4-2-12: DESIGNATION OF DWELLINGS AND DWELLING UNITS AS UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION:
The designation of dwellings or dwelling units as unfit for human habitation and the procedure for the determination and placarding of such unfit dwellings or dwelling units shall be carried out in compliance with the following requirements:
   (A)   Any dwelling or dwelling unit which fails to meet the requirements of sections 4-2-6, 4-2-7, 4-2-8 and 4-2-9 of this chapter shall be declared as unfit for human habitation and shall be so designated and placarded by the officer of the city.
   (B)   Any dwelling or dwelling unit determined as unfit for human habitation and so designated and placarded by the officer of the city shall be vacated within a reasonable time, not to exceed six (6) months from the date of notification, as ordered by the officer of the city.
   (C)   No dwelling or dwelling unit which has been determined and placarded as unfit for human habitation shall again be used for human habitation until written approval is secured from, and such placard is removed by, the officer of the city who shall remove such placard only when the defect or defects upon which the determination and placarding action were based have been eliminated, and after the dwelling or dwelling unit has been inspected and been found to comply in all respects with the requirements of this chapter.
   (D)   No person shall deface or remove the placard from any dwelling or dwelling unit which has been determined as unfit for human habitation and placarded as such, except as provided in subsection (C) of this section.
   (E)   Any person affected by any notice or order relating to the condemning and placarding of a dwelling or dwelling unit as unfit for human habitation may request and shall be granted a hearing on the matter before the officer of the city under the procedure set forth in section 4-2-3 of this chapter. (1977 Code)