(a) If the Hearing Officer or Board of Appeals determines that a building is a dangerous building and that it should be razed or repaired, the City Building Official shall post, in a conspicuous place on the dangerous building, a placard describing the ordered action. No person, other than the City Building Official, shall deface or remove said placard.
(b) A dangerous building which has been placarded under this section shall be vacated by all occupants within a reasonable time, as required by the City Building Official. No owner or operator shall let to any person for human occupancy and no person shall occupy nor permit anyone to occupy such dangerous building which has been placarded by the building official after the date on which the City Building Official has required such building to be vacated, until written approval is secured from, and such placard is removed by, the City Building Official. The City Building Official shall remove such placard upon the repair of the dangerous conditions.
(c) If, pursuant to the provisions of this section, a dangerous building has been ordered vacated by the Building Official and there is no compliance with the order in the time specified, the Building Official may petition the appropriate court to obtain compliance, and the court may order the occupants to vacate the dangerous building forthwith.
(d) If any dangerous building is occupied after it has been ordered vacated under this section, no rent shall be recoverable for the period of occupancy.
(Ord. 23-05. Passed 10-4-05; Ord. 08-2016. Passed 6-21-16.)