15.10.160 Notice to vacate—Penalties.
A. Notice. Every notice to vacate shall, in addition to being served as provided in Section 15.10.100, be posted at or upon each exit of the building and shall be in substantially the following form: “DO NOT ENTER—UNSAFE TO OCCUPY. IT IS A MISDEMEANOR TO OCCUPY THIS BUILDING, STRUCTURE, OR DWELLING UNIT, OR TO REMOVE OR DEFACE THIS NOTICE. BUILDING OFFICIAL, CITY OF ABERDEEN.” It shall be unlawful for any person to remain in or enter any building, structure or dwelling unit which has been posted; except, that entry may be made to repair or demolish such under a permit.
1. Posting. Whenever such notice is posted, the building official shall include a notification thereof in the notice and order issued under Section 15.10.100, reciting the emergency and specifying the conditions which necessitate the posting. No person shall remain in or enter any building which has been so posted, except that entry may be made to repair, demolish or remove such building under permit or as otherwise approved in advance by the building official. No person shall remove or deface any such notice after it is posted until the required repairs, demolition or removal have been completed and a certificate of compliance issued.
2. Utilities. The building official may, by written notice directed to the owner and to the Superintendent of Water, public utility district and/or gas utility company, request that service of water, electricity or gas to the building or premises be terminated or disconnected on or before a specified date. Upon receipt of such notice the Superintendent of Water, public utility district, or gas utility company is authorized to terminate or disconnect the service and to restore the service upon the issuance by the building official of a certificate of compliance, or upon written notification by the building official that water, electricity or gas service should be restored.
3. Utility Restoration. It is unlawful for anyone other than the Superintendent of Water, public utility district, or gas utility company, or their authorized representatives, to restore any water, electricity, or gas service that has been terminated or disconnected by notice from the building official.
B. Penalties. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and each such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of this chapter is committed, continued or permitted, and upon conviction of any such violation such person shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.