Corona Municipal Code Ch. 15.56 Unsafe Buildings

(A) It is the purpose of the provisions of this chapter to provide a just, equitable and practicable method, to be cumulative with and in addition to any other remedy available at law, whereby buildings or structures which are dilapidated, unsafe, dangerous, unsanitary or are a menace to the life, limb, health, morals, property, safety and general welfare of the people of the city or which tend to constitute a fire hazard may be required to be repaired, vacated or demolished.

(B) The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all buildings, structures or nuisances, as defined in § 15.56.020, which are now in existence or which may hereafter be constructed or maintained in the city.

(`78 Code, § 15.56.010.)

(A) "Chief" means the Chief of the Fire Department of the city, or his or her authorized agents, assistants, deputies or representatives.

(B) "Dangerous building" means any building or structure which has any or all of the conditions or defects described as follows:

(1) Whenever any door, aisle, passageway, stairway or other means of exits is not of sufficient width or size or is not so arranged as to provide safe and adequate means of exit in case of fire or panic for all persons housed or assembled therein who would be required to or might use such door, aisle, passageway, stairway or other means of exit;

(2) Whenever the stress in any materials, member or portion thereof, due to all dead and live loads, is more than one and one-half times the working stress or stresses allowed in the Building Code of city;

(3) Whenever any portion thereof has been damaged by earthquake, wind, flood or by any other cause in such manner that the structural strength or stability thereof is appreciably less than it was before such catastrophe and is less than the minimum requirements of the Building Code of the city for a building of similar structure, purpose or location;

(4) Whenever any portion or member or appurtenance thereof is likely to fail, to become detached or dislodged or to collapse and thereby injure persons or damage property;

(5) Whenever any portion of the building, or any member appurtenance or ornamentation on the exterior thereof is not of sufficient strength or stability, or is not so anchored, attached or fastened in place as to be capable of resisting a wind pressure of one-half that specified in the Building Code of the city without exceeding the working stress permitted in the Building Code of the city;

(6) Whenever any portion thereof has settled to such an extent that walls or other structural portions have materially less resistance to winds or earthquakes than is required in the case of new construction;

(7) Whenever the building or structure or any portion thereof, because of dilapidation, deterioration, decay, faulty construction or because of the removal or movement of some portion of the ground necessary for the purpose of supporting such building or portion thereof, or some other cause, is likely to partially or completely collapse, or some portion of the foundation or underpinning is likely to fall or give way;

(8) Whenever, for any reason whatsoever, the building or structure, or any portion thereof, is manifestly unsafe for the purpose for which it is used;

(9) Whenever the exterior walls or other vertical structural members list, lean or buckle to such an extent that a plumb line passing through the center of gravity does not fall inside the middle third of the base;

(10) Whenever the building or structure, exclusive of the foundation, shows 33% or more of damage or deterioration to the member or members or 50% of damage or deterioration of a nonsupporting enclosing or outside wall or covering;

(11) Whenever the building or structure has been so damaged by fire, wind, earthquake or flood, or has become so dilapidated or deteriorated as to become an attractive nuisance to children who might play therein to their danger, or as to afford a harbor for vagrants, criminals or immoral persons, or as to enable persons to resort thereto for the purpose of committing unlawful or immoral acts;

(12) Any building or structure which has been constructed, or which now exists or is maintained in violation of any specific requirement or prohibition, applicable to such building or structure, of the building regulations of the city as set forth in the Building Code of the city or of any provisions of the fire regulations of the city, when so determined and reported by the Chief or of any law or ordinance of this state or city relating to the condition, location or structure of buildings;

(13) Any building or structure which, whether or not erected in accordance with all applicable laws and ordinances, has in any nonsupporting part, member or portion less than 50% or in any supporting member less than 66% of the strength, fire-resistive qualities or characteristics or weather-resisting qualities or characteristics required by law or ordinance in the case of a newly constructed building of like area, height and occupancy in the same location;

(14) Whenever a building or structure used or intended to be used for dwelling purposes, because of dilapidation, decay, damage or faulty construction or arrangement or otherwise is unsanitary or unfit for human habitation or is in a condition that is likely to cause sickness or disease, when so determined by city’s Health Officer or is likely to work injury to the health, safety or general welfare of those living within;

(15) Whenever a building or structure, used or intended to be used for dwelling purposes, has light, air and sanitation facilities inadequate to protect the health, safety or general welfare of persons living within;

(16) Whenever any building or structure, by reason of obsolescence, dilapidated condition, deterioration, damage, electric wiring, gas connections, heating apparatus or other cause is in such condition as to be a fire hazard and is so situated as to endanger life or other buildings or property in the vicinity or provide a ready fuel supply to augment the spread and intensity of fire arising from any cause;

(17) Any building or structure having broken windows constituting a hazardous condition.

(B) "Director" means the Building Director of city or his or her authorized agents, assistants, deputies or representatives.

(C) "Director of Public Works" means the official of the city responsible for the administration of the Public Works Department of the city. The term"Director of Public Works" means the Director of Public Works, or his or her authorized agents, assistants, deputies or representatives.

(D) "Health Officer" means the official of the city or the county responsible for the enforcement of laws, ordinances, rules and regulations of the state, county and city relating to public health, sanitation, food handling and environmental health, including his or her authorized agents, assistants, deputies or representatives.

(E) "Occupy" means to use for human habitation for living, sleeping, cooking or eating purposes, or any combination thereof or for the conduct of any business, profession, occupation or calling, including the storage of merchandise or materials of any kind or the keeping of fowls and animals.

(F) "Public nuisance" means all dangerous buildings and all buildings or structures which are structurally unsafe, are partially destroyed by fire, not provided with adequate egress or which constitute a fire hazard, as specified by the fire regulations of the city or any other provisions of law or are otherwise dangerous to human life or which in relation to existing use constitute a hazard to safety or health or public welfare by reason of inadequate maintenance, old age, neglect, decay, dilapidation, obsolescence or abandonment as specified in the Building Code of the city or any other provisions of law. The public nuisance shall be repaired, vacated or demolished as provided in this chapter.

(`78 Code, § 15.56.020.) (Ord. 1824 § 2, 1987.)

The Director or Chief, or both such officials, acting either in concert or independently, shall examine or cause to be examined, every building, structure, yard or other premises reported as dangerous or damaged or which constitutes a fire hazard and shall forthwith make detailed findings and reports showing the condition of the same and the dangerous and unsafe qualities thereof and their recommendation for abatement thereof by report or destruction and demolition thereof. The findings and report shall remain in the office of either the Director or Chief for review and inspection by the legal or equitable owners of the property to which they relate.

(`78 Code, § 15.56.030.)

If the Chief or Health Officer finds that any building or structure, or any portion thereof, is a fire or health hazard or dangerous building as defined in § 15.56.020, he or she shall report the same to the Director. If the Director finds that any building or structure, or portion thereof, is unsafe, hazardous or dangerous as defined in § 15.56.020, or if the Chief or Health Officer has reported to him or her that any building or structure, or portion thereof, is a fire or health hazard or dangerous as defined in § 15.56.020, he or she shall prepare a notice in writing stating in detail the conditions which render the building or structure, or portion thereof, a nuisance as defined in § 15.56.020.

(`78 Code, § 15.56.040.)

The notice shall set forth the street address and a description sufficient for identification of the building or structure and the premises upon which the building or structure is located.

(`78 Code, § 15.56.050.)

The notice required by § 15.56.040 shall be written to read substantially as follows:

"NOTICE OF HEARING TO ABATE NUISANCE BY REMOVAL OR REPAIR

"Notice is hereby given to all persons having any interest in the property known and described as Number Street in the City of Corona, County of Riverside, State of California, and more particularly described as Lot , Block , in said City of Corona, that they should appear before the Board of Zoning Adjustment of the City of Corona at its meeting to be held on the day of , 20 , at the Council Chamber, 815 W. 6th Street, in the City of Corona, California, at the hour of 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as they may be heard, to show cause, if any they have, why certain unsafe, dangerous and dilapidated building(s) or structure(s) located or standing on said property shall not be declared a public nuisance and said nuisance be abated by the removal or repair of said unsafe, dangerous or dilapidated building(s) or structure(s); otherwise the same will be removed or repaired and the nuisance will be abated by the municipal authorities of the City of Corona, in which case the cost of such removal or repair shall be assessed upon the lot(s) and land on which said unsafe, dangerous and dilapidated building(s) or structure(s) is or are removed or repaired, and such cost will constitute a lien upon such lot(s) or land until paid. The conditions of said building(s) or structure(s) which cause it to be a public nuisance are as follows:

Dated, this day of , 20

Building Director, City of Corona"

(`78 Code, § 15.56.060.) (Ord. 1824 § 3, 1987.)

(A) The Director shall cause copies of the notice to be served upon each of the following: the person, if any, occupying or in real or apparent charge and control of the premises involved; the owner of record title to the premises; the holder of any mortgage, trust deed or other lien or encumbrance of record on the premises; the owner or holder of any lease or record to the premises; and the record holder of any other estate or interest in or to the building or structure or the land upon which it is located.

(B) The notice shall be served personally upon any person entitled thereto if he or she can be found within the city limits. If any person entitled thereto is not found within the city limits, service shall be made by depositing a copy of the notice in the United States post office, properly enclosed in a sealed envelope and with the postage thereon fully prepaid. The mail shall be registered or certified, return receipt requested, and addressed to the person entitled thereto at the address of the person as it appears on the last equalized assessment roll of the county or as known to the Director or Chief. If no such address so appears or is known to the Director or Chief, then a copy shall be addressed to such person at the address of the building or structure involved. Service by registered or certified mail shall be complete on the day of its deposit in the mail. The failure of any owner or other person to receive such notice shall not affect in any manner the validity of any proceedings taken under this chapter.

(C) One certified copy of the notice shall be conspicuously posted on the building or structure involved.

(D) The notice shall be posted and served as designated in this section at least 30 days before the time fixed for the hearing before the Board of Zoning Adjustment.

(E) Proof of service of the notice and posting thereof shall be documented at the time of service by a declaration under penalty of perjury executed by the person effecting service, declaring the time and manner in which such notice was given and posted. He or she shall file the declaration in the Director’s office and therewith any receipt card which may have been returned to him or her in acknowledgment of the receipt of the notice by registered or certified mail.

(F) The City Clerk, upon receipt of the notice of hearing to abate nuisance, shall send for recording in the office of the Recorder of the County of Riverside, State of California, a notice of pendency of the administrative proceeding, and the notice shall constitute notice to any subsequent purchaser or encumbrancer of property involved in the proceedings, and he or she shall be bound by the proceeding described in this chapter in the same manner as if he or she had been the owner at the time of commencement of the proceeding and had been properly served at that time. The notice of pendency of the administrative proceeding shall constitute a lien on the parcel of property on which the condemned structure stands, as described in the notice of pendency of the administrative proceeding.

(`78 Code, § 15.56.070.) (Ord. 1824 § 4, 1987.)

(A) If the Director finds from the inspection he or she has made or caused to be made of any building or structure that there exists therein or on the premises thereof any conditions imminently dangerous to life should such building or structure be or remain occupied by human beings, he or she may order the immediate evacuation of such building, if occupied, and shall cause to be posted at each entrance thereto a notice reading substantially as follows:

"DANGER

DO NOT ENTER

UNSAFE TO OCCUPY

BUILDING OFFICIAL

OF CITY OF CORONA

Any unauthorized person removing

this sign or entering this building

will be prosecuted."

(B) Whenever the notice is posted, the Director shall include a notification thereof in the notice of hearing to abate, reciting the emergency and specifying the conditions which necessitate the posting. No person shall remain in or enter any building which has posted at each entrance door thereof a notice as prescribed in this section, except that entry may be made to repair, demolish or remove such building. No person shall remove or deface any such notice so posted until the required repairs, demolition or removal have been completed and a certificate of occupancy issued pursuant to the provisions of the city’s code.

(`78 Code, § 15.56.080.)

(A) (1) The Board of Zoning Adjustment shall, at the scheduled time and as specified in the notice of hearing to abate, proceed to hear and consider any relevant testimony or evidence offered by the Director, Chief, Health Officer or other officials or employees of the city and other qualified witnesses, as well as the owner or responsible person in charge and control of the affected property, or his or her representatives, mortgagee or beneficiary under any trust deed, lessee, any other person having any estate or interest in the building, structure or premises and any other competent person who may be present and desire to testify respecting the condition of the affected building or structure, the estimated cost of abating the alleged nuisance by repair or removal and any other matters which the Board of Zoning Adjustment may deem pertinent.

(2) The Board of Zoning Adjustment may continue the hearing from time to time as it shall deem advisable. Upon the conclusion of the hearing, the Board of Zoning Adjustment shall consider the evidence presented and shall by written resolution make written findings of facts, based upon the evidence, to support its decision and by said same resolution shall make its determination and conclusion with respect to the alleged public nuisance. Failure of the owner or other persons having any interest in the affected property to appear at or be represented at the hearing shall in no way affect the validity thereof.

(B) The hearing shall be informally conducted, and the technical rules of evidence shall not apply, except that irrelevant and unduly repetitious evidence shall be excluded. During the course of the hearing, the Board of Zoning Adjustment may visit and inspect any building, structure or premises involved in the proceeding and may thereat receive oral testimony of any sworn or unsworn witness.

(C) The passage and adoption of the resolution requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of Board of Zoning Adjustment members.

(D) The resolution shall be passed and adopted by the Board of Zoning Adjustment within 30 days of the close of the hearing, and copies thereof shall be delivered to all interested parties, including those enumerated in § 15.56.070 in the manner prescribed in § 15.56.070 for serving notice of hearing to abate.

(`78 Code, § 15.56.090.) (Ord. 1824 § 5, 1987.)

If, from the evidence received at the hearing described in § 15.56.090, the Board determines that the building or structure, or any portion thereof, is unsafe or dangerous and a public nuisance, then it shall by the same resolution referred to in § 15.56.090 order the nuisance abated. Any order to demolish shall not indicate an alternative permission to repair; however, an order to repair may be satisfied by demolition.

(`78 Code, § 15.56.120.) (Ord. 1824 § 6, 1987.)

The order specified in § 15.56.120 shall provide and set forth as follows:

(A) That the building or structure must be repaired, vacated and repaired or demolished;

(B) That the occupant, lessee or other person in possession must vacate the building or structure or that he or she may remain in possession while repairs are being made;

(C) That any mortgagee, beneficiary under a deed of trust, lessee or any other person having an interest or estate in the building or structure may at his or her own risk repair, vacate and repair or demolish it;

(D) The information required by §§ 15.56.050 and 15.56.060;

(E) A statement of the particulars which render the building or structure unsafe and a public nuisance;

(F) A statement of the things required to be done to effectuate the required repair, vacation and repair or demolishment;

(G) The time within which the work required must be commenced, which shall be not less than 15 days after the passage and adoption of the resolution;

(H) A reasonable time within which the required work shall be completed.

(`78 Code, § 15.56.130.) (Ord. 2133 § 1, 1992.)

(A) The Director shall cause copies of the resolution to be posted on the building or structure involved and served in the manner and upon the persons as prescribed in § 15.56.090.

(B) The City Clerk shall immediately after passage of the resolution and order cause a certified copy thereof to be recorded in the office of the Recorder, Riverside County, State of California.

(`78 Code, § 15.56.140.)

(A) Whenever an order to repair, vacate and repair or demolish any building or structure, or any portion thereof, has not been complied with within the time set by the Board of Zoning Adjustment, the Director or the Board of Zoning Adjustment shall have the power, in addition to any other remedy provided for in this chapter, to:

(1) Cause the building or structure ordered to be repaired to be vacated until such time as the necessary repairs have been made. No person shall thereafter occupy or permit to be occupied any such building until and unless the necessary repairs have been made and the Director has approved same and issued a permit to reoccupy the building or structure;

(2) Cause the building or structure to be repaired or demolished and the land restored to a reasonably clear and level condition, including the filling of any excavation to the finished grade of the surrounding area. The Director may sell any such building or structure singly or otherwise. Any surplus from the sale of any building or structure, or group of buildings or structures over and above the cost of demolition and of cleaning the site, shall be retained to be distributed to the parties or persons lawfully entitled thereto. Immediately upon completion of the abatement by demolition, the Director shall cause a notice of the completion to be recorded in the office of the County Recorder, Riverside County, State of California.

(`78 Code, § 15.56.150.) (Ord. 1824 § 7, 1987.)

(A) The Director shall keep an account of the cost (including incidental expenses) of abating the nuisance on each separate lot or parcel of land where the work has been done and upon completion of the repair or demolition of any building or structure, or any portion thereof, he or she shall cause to be prepared and filed with the Board an itemized report specifying:

(1) The work done;

(2) The cost of the repair or demolition work, including any salvage value of such buildings or structures and incidental expenses;

(3) A description of the real property upon which the building(s) or structure(s) was/were located;

(4) The names and addresses of the persons entitled to notice pursuant to § 15.56.070;

(5) The assessment against each lot or parcel of land proposed to be levied to pay the cost thereof.

(B) Any such report may include repair or demolition work on any number of parcels of property, whether contiguous to each other or not.

(C) The term "incidental expenses" includes, but is not limited to the expenses and costs of the city in the preparation of notices, specifications and contracts, inspection of the work, reports of title search and the costs of printing, mailing and serving papers required under this chapter.

(D) The advanced cost of such work shall be from the General Fund of the city, and proceeds of any sale or redemption shall be deposited in the General Fund of the city.

(`78 Code, § 15.56.160.) (Ord. 1824 § 8, 1987.)

Upon filing of the report by the Director with the City Clerk, the City Clerk shall transmit it to the Board of Zoning Adjustment and the Board shall fix the day, hour and place when it will hear and pass upon the report, together with any objections or protests which may be raised by any property owner liable to be assessed for the cost of such repair or demolition and any other interested persons. At least ten days before the date set for the hearing, the City Clerk shall cause copies of the Director’s report and a notice of the filing of his or her report, containing a description of the property sufficient to enable the persons served to identify it and specifying the day, hour and place when the Board will hear and pass upon the report, and any objections or protests thereto, to be posted and served in the manner and upon the persons specified in § 15.56.070.

(`78 Code, § 15.56.170.) (Ord. 1824 § 9, 1987.)

Any person interested in and affected by the proposed assessment may file written protests or objections with the City Clerk at any time prior to the hour and date set for the hearing on the report of the Director. Each such protest or objection must contain a description of the property in which the signer thereof is interested and the grounds of such protest or objection. Upon the day and hour fixed for the hearing, the Board shall hear and pass upon the report of the Director, together with any objections or protest which may be raised by any of the property owners liable to be assessed for the cost of the report or demolition and any other interested persons. The Board may make such correction, revision or modification in the report as it may deem just, and when the Board is satisfied with the correctness of the assessment, the report as submitted, or as revised, corrected or modified, together with the assessment, shall be confirmed by resolution.

(`78 Code, § 15.56.190.) (Ord. 1824 § 10, 1987.)

(A) The amount of the cost of abating such nuisance upon the various lots or parcels of land, including incidental expenses, as confirmed by the Board, constitutes special assessments against the respective lots or parcels of land, as thus made and confirmed shall become the personal obligation of the respective owners of the lot or parcel of land. The assessment shall be due and payable 30 days from the date of confirmation thereof and thereafter shall bear interest at the rate of 6% per year until paid. The confirmed special assessments shall also constitute a lien on the property for the amount of such assessments, respectively, until paid.

(B) Immediately upon the confirmation of the assessment, the City Clerk shall cause to be filed in the office of the County Recorder of Riverside County, State of California, a notice of lien in substantially the following form:

"NOTICE OF LIEN

Pursuant to the authority derived by the provisions of Title 15 of the Municipal Code of the City of Corona, County of Riverside, State of California, the Board of Zoning Adjustment did, on the day of , 20 , cause a nuisance to be abated on the real property hereinafter described and did, on the day of , 20 , by Resolution No. , assess the cost of such abatement upon said real property hereinafter described. Of said cost there

remains unpaid to the City of Corona the sum of Dollars ($) and therefore said City of Corona does hereby claim a lien upon said real property in the amount of said unpaid balance, namely, in the amount of Dollars ($ ), together with interest calculated thereon at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum from the day of , 20 , until said amount has been paid in full and this lien discharged of record.

The real property hereinbefore mentioned and upon which a lien is hereby claimed is all that certain parcel or parcels of real property situated in the City of Corona, County of Riverside, State of California, and more particularly described as follows, to wit:

(Insert legal description)

Dated this day of , 20

CITY OF CORONA, a Municipal Corporation

By

Mayor

Attest

City Clerk

(Acknowledgment)"

(C) Such lien shall, for all purposes, be upon a parity with the lien of state, county and city taxes.

(`78 Code, § 15.56.200.) (Ord. 1824 § 11, 1987.)

After the confirmation of the Director’s report of cost and assessment, a certified copy of the confirmed special assessments, which remain unpaid, shall be filed with the Assessor and Tax Collector of Riverside County acting for the city in order that the county officials may enter the amounts of the respective assessments on the appropriate assessment book opposite the description of the particular property. Thereafter such amounts shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as general city taxes are collected and shall be subject to the same penalties and interest and the same procedure under foreclosure and sale in case of delinquency as provided by law for city taxes. All laws and ordinances applicable to the levy, collection and enforcement of city taxes are made applicable to such special assessments.

(`78 Code, § 15.56.210.)

(A) Whenever any person is aggrieved by any final order of the Board of Zoning Adjustment issued pursuant to § 15.56.120 or the confirmation of an assessment made pursuant to § 15.56.180, such person may appeal to the City Council the issuance of the order or confirmation by filing a written notice of appeal therefrom with the Council no later than ten days from the date of decision.

(B) A written notice of appeal shall be filed in triplicate with the City Clerk and shall state therein the grounds for such appeal and the specific factual and/or legal errors committed by the Board of Zoning Adjustment in issuing its order of confirmation.

(C) The City Clerk shall forthwith transmit one copy of the notice of appeal to the Director and one copy to the Board of Zoning Adjustment by delivering it to the Board’s Secretary.

(D) The Secretary of the Board, no later than ten days from the date of the Board’s receipt of the notice of appeal, shall transmit to the Council the original resolution and copies of all other papers constituting the record upon which the Board’s decision was taken, including, but not limited to, the minutes of all hearings thereon, and shall submit to the Council a written report, prepared from the record upon which the final determination was made, stating the factual and legal basis on which the Board reached its decision.

(E) The Council may, by resolution, affirm, reverse or modify, in whole or in part, any final determination, assessment or order of the Board which is appealed from. After reviewing the record of the Board’s proceedings relating to the decision appealed from, including, but not limited to, minutes of hearings, notice of appeal and the Board’s report, the Council, by resolution, may affirm without further action the determination, assessment or order appealed from.

(F) The Council may not reverse or modify the Board’s final determination which is appealed until it has held a hearing thereon, the hearing being set and notice thereof being given by the City Clerk as provided in § 15.56.070. The Council, by resolution, after the completion of the hearing, which it may continue for any reason it deems proper and reasonable, may reverse or modify, in whole or in part, any final decision, assessment or order of the Board.

(G) On the date a notice of appeal is filed under this chapter, all proceedings in furtherance of the determination or order appealed from shall be stayed until the final determination by the Council of the appeal.

(H) All decisions of the Board of Zoning Adjustment shall be final unless appealed within the time prescribed herein.

(`78 Code, § 15.56.215.) (Ord. 1824 § 12, 1987.)

It is unlawful for any person to obstruct, impede or interfere with any officer, agent or employee of the city or with any person who owns or holds any estate or interest in any building or structure, or any portion thereof, which has been ordered to be repaired, vacated and repaired, or demolished, or with any person to whom such building or structure has been lawfully sold pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, whenever any such officer, agent, employee, purchaser or person having any interest or estate in such building or structure is engaged in repairing, vacating and repairing, or demolishing any such building or structure pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, or in performing any necessary act preliminary to or incidental to such work or authorized or directed pursuant thereto.

(`78 Code, § 15.56.220.)

The provisions of this chapter shall repeal by implication any provision of the fire regulations of the city, the Building Code of the city or any other law or ordinance of the city, and the adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter shall not affect or diminish the power or authority of any officer or employee of the city to condemn any building or structure erected or maintained in violation of any provision of the fire regulations of the city, the Building Code of the city or any other law or ordinance of the city. The provisions of this chapter shall not relieve a property owner of the requirements of the city’s code requiring a permit for the repair or demolition of a building or structure.

(`78 Code, § 15.56.230.)

(A) The Director of the Building Department, in this chapter referred to as "Director," is charged with enforcement of the provisions of this chapter. All the powers and duties vested in the Director relating to the abatement of dangerous, unsafe and dilapidated buildings and structures pursuant to this chapter may be exercised and performed by the Fire Chief of the city, referred to in this chapter as "Chief." Officials named in this chapter include assistants, deputies and authorized representatives of the officials.

(B) The City Health Officer, the Fire Chief, the city’s Code Enforcement Officer and the city’s Director of Public Works shall make or cause to be made, at the request of the Director, such inspections of properties and report thereof as the Director requires to assist him or her in enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.

(`78 Code, § 15.56.240.)

(A) It is unlawful for any owner or other person having charge and control over any building or structure determined by the Council to be unsafe or dangerous and a public nuisance to fail to comply with any order to repair, vacate and repair or demolish the building or structure, or any portion thereof, in accordance with any order given as provided for in this chapter.

(B) It is unlawful for any occupant or lessee in possession to fail to comply with any order to vacate the building or structure, or any portion thereof, in accordance with any order given as provided for in this chapter.

(C) It is unlawful for any person to remove any notice or resolution posted, as required in this chapter.

(D) Any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter or provisions of the codes, rules or regulations adopted in this chapter by reference shall be guilty of an infraction. Any person who continues to occupy or any person who enters a structure which has been posted "unsafe" by the Building Official pursuant to California Building Code § 116 or Chapter 15.56 of this code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(`78 Code, §15.56.250.) (Ord. 3357 §18, 2022; Ord. 2133 §2, 1992; Ord. 1809 §14, 1986.)