(a) Whenever the Building Official or Codified Code Enforcement Officer determines that a violation of any provision of this Code exists, he shall give or cause to be given by delivering personally or by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by ordinary mail, to the responsible occupant, owner or operator, (in this Code called the responsible person) as the facts warrant, a written order and notice, including the address of the premises, a statement of particulars of such violation or violations, and an order in sufficient particulars requiring the responsible person, within a stated reasonable time, not to exceed thirty (30) days, unless a time extension be granted by the Building Official or Codified Code Enforcement Officer, or by the Board upon application by such responsible person, to remedy the violation by repair, rehabilitation or other appropriate corrective action or by demolition or removal.
(b) If the person to whom such order and notice is addressed cannot be found within Cuyahoga County, then a copy thereof shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last known tax mailing address of the owner, and a copy thereof shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the premises or part thereof to which it relates. If such person cannot be so found and there is no last known tax mailing address, or such certified mail is returned undelivered, a copy of the order and notice shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation within Cuyahoga County, and shall be posted as aforesaid. No person shall remove or deface a posted copy of such order and notice without authorization of the Building Official or Codified Code Enforcement Officer.
(c) If deemed necessary by the Building Official or Codified Code Enforcement Officer to protect the health, safety or property of the occupants or the public, the order and notice may also order the premises or portion thereof to be vacated forthwith and not be occupied or used until the specified corrective action has been completed, inspected and approved by the Building Official or Codified Code Enforcement Officer. The Building Official or Codified Code Enforcement Officer shall cause to be posted at each entrance to any portion of the premises so ordered vacated a printed notice of such order. No person shall remove or deface such notice without written permission of the Building Official or Codified Code Enforcement Officer or use or enter the premises ordered vacated except for the purpose of making the required corrective action.
(Ord. 4-82. Passed 2-8-82.)