Notice to vacate a building and condition for reoccupancy shall be as follows:

A. Placarding. The building official may cause to be placed on the main entrance of a building, a placard with the following words:

"This building is unfit for human habitation or other use; the use or occupation of this building for human habitation or other use after ________ (date) is unlawful and is prohibited" whenever the building official has: (1) issued an order, following the hearing as provided in this chapter, finding such building to be unfit or unsafe for human habitation, or (2) issued his order finding said building to be unfit or unsafe for human habitation upon an emergency existing by reason of casualty, damage or loss to said building; provided, that the building official shall immediately serve a complaint and notice upon the appropriate person as provided in Section 15.36.100 of this chapter.

B. Removal. No person shall remove, deface or damage the placard or other notice required hereunder from any dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming house, rooming unit or building. The building official shall cause the placard to be removed whenever the defects upon which the placarding action were based have been corrected or removed.

C. Order to Vacate. Any dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming house, rooming unit or building determined to be unfit or unsafe for human habitation by the order of the building official and so designated and placarded by the building official, shall be vacated within a reasonable time as ordered by such official.

D. Compliance Required Before Reoccupancy. No dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming house, rooming unit or building which has been found and placarded as unfit for human habitation shall again be used for human habitation until written approval is secured from and such placard is removed by the building official. The building official shall remove such placard whenever the defect or defects upon which the placarding action were based have been eliminated. It is unlawful for anyone to let, lease, occupy or permit the occupancy whether for a consideration or not, of any dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming house, rooming unit or building so posted and any violation of this provision shall constitute a misdemeanor within the meaning of this chapter.

E. Right of Appeal. Any person affected by an order or notice relating to the condemning and placarding of any dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming house, rooming unit or building as unfit for human habitation may request and shall be granted a hearing on the matter before the housing board of appeals under the procedure set forth in Section 15.36.120 of this chapter. Said appeal shall stay the placarding and order the building official pending final hearing of the appeal board. (Prior code § 5-1221)