(a) Whenever the Property Maintenance Inspector finds that an emergency exists which requires immediate action to protect the public health and safety, or the health and safety of any person, he or she may issue an order citing the existence of such emergency and requiring that such action as he or she deems necessary be taken to meet the emergency. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Property Maintenance Code, such order shall be effective immediately and complied with immediately.
(b) If necessary to protect the public health and safety or the health and safety of any person, where an emergency exists in an occupied building, the Property Maintenance Inspector may order the premises vacated forthwith and, further, that they shall not be reoccupied until the conditions causing the emergency to exist have been abated and approved by the Property Maintenance Inspector.
(c) In cases where it reasonably appears that there is imminent danger to the public health and safety or the health and safety of any person, unless the emergency condition is immediately corrected, and if, after reasonable attempts to notify the owner, it appears that the owner will not or cannot immediately correct the condition, the Property Maintenance Inspector may cause the immediate abatement, including building demolition where necessary, of such emergency condition. Further, the Property Maintenance Inspector shall cause the cost of such abatement to be charged against the land on which the emergency existed as a Municipal lien, or shall cause such cost to be recovered in a civil suit against the owner.
(Ord. 92-51. Passed 9-15-92.)