§ 16.20.110. Section 108.5 amended - Prohibited occupancy.

Section 108.5 of the International Property Maintenance Code is replaced with the following:

108.5 Violation of Condemnation Placard. Any structure condemned and placarded by the code official shall be vacated as ordered by the code official. It shall be unlawful for any person other than a police officer or code official to enter any condemned structure or operate any condemned equipment without first obtaining written authorization from the code official.

Any owner, owner's authorized agent or person responsible for a premises who shall let anyone enter a condemned structure or operate condemned equipment without authorization from the code official shall be liable for the penalties provided by this code.

Any individual previously warned against entry into a condemned structure or premises or operation of any condemned equipment shall be in violation of this section, notwithstanding the unlawful removal of any condemnation notice or placard.

108.5.1 Authorization for entry.

Any authorization for entry into a condemned structure or to operate condemned equipment shall be issued in writing by the code official. The code official is authorized to deny any request for authorization or set any conditions deemed necessary as part of such authorization and may revoke the authorization at any time by notifying the authorized individual verbally or in writing. It shall be unlawful to violate any conditions of an authorization issued by the code official.

(Ord. No. O-2019-02 , § 6, 1-8-2019)