Part 7 — Enforcement of the Notice and Order or Final Order — Placer County Planning Code

§ 15.56.210. Compliance. ¶

A. General. No person to whom such order is directed shall fail, neglect or refuse to obey such order. Any such person who fails to comply with any such order is guilty of a misdemeanor.
B. Failure to Obey. If, after any order of the director or chief building official made pursuant to this article has become final, the person(s) to whom such order is directed shall fail, neglect or refuse to obey such order, the director or chief building official may cause such person(s) to be prosecuted under this article, or the director or chief building official may institute any appropriate action or proceeding to prevent, restrain, correct or abate the violation or nuisance.
C. Failure to Commence Work. Whenever the required repair or demolition is not commenced with 30 days after any notice and order issued under this article becomes final:
1. If the director or chief building official has determined: (1) that the building, dwelling unit and/or dwelling or portion thereof is in such a condition as to make it immediately dangerous to life, health, property or safety of its occupants, the public or adjacent property; and (2) that said condition can not be immediately abated, the director or chief building official may cause the building, dwelling unit and/or dwelling or portion thereof described in such Notice and Order to remain vacant by posting at each entrance thereto a notice as described in Section 15.56.140(D).
2. No person shall occupy any building, dwelling unit and/or dwelling, or portion thereof, which has been posted and/or boarded as specified in this section. No person shall occupy such building, dwelling unit and/or dwelling or remove or deface any such notice so posted until the repair or demolition has been completed and approved by the director or chief building official as meeting the housing code and the standards of this article. No person shall remove any boards placed by the director or chief building official without the prior written permission of the director or chief building official. Any such person violating this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
D. Interference with Repair or Demolition Work Prohibited. No person shall obstruct, impede, or interfere with any officer, employee, contractor or authorized county representative or with any person who owns or holds any estate or interest in any building and/or dwelling which has been ordered repaired, vacated or demolished under the provisions of this article; or with any person to whom such building has been lawfully sold pursuant to the provisions of this article, whenever such officer, employee, contractor or county authorized representative, person having an estate an estate or interest in such building and/or dwelling, purchaser is engaged in the work of repairing vacating, or demolishing any such building and/or dwelling or portion thereof pursuant to the provisions of this article or in performing any necessary act preliminary to or incidental to such work or authorized or directed pursuant to this article.

horized representative, person having an estate an estate or interest in such building and/or dwelling, purchaser is engaged in the work of repairing vacating, or demolishing any such building and/or dwelling or portion thereof pursuant to the provisions of this article or in performing any necessary act preliminary to or incidental to such work or authorized or directed pursuant to this article.

E. Extension of Time to Perform Work. Upon receipt of an application from the person required to conform to the order and an agreement by such person that he or she will comply with the order if allowed additional time, the director or chief building official may, in his or her discretion, grant an extension of time, not to exceed an additional 60 days,

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BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT

§ 15.56.210

within which to complete said repair or demolition, provided that the director or chief building official determines, in writing that such an extension of time will not create or perpetuate a situation immediately dangerous to life, limb, health, property, safety, or welfare of the occupants, the public or the adjacent property. The director's or chief building official's authority to extend time is limited to the physical repair, rehabilitation or demolition of the building, dwelling unit and/or dwelling and will not in any way affect the time to appeal his or her notice and order, determination or action.

F. Notice of Completion—Inspection. Once the repair or demolition has been completed by the person required to conform to the order, that person shall advise the director or chief building official in writing of the completion of the repair or demolition, which ever is appropriate. The director or chief building official shall then cause the premises to be inspected to determine compliance with the order. A fee for this reinspection may be charged the person required to conform to the order by the director or chief building official. The amount of this reinspection fee shall be established by this article, and may be amended from time-to-time by resolution of the board.

(Prior code § 25.20; Ord. 5202-B, 2002; Ord. 5790-B § 18, 2015)

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