(a) Whenever the Director of Public Service and Safety finds that an emergency exists which requires immediate action to protect the public health and safety, he or she shall issue a written order to the owner reciting the existence of such an emergency and requiring that such action as he or she deems necessary be taken to meet the emergency.
(b) Such action as the Director of Public Service and Safety deems necessary to abate the emergency may include:
(1) The immediate vacating of a building, premises or real estate not be reoccupied until the Director of Public Service and Safety determines that the emergency no longer exists.
(2) Action by the Director of Public Service and Safety using City or private contractor resources to abate the conditions causing the emergency. If in the opinion of the Director of Public Service and Safety such action includes demolition of the building or premises or appurtenance thereto because the building or premises or appurtenances thereto pose an imminent threat of collapse which has a high probability of causing injury or death to persons, the Director of Public Service and Safety shall immediately file a request for a temporary restraining order seeking judicial approval to demolish the building or premises or appurtenances thereto. The Director of Public Service and Safety shall charge the costs of abatement as a lien against the building or premises or appurtenances thereto and/or may recover the costs against the owner in a civil action.
(c) The written order issued by the Director of Public Service and Safety shall be posted on the building, premises or real estate, to include vacant land, or appurtenances thereto, where the emergency is alleged to exist. Additionally, the Director of Public Service and Safety shall make every reasonable effort to personally serve the owner with the order.
(d) Notwithstanding other provisions of this code, such order shall be effective immediately and shall be complied with immediately.
(Ord. 45-2020. Passed 10-19-20.)