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Editor's Note: See also Charter § 33, Unsafe buildings.
[Amended 3-24-1980]
All areas ordered boarded shall be painted a suitable color similar to the color of the building. The Commissioner of Public Works shall have full authority to order dangerous structures or parts thereof immediately vacated by all occupants and to order the same strengthened, shored, braced and made safe, or demolished, as he may deem necessary and within the time he may prescribe.
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The Commissioner of Public Works may take full charge when instructions contained under § 193-37 are not immediately fulfilled.
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The Commissioner of Public Works may hire such labor and purchase such materials as may be required to protect the occupants of such dangerous buildings or structures, adjacent property or the public. The expense for such work and materials shall then be objected from the owner by law as necessary, or assessed against said property.
A notice of dangerous conditions shall be posted upon the premises by the Commissioner of Public Works, and the owner shall be notified in writing as to the condition and the work to be done.
The Commissioner of Public Works shall have the authority to stop the construction, repair, alteration, demolition or moving of any building or other structure upon which work is being performed, or order vacated any building or structure which is in violation of the provisions of this Building Code or of the sworn statement made at the time application for permit was filed. The Commissioner of Public Works shall order, in writing, any and all persons in any way engaged in work on any building or structure to stop and desist from such work or to continue to occupy the premises, and such work or occupancy shall not be resumed until the terms of this chapter and orders of the said Commissioner of Public Works shall have been fully complied with.
The Commissioner of Public Works shall revoke the permit if work is not in conformity with the approved plans, specifications or detailed statement in the application or other working drawings.