In cases where there is evidence of an immediate and serious danger to the public safety or health, unless a dangerous building or structure as defined in this chapter is immediately demolished or otherwise made safe, the City Engineer or the City Engineer's designee shall report such facts to the City Manager, who may cause the immediate repair or demolition of such dangerous building or structure. Determination of immediate and serious danger to the public safety or health shall be determined by the City Engineer or the City Engineer's designee and/or others such as the City Fire Chief. Further, under the provisions of the Fire Code, as adopted and amended by the City, the Fire Chief may declare a building unsafe and order its repair, rehabilitation or demolition. Under the provisions of this chapter, the Fire Marshal may order or direct the City Engineer or the City Engineer's designee to proceed under the emergency provisions of this section or may do so himself or herself. Situations which may lead to the immediate potential for injury, death, spread of disease or infection, or for property or structural damage shall indicate an immediate and serious danger to the public safety or health. The potential for harm to emergency personnel who may have to re-enter such structures in the course of their duties may also be used to determine immediate and serious danger to public safety or health. The costs of such emergency repair or demolition shall be collected in the manner as provided for in Section 1472.08.
(Ord. 2004-10. Passed 8-2-04.)