Any owner, manager, lessee or occupant of a building who discovers or who has reason to believe that there exists on the premises a condition which may endanger other property or the life or limb of any person, and such condition cannot be immediately remedied to remove any danger therefrom, shall, within twenty-four hours after the discovery, report the existence of the dangerous condition to the Building Inspector. The Building Inspector shall forthwith take such steps as may be necessary to protect the public safety and welfare. If the Building Inspector cannot be located, the report shall be made to the Law Director. No person who is an owner, manager, lessee or occupant of a building on which premises the dangerous condition exists, and who knows or should know of the dangerous condition, shall fail to make such report to either the Building Inspector or Law Director within twenty-four hours after knowledge is obtained or should have been obtained.
(1973 Code §150.14)