§ 152.36 IN REM ACTION BY OFFICER; PLACARDING.
After failure of an owner of a dwelling or dwelling unit to comply with an order of the Planning and Development Department issued pursuant to the provision of this chapter, and upon adoption by the City Council of an ordinance authorizing and directing it to do so, as provided by § 152.19, the Planning and Development Department shall proceed to cause such dwelling or dwelling unit to be repaired, altered or improved to comply with the minimum standards of fitness established by this chapter, or to be vacated and closed and removed or demolished, as directed by the ordinance of the City Council, and shall cause to be posted on the main entrance of such dwelling unit a placard with the following words: “This building is unfit for human habitation; the use or occupation of this building for human habitation is prohibited and unlawful.” Occupation of a building so posted shall constitute a misdemeanor.
(1997 Code, § 152.27) (Ord. passed - -1997; Ord. 2010-26, passed 12-14-2010)