The designation of dwellings or dwelling units as unfit for human habitation and procedure for the condemnation and placarding of unfit dwellings or dwelling units shall be carried out in compliance with the following requirements.
(A) Any dwelling or dwelling unit which shall be found to have any of the following defects shall be condemned as unfit for human habitation and shall be so designated and placarded by the Building Commissioner:
(1) One which is so damaged, decayed, dilapidated, insanitary, unsafe, or vermin-infested that it creates a serious hazard to the health or safety of the occupants or of the public;
(2) One which lacks illumination, ventilation, or sanitation facilities adequate to protect the health or safety of the occupants or of the public; or
(3) One which, because of its general condition or location, is insanitary or otherwise dangerous to the health or safety of the occupants or of the public.
(B) Any dwelling or dwelling unit condemned as unfit for human habitation and so designated and placarded by the Building Commissioner shall be vacated within a reasonable time as ordered by the Building Commissioner.
(C) No dwelling or dwelling unit which has been condemned and placarded as unfit for human habitation shall again be used for human habitation until written approval is secured from and the placard is removed by the Building Commissioner. The Building Commissioner shall remove the 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 dwelling or dwelling unit which has been condemned as unfit for human habitation and placarded as such, except as provided in division (C) above.
(E) Any person affected by any notice or order relating to the condemning and placarding of a dwelling or dwelling unit as unfit for human habitation may result and shall be granted a hearing on the matter before the Board of Public Safety under the procedure set forth in § 152.014.
(Prior Code, § 152.11) Penalty, see § 10.999