(A) General. After any order of an Enforcement Official or the Indio Consolidated Appeals Board made pursuant to this chapter shall have become final, no person to whom any such order is directed shall fail, neglect or refuse to obey any such order. Any such person who fails to comply with any such order is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(B) Failure to obey order. After any order of an Enforcement Official or the Indio Consolidated Appeals Board made pursuant to this chapter has become final, should the person to whom such order is directed fail, neglect or refuse to obey such order, the Enforcement Official may:
(1) Refer the matter to the City Attorney who may cause such person to be prosecuted under division (A) of this section; and/or
(2) Institute any appropriate action to abate such building as a public nuisance.
(C) Failure to commence work. Whenever the required repair or demolition is not commenced within ten days after any final notice and order issued under this chapter becomes effective:
(1) The Enforcement Official shall cause the building described in such notice and order it to be vacated by posting at each entrance thereto a notice reading:
DANGEROUS BUILDING
DO NOT OCCUPY
It is a misdemeanor to occupy this building
or to remove or deface this notice.
Building Official
City of Indio
(2) No person shall occupy any building which has been posted as specified in this division. No person shall remove or deface any such notice so posted until the repairs, demolition or removal ordered by the Enforcement Official have been completed and a certificate of occupancy issued pursuant to the provisions of the city Building Code. Any person violating this division shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(3) The Enforcement Official may, in addition to any other remedy herein provided, cause the building to be repaired to the extent necessary to correct the conditions which render the building dangerous as set forth in the notice and order under § 95B.108; or, if the notice and order required demolition, to cause the building to be demolished and the materials, rubble and debris removed and the lot cleaned. Any such repair or demolition work shall be accomplished and the cost thereof paid and recovered in the manner hereinafter provided in this chapter.
(Ord. 1226, passed 8-5-98; Am. Ord. 1589, passed 3-16-11)