The chief of the fire department or fire marshal shall in a written notice fix the time within which the owner, occupant or person responsible for a building or structure or premises shall remove the hazard or make the repairs, or clear the premises of “dangerous accumulations” specified in the notice. Said notice shall designate the appropriate board to hear any appeal. In no case shall the time fixed be less than ten (10) days. Should the owner or person responsible therefor, or the owner or person responsible for the condition of the building, structure or premises reside outside the city and the address be unknown, a notice or publication in a daily newspaper in the city and the posting of a written notice on the building or structure or premises shall be deemed sufficient notice. The owner, occupant or person responsible therefor, within ten (10) days after receiving such notice, may appeal in writing from the order of the chief of the fire department or fire marshal to the board designated in the notice, which shall determine the appeal. If no such board is designated in the notice, the appeal shall be to the city manager, who shall determine the appeal.
(Ordinance 2297 adopted 9/24/1957; 1959 Code, sec. 12-21.3; 1983 Code, sec. 11-51; Ordinance 2011-O0036, sec. 13, adopted 4/14/2011)
If no appeal is taken, the maintenance of a condemned building or condemned structure or condemned conditions existing therein or thereon or on the premises where said buildings or structures are located, beyond the time set for removal or repair or abatement under this article, shall constitute the maintenance of a nuisance.
(Ordinance 2297 adopted 9/24/1957; 1959 Code, sec. 12-21.4; 1983 Code, sec. 11-52)
If the owner or person responsible for the condition of a building or structure or premises, whether a resident or nonresident of the city, fails to comply with the order of the chief of the fire department or fire marshal, to remove the hazardous fire condition in or on the building or structure or on the lot, tract or parcel of land or premises where such hazard exists, as directed by the chief of the fire department or fire marshal, the chief of the fire department or fire marshal may abate the use of nonresidential buildings or structures, and to that end the chief of the fire department or fire marshal shall have authority to close said nonresidential building or structure and to prevent its use or occupancy until the order of the chief of the fire department or fire marshal has been complied with.
(Ordinance 2297 adopted 9/24/1957; 1959 Code, sec. 12-21.5; 1983 Code, sec. 11-53; Ordinance 2011-O0036, sec. 14, adopted 4/14/2011)
In addition to the penalty imposed in this article of closing a building or structure, it shall be unlawful for any person to disobey or fail to comply with the order of the chief of the fire department or fire marshal or to use, occupy or remain in any nonresidential building or structure, when the same has been ordered closed, or to remain upon or use or permit the use of any such premises.
(Ordinance 2297 adopted 9/24/1957; 1959 Code, sec. 12-21.6; 1983 Code, sec. 11-54; Ordinance 2005-O0141, secs. 20, 21, adopted 12/15/2005)