Whenever it shall be certified by the Building Department Superintendent or his or her designee, the Fire Chief, the Fire Marshall, or their designees, or the Ordinance Enforcement Officer, that a building is infected with contagious disease, is unfit for human habitation, or is dangerous to life or health by reason of want of repair or of defects in the drainage, plumbing, lighting, ventilation or construction of the same, or by reason of the existence on the premises of a nuisance likely to cause sickness among the occupants of said building, the Building Department Superintendent or his or her designee, the Fire Chief, the Fire Marshall, or their designees, or the Ordinance Enforcement Officer, may issue an order requiring all persons therein to vacate such building within not less than twenty-four hours nor more than ten days for the reasons to be mentioned in said order. In case such order is not complied with within the time specified, the Building Department Superintendent or his or her designee, the Fire Chief, the Fire Marshall, or their designees or the Ordinance Enforcement Officer, may cause said dwelling to be vacated. Whenever the Building Department Superintendent or his or her designee, the Fire Chief, the Fire Marshall, or their designees, or the Ordinance Enforcement Officer is satisfied that the danger from said building has ceased to exist or that it is fit for human habitation, he or she may revoke said order or may extend the time within which to comply with the same.
(Ord. 169. Passed 1-29-64.)