The designation of dwellings or dwelling units as unfit for human habitation and the procedure for the condemnation and placarding of the 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 be so damaged, decayed, dilapidated, unsanitary, unsafe or vermin infested that it creates a serious hazard to the health or safety of the occupants shall be condemned as unfit for human habitation and shall be so designated and placarded by the Occupancy Inspector.
(B) Any dwelling or dwelling unit condemned as unfit for human habitation, and so designated and placarded by the Occupancy Inspector, shall be vacated within a reasonable time as ordered by the Occupancy Inspector.
(C) No dwelling or dwelling unit 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 Occupancy Inspector. The Occupancy Inspector 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) of this section.
(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 request and shall be granted a hearing on the matter.
(F) All costs incurred in locating and securing alternative housing for tenants of the rental property will be paid for by the landowner until the violations have been corrected. This includes, but is not limited to, all hotel, meal and customary costs associated with the temporary relocation.
(Ord. 253, passed 10-5-2005