(A) It is the responsibility of the Director to implement this subchapter.
(B) Failure to comply with the requirements of this subchapter, including without limitation the failure to register, material misstatements in any registration, failure to timely file a distressed building plan or failure to comply with the approved plan shall constitute a violation of this subchapter subjecting the owner of the building to penalties as provided in this chapter and to any remedies the city may avail itself of as provided for herein and elsewhere in this code, including, but limited to, an action to compel correction of property maintenance violations.
(C) The owner of a building who knows, or from all the facts and circumstances should know, that said building is or has become a distressed building and fails to register said building is in violation of this subchapter. The registration of a distressed building shall not preclude any enforcement action by the city pursuant to other provisions of this chapter, this code or other applicable legislation.
(D) The city may, on application to the courts, appoint a receiver to implement the distressed building plan if the owner fails to comply.
(E) Nothing herein contained shall prohibit the city from taking other immediate action, as authorized by the city code, upon a determination that the building is a public nuisance or poses an imminent danger to the occupants of the building, or the public health, safety and welfare.
(Ord. 2008-43, passed 12-1-2008) Penalty, see § 150.999