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provisions of this chapter or shall be demolished and removed as may be required <br /> by the Building and Safety Official <br /> B Whenever necessary to assure compliance with the foregoing provisions, the owner <br /> of any illegal building, structure or installation shall uncover any concealed portions <br /> of such building, structure, electrical, plumbing, or mechanical installation for <br /> inspection and shall perform such tests as may be required by the Building and <br /> Safety Official <br /> C It is unlawful to use or maintain any illegal buildings, structure or installation or <br /> portion thereof which was erected, installed, constructed, enlarged, altered, <br /> repaired, moved, converted, or improved without a permit <br /> D All illegal buildings, structures or installations or portions thereof may be abated by <br /> being made to conform to the provisions of this chapter or by demolition and remove <br /> in accordance with the provisions specified by any remedy available at law <br /> Emergency Measures. <br /> A Imminent danger When, in the opinion of the Code Official, there is imminent danger <br /> of failure or collapse of a building that endangers life, or when any building or part <br /> of a building has fallen and life is endangered by the occupation of the building, or <br /> when there is actual or potential danger to the building occupants or those in the <br /> proximity of any structure because of explosives, explosive fumes or vapors, or the <br /> presence of toxic fumes, gases, or materials, or operation of defective or dangerous <br /> equipment, the code official is hereby authorized and empowered to order and <br /> require the occupants to vacate the premises forthwith The Code Official shall <br /> cause to be posted at each entrance to such structure a notice prohibiting <br /> occupancy It shall be unlawful for any person to enter such structure except for the <br /> purpose of securing the structure, making the required repairs, removing the <br /> hazardous condition, or of demolishing the same <br /> B Temporary safeguards Notwithstanding other provisions of this code, whenever, in <br /> the opinion of the code official there is imminent danger due to an unsafe condition, <br /> the code official shall order the necessary work to be done, including the boarding <br /> up of openings, to render such structure temporarily safe whether or not the legal <br /> procedure herein described has been instituted, and shall cause such other action <br /> to be taken as the code official deems necessary to meet such emergency <br /> C Closing streets When necessary for public safety, the code official shall temporarily <br /> close structures and close or order the authority having jurisdiction to close <br /> sidewalks, streets, public ways, and places adjacent to unsafe structures, and <br /> prohibit the same from being utilized <br /> D Emergency repairs For the purposes of this section, the code official shall employ <br /> the necessary labor and materials to perform the required work as expeditiously as <br /> possible <br /> E Costs of emergency repairs Costs incurred in the performance of emergency work <br /> shall be paid by the jurisdiction The City Attorney may institute appropriate action <br /> against the owner of the premises where the unsafe structure is or was located for <br /> the recovery of such costs <br /> F Hearing Any person ordered to take emergency measures shall comply with such <br /> order forthwith Any affected person shall thereafter, upon petition directed to the <br /> appeals board, be afforded a hearing as described in this code <br />