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Editor's Note: Ord. No. 1310, adopted 5-10-2010, amended Art. IV in its entirety as set out herein. The former Art. IV pertained to property maintenance code and derived from the Code of 1975, § 8-43; Ord. No. 1017, adopted 9-23-1991; the Code of 1992, § 16-1; Ord. No. 1081, adopted 2-27-1995; Ord. No. 1137, adopted 11-10-1997.
[5-10-2010 by Ord. No. 1310]
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any dwelling unit or structure who has received a notice and order to comply or upon whom a notice of violation has been served to sell, transfer, mortgage, lease, or otherwise dispose of such dwelling unit or structure to another until the provisions of the compliance order or notice of violation have been complied with, or until such owner shall first furnish the grantee, transferee, mortgagee, or lessee, a true copy of any compliance order or notice of violation issued by the code official and shall furnish to the code official a signed and notarized statement from the grantee, transferee, mortgagee, or lessee, acknowledging the receipt of such notice and order to comply or notice of violation and fully accepting the responsibility without condition for making the corrections or repairs required by such compliance order or notice of violation.
(b) 
The new owner of record shall enter into a work agreement with the City within 10 days from the date of closing for the purpose of immediate renovation of the structure. Such renovation shall be in accordance with all applicable state and local codes, including the Michigan Existing Housing Rehabilitation Code. The work agreement shall be recorded at the St. Clair County Register of Deeds and will be discharged at the time that a certificate of occupancy has been issued. The property owner shall be responsible for paying the cost of recording the work agreement.
(c) 
Anyone who fails to enter into a work agreement and comply with the provisions therein shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor or civil infraction as determined by the Building Official.
(d) 
Anyone who fails to obtain a certificate of occupancy prior to occupying or allowing occupancy of the property or any part of thereof shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor or civil infraction as determined by the Building Official.