After the condemnation notice required under
the provisions of this code has resulted in an order by virtue of
failure to comply within the time given, the Code Official may post
on the premises or structure or parts thereof or on defective equipment
a placard bearing the words "Condemned as unfit for human occupancy
or use" and a statement of the penalties provided for any occupancy
or use or for removing the placard. The owner or the person or persons
responsible for the correction of violations shall have removed themselves
from the property on failure to comply with the correction order in
the time specified, but other occupants shall be given a reasonable
time thereafter to vacate.
Any person who shall occupy a placarded premises
or structure or part thereof or who shall use placarded equipment
and any owner or any person responsible for the premises who shall
let anyone occupy a placarded premises shall be liable for the penalties
provided by this code.
The Code Official shall remove the condemnation
placard whenever the defect or defects upon which the condemnation
and placarding action were based have been eliminated. Any person
who defaces or removes a condemnation placard without the approval
of the Code Official shall be subject to the penalties provided by
this code.
