(a) Noncompliance. After any order of the building official made pursuant to this chapter shall have become final, either by decision of the city council affirming the same in part or in whole or by failure to file an appeal within the time prescribed herein, no person to whom any such order is directed shall fail, neglect, or refuse to obey any such order of the building official.
(b) Owner Prosecuted. If, after any order of the building official made pursuant to this chapter has become final, either by decision of the city council affirming the same in part or whole or by failure to file an appeal within the prescribed time, the owner, lessee, occupant or other person in charge and control of the building which is the subject of such order shall continue to occupy or maintain such building without making the corrections thereof as required by such order, the building official may in the alternative either prosecute such owner, lessee, occupant or other person under subsection (a) of this section or institute court action to abate such building as a public nuisance.
(c) Building Official May Repair or Demolish. Whenever work is not commenced within the time specified in the notice and order and no appeal has been filed, and whenever work is not commenced pursuant to any notice and order, as affirmed or modified by the city council within ten days from the date of service of the decision of the city council after hearing on appeal:
(1) The building official shall cause the building or buildings described in such notice and order to be vacated by posting at each entrance thereto a notice reading:
DANGEROUS BUILDING
DO NOT 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.
Palo Alto Municipal Code Section 16.40.090(c)(1)
No person shall use or occupy any building which has been posted at each entrance door thereto a notice as prescribed in this subsection from and after the date of such posting until such building shall be restored to a condition of safety and stability, as required by the order of the building official 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 repairs, demolition, or removal ordered by the building official have been completed and a certificate of occupancy issued pursuant to the provisions of the building code.
(2) The building official shall have the power, in addition to any other remedy herein provided, to cause the building to be repaired to the extent reasonably necessary to correct the conditions which render the building dangerous as set forth in the notice and order, or, if the notice and order shall have directed demolition, to cause the building to be sold and demolished or demolished and the materials, rubble and debris therefrom 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. Any surplus realized from the sale of any such building, or from the demolition thereof, over and above the cost of demolition and of cleaning of the lot shall be paid over to the person or persons lawfully entitled thereto.
(Ord. 2104 (part), 1962: prior code § 34.907)