The designation of any building or structure as unfit for occupancy and the procedure for the condemnation and placarding of such unfit building or structure shall be carried out in compliance with the following requirements. This section is enforceable immediately against any class of building or structure, those existing at the time of the enactment of this chapter as well as those hereafter built:
(a) Any building or structure which shall be found to have any of the following defects shall be condemned as unfit for occupancy and shall be so designated and placarded by the City Manager or his designee:
(1) One which is so damaged, decayed, dilapidated, unsanitary, unsafe, vermin infested or so lacking in illumination, ventilation or sanitary facilities that it creates a serious hazard to the health or safety of the occupants or of the public; or
(2) One which because of its general condition or location is unsanitary or otherwise dangerous, to the health or safety of the occupants or of the public.
(b) Any building or structure condemned as unfit for occupancy, and so designated and placarded shall be vacated within a reasonable time as ordered by the City Manager or his designee.
(c) No building or structure which has been condemned and placarded as unfit for occupancy shall again be used for occupancy until written approval is secured from, and such placard is removed by the City Manager or his designee. The City Manager or his designee shall remove such placard whenever the defect or defects upon which the condemnation and placarding action were based have been eliminated.
(d) No person shall deface or remove the placard from any building or structure which has been condemned as unfit for occupancy and placarded as such except as provided in subsection (c) hereof.
(e) Disposition of Buildings Ordered Vacated.
(1) General. Whenever a building is vacated pursuant to an order of the City Manager or his designee issued under Section 1711.84 or this section, and such building is not made to conform to the provisions of this Code and the owner or his agent has failed to correct the violations within sixty days after the date of the condemnation order issued pursuant to this section, the City Manager or his designee shall give written notice to the owner of record of such property and the holders of legal or equitable liens of record in accordance with the provisions of Section 1711.82, stating that such building is condemned or otherwise endangers life and has a detrimental effect on the public health, safety or welfare, or constitutes a blighting or deteriorating influence on other property, and ordering such building be brought into compliance with this Code or that such building shall be taken down within a specified time, which shall not exceed fifteen days from the date of notice.
(2) Expiration of grace period. If at the end of the period allowed by the notice, the owners or lien holders of record have failed to remedy the violations, and to bring such building into compliance with this Code or to take such building down and remove it, the City Manager or his designee shall be authorized, at any time thereafter, to proceed in accordance with the provisions of Section 1711.86. (Ord. 2014-67. Passed 9-11-14.)