If the building official finds from inspection he has made or caused to be made of any building that there exists therein or on the premises thereof any conditions imminently dangerous to life should such building be or remain occupied by human beings, he may order the immediate evacuation of such building, if occupied, and shall cause to be posted at each entrance thereto a notice reading:
DO NOT ENTER
UNSAFE TO OCCUPY
BUILDING OFFICIAL OF CITY OF PALO ALTO
It is a misdemeanor to use or occupy this building or to remove or deface this notice.
City of Palo Alto Municipal Code Section 16.40.070
Whenever such notice is posted, the building official shall include a notification thereof in the notice and order issued by him under subsection (b) of Section 16.40.060, reciting the emergency and specifying the conditions which necessitate the posting. No person shall remain in or enter any building which has posted at each entrance door thereof a notice as prescribed in this section, except that entry may be made to repair, demolish or remove such building. No person shall remove or deface any such notice so posted until the required repairs, demolition, or removal have been completed and a certificate of occupancy issued pursuant to the provisions of the building code.
(Ord. 2104 (part), 1962: prior code § 34.905)