(A) When, during the course of a rental housing inspection or complaint investigation, the inspector encounters or observes a condition or conditions that are considered dangerous to life, safety, health, or the welfare of the occupants, the inspector shall, if the situation warrants, issue a substandard property condition citation.
(B) Prior to, or immediately after, the issuance of the substandard property condition citation, the inspector will be required to notify the city of the posting and the reason for the posting.
(C) The inspector shall have the authority to require immediate evacuation of the premises in the event of immediate danger to life or safety.
(D) The removal or defacing of, or tampering with, a substandard property condition citation posting shall be punishable as a criminal offense and subject to the provisions of state statutes regulating misdemeanors and as outlined in this chapter.
(E) The property shall remain unoccupied until such time as the condition is, or conditions are, corrected and satisfactorily reinspected.