(A) After any order of the City Council made pursuant to this chapter shall become effective, 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 and, upon conviction thereof, such person shall be punished by a fine of not more than $2,000 per day that such failure, neglect or refusal to obey continues, each day constituting a separate offense under this chapter.
(B) If, after any order of the City Council made pursuant to this chapter has become effective, the person to whom such order is directed shall fail, neglect or refuse to obey such order, the Condemnation Officer may cause such person to be prosecuted under division (A) above, and/or the city may institute any appropriate action to abate such building as a public nuisance.
(C) No person shall occupy any building which has been posted as specified in this chapter. No persons shall remove or deface any such notice so posted until the repairs, demolition or removal ordered by the City Council have been completed pursuant to the provisions of all the applicable building codes and ordinances.
(D) No person shall obstruct, impede or interfere with any officer, employee, contractor or authorized representative of the city, or with any person who owns or holds any estate or interest in any building which has been ordered repaired, vacated or demolished under the provision of this chapter, whenever such officer, employee, contractor or authorized representative of the city, person having an interest or estate in such building or structure or purchaser is engaged in the in the work of repairing, vacating and repairing, or demolishing any such building pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, or in performing any necessary act preliminary to or incidental to such work or authorized or directed pursuant to this chapter.
(E) Any owner, lienholder or mortgagee of record of property jointly or severally aggrieved by an order of the city issued under this chapter may file in District Court in the county, a verified petition setting forth that the decision is illegal, in whole or in part, and specifying the grounds of the illegality. The petition must be filed by an owner, lienholder or mortgagee within 30 calendar days after the respective dates a copy of the final decision of the city is personally delivered or mailed to them by first class mail, certified, return receipt requested, or such decision shall become final as to each of them upon the expiration of each such 30 calendar day period.
(2004 Code, § 4-609) (Ord. 2003-4, passed 2-17-2003)