A. Service Of Notice:
1. The director of building and safety shall issue a notice as provided in this section to the owner of each building within the scope of this chapter. The notice shall be in writing and shall be served either personally or by certified or registered mail upon the owner as shown on the last equalized assessment roll. Service may also be made upon the person, if any, in apparent control of the building.
B. Priority Of Service Of Notice: In order to avoid construction conflicts, the notices which trigger the time limits provided in this article shall be mailed to property owners in phases as set forth in table 9-5-3, section 9-5-301 of this chapter. The owners of the buildings housing the largest occupant loads shall be served first. The minimum time period prior to the service of the notice shall be measured from the effective date of the initial ordinance establishing this chapter. The director of building and safety may, upon receipt of a written request from an owner, notify such owner of the need to bring the building into compliance with this chapter prior to the normal service date for such building set forth in this chapter provided that the director determines that the notice will not lead to construction conflicts.
C. Contents Of Notice: The notice shall specify that the building has been determined by the director of building and safety to be within the scope of this chapter and, therefore, is required to meet the minimum seismic standards of this chapter. The notice shall specify the rating classification of the building and shall be accompanied by a copy of section 9-5-202 of this article, which sets forth the owner's alternatives and time limits for compliance.
D. Recordation: At the time that the director of building and safety determines that the structural analysis of a building within the scope of this chapter is adequate and the building requires seismic safety renovations, the director shall record in the office of the Los Angeles County recorder a certificate stating that the subject building is within the scope of this chapter and requires seismic safety renovations. The certificate shall also state that the owner thereof has been notified of the need to structurally analyze the building and structurally alter or demolish the building if compliance with this chapter has not been demonstrated.
Once the building has been structurally altered so that it is capable of resisting minimum seismic forces as set forth in this chapter, or has been demolished, the director of building and safety shall record in the office of the Los Angeles County recorder a certificate indicating that the subject building is no longer classified within the scope of this chapter.
E. Appeals:
1. The owner or person in charge or control of the building may appeal the director of building and safety's decisions or determinations relative to the application and interpretation of this chapter to the seismic safety appeals board as established by section 2-2-1301 of this code.
2. Such appeal shall be filed with the board within sixty (60) days from the service date of the notice or within sixty (60) days of the date of the subject decision. The appeal shall contain a statement of facts on which the appeal is based sufficient to enable the board to understand the nature of the controversy, the basis of the appeal and the relief requested.
3. Upon receipt of such appeal, the board shall, by United States mail, notify adjacent property owners having a common boundary line with the subject building. Such property owners shall be given a period of ten (10) days from the date the notice was mailed to comment on the appeal, in writing, to the board.
4. The board shall prepare a written decision regarding the appeal stating all determinations and findings thereof in a clear and concise manner.
F. Enforcement: If the owner, or person in charge or control of a building fails to comply with any requirement of this chapter within any of the time limits set forth in subsection 9-5-202A of this article, the director of building and safety shall verify that the record owner of the building has been properly served with notice of the applicability of this chapter. If the notice has been property served on the record owner, then the director of building and safety may order that the entire building be vacated and that the building remain vacated until compliance with this chapter has been achieved. If compliance with this chapter has not been accomplished within ninety (90) days after the date that the building has been ordered vacated, or such additional time as may be granted by the seismic safety appeals board, the director of building and safety may order its demolition in accordance with the provisions for abatement of a nuisance contained in title 5, chapter 7 of this code. (Ord. 92-O-2153, eff. 10-23-1992; amd. Ord. 99-O-2330, eff. 8-6-1999)