(A) The Chief Building Official shall examine every building or structure reported or observed as damaged, dangerous, structurally unsafe, or constituting a health or fire hazard; and he shall cause a report of the examination to be prepared and filed in a docket of unsafe or damaged structures and premises, stating the use of the building or structure and the nature and estimated amount of any such damage.
(‘74 Code, § 150.52)
(B) Whenever it is established by inspection that definite and serious hazard to safety or health may exist, the Chief Building Official shall have the right to require the removal, or may remove, lath, plaster, boarding, earth, or other cover or obstruction concealing the suspected unsafe condition to permit adequate inspection thereof, but the extent of the removal shall be that reasonably necessary for the inspection.
(‘74 Code, § 150.53)