section.

(1)

For purposes of this section, "maintenance" shall mean but is not limited to repairing or replacing broken glass windows, repairing or replacing exterior doors, repairing or replacing soffit, fascia, shutters, gutters, and siding, repairing or replacing fences, and maintaining or covering swimming pools and hot tubs. Maintenance does not include removal of deleterious vegetation, grass cutting, inoperative vehicles, junk and debris, or demolition of dangerous structures.

(b)

Maintenance will be performed in accordance with the procedures contained in La. R.S. 33:5067(B)(1), (2), and (3).

(c)

After completion of the maintenance on the subject property, the parish shall record in the public mortgage records in the parish where the property is located, an affidavit, signed by either the chief elected official or his designee or by the parish or city attorney or his designee. The required affidavit shall include the following:

(1)

A legal description of the property to which maintenance was performed, sufficient to reasonably identify it;

(2)

The name of the property owner;

(3)

A description of the maintenance performed and an itemization of the amounts of money spent on maintenance; and

(4)

A statement that the provisions of La. R.S. 33:5065 et seq. and the provisions of this local ordinance have been complied with.

(Ord. No. 24369, § 1, 11-7-12)