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THE BOCA NATIONAL PROPERTY MAIN3c7NATlC": C0DE1' 993
<br />person or persons responsible for the structure or equipment in
<br />accordance with Section PM-107.3. The notice shall be in the
<br />form prescribed in Section PM-107.2.
<br />PM-108.4 Placarding: Upon failure of the owner or person
<br />responsibie to comply with the notice provisions within the time
<br />given, the code official shall post on the premises or on defective
<br />equipment. a placard bearing the word "Condemned" and a
<br />statement of the penalties provided for occupying [he premises,
<br />operating the equipment or removing [he placard.
<br />PM-108.5 Prohibited occupancy: Any person who shall oc-
<br />cupy a placarded premises or shall operate placarded equipment,
<br />and any owner or any person responsible for the premises who
<br />shall let anyone occupy a placarded premises or operate
<br />placarded equipment shall be liable for the penalties provided by
<br />this code.
<br />PM-1a8.6 Removal of placard: The code official shall remove
<br />the c•ondemnation placard whenever the defect or defects upon
<br />which the c•ondemnotion and placarding action were based have
<br />been eliminated. Any person who defaces or removes a condem-
<br />nation placard without the approval of the code official shall be
<br />subject to the penalties provided by this code.
<br />SECTION PM-109.0 EMERGEPOCY MEASURES
<br />Plbl-109.1 Imminent danger: When, in the opinion of the code
<br />official, there is imminent danger of failure or collapse of a
<br />building or structure which endangers life, or when any structure
<br />or part of a structure has fallen and life is endangered by the
<br />occupation of the swcture, or when there is actual or potential
<br />danger to the building occupants or those in the proximity of any
<br />structure because of explosives, explosive fumes or vapors or the
<br />presence of toxic fumes, gases or materials, or operation of
<br />defective or dangerous equipment, the code official is hereby
<br />authorized and empowered to order and require the occupants to
<br />vacate the p,•emises fonhwith. The code off-icial shall cause to be
<br />posted at each entrance to such structure a notice reading as
<br />follows: "This Structure is Unsafe and its Occupancy has been
<br />Prohibited by the Code Official." It shall be unlawful for any
<br />person to enter such s[ructure except for the purpose of securing
<br />the swcture, making the required repairs, removing the hazard-
<br />ous condition, or of demolishing the same.
<br />PM-109.2 Temporary safeguards: Notwithstanding other
<br />provisions of this code, whenever, in the opinion of [he code
<br />official, there is imminent danger due to an unsafe condition, the
<br />code official shall order the necessary work to be done, including
<br />the boarding-up of openings, to render such struchire temporari-
<br />ly safe whether or not the legal procedure herein described has
<br />been instituted: and shall cause such other action to be taken as
<br />the code official deems necessary to meet such emergency.
<br />PM-109.3 Closing streets: When necessary for the public
<br />safety, the code official shall temporarily close structures and
<br />close, or order the authority having jurisdiction to close,
<br />sidewalks, streets, pub(ic ways and places adjacent to unsafe
<br />structures, and prohibit the same from being utilized_
<br />PM-109.4 Emergeney repairs: For the purposes of this section,
<br />the code official shall employ the necessary labor and materials
<br />to perfoRn the required work as expeditiously as possible.
<br />PM-109S Costs of emergency repairs: Costs incurred in the
<br />performance of emergency work shall be paid from the treasury
<br />of the jurisdiction on approval of the code official. The legal
<br />counsel of the jurisdiction shall institute appropriate action
<br />against the owner of the premises where the unsafe structure is
<br />or was located for the recovery of such costs.
<br />PM-109.6 Hearing: Any person ordered to take emer?ency
<br />measures shall comply with such order forthwith. Any affected
<br />person shall thereafter, upon petition directed to the appeals
<br />board, be afforded a hearing as described in this cocie.
<br />SECTION PM-110.0 DEMOLITION
<br />PM-110.1 General: The code official shall order the owner of
<br />any prerrtises upon which is located any structure, which in the
<br />code off-iciat's judgement is so old, dilapidated or has become so
<br />out of repair as to be dangerous, unsafe, unsanitary or otherwise
<br />unfit for human habitation or occupancy, and such that it is
<br />unreasonable to repair the structure, to raze and remove such
<br />structure; or if such structure is capable of being made safe by
<br />repairs, to repair and make safe and sanitary or to raze and
<br />remove at the owner's option; or where there has been a cessation
<br />of normal construction of any structure for a period of more than
<br />two years, to raze and remove such structure. ?
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<br />PM-110.2 Order: All notices and orders shall comply with
<br />Section PM-107.0.
<br />PM-1103 Failure to comply: If the owner of a premises fails
<br />to comply with a demolition order within the time prescribed,
<br />the code official shall cause the structure to be razed and
<br />removed, either thmugh an available public agency or by con-
<br />tract or arrangement with private persons, and the cost of such
<br />razing and removal shall be charged against the real estate upon
<br />which the structure is located and shall be a lien upon such real
<br />estate.
<br />PM-110.4 Salvage materials: When any swcture has been
<br />ordered razed and removed, the governing body or other desig-
<br />nated officer under said contract or arrangement aforesaid shall
<br />have the right to sell the salvage and valuable materials at the
<br />highest price obtainable. The net proceeds of such sale, after
<br />deduCting the expenses of such razing and removal, shall be
<br />promptly remitted with a report of such sale or transaction,
<br />including the items of expense and the amounts deducced, for the
<br />person who is en[i[!ed thereto, subject to any order of a court. If
<br />such a surplus dces not remain to be turned over, the report shall
<br />so state.
<br />SECTION PM-111.0 MEANS OF APPEAL
<br />PM-111.1 Application for appeal: Any person affected by a
<br />decision of the code official or a notice or order issued under this
<br />code shall have the right to appeal to the board of appedls,
<br />provided that a written application for appeal is filed within 20
<br />days after the day the decision, notice or order was served_ An
<br />application for appeal shall be based on a claim that the true
<br />intent of this code or the rules legally adopted thereunder have
<br />been incorrectly interpreted, the provisions of this code do not
<br />fully apply, or the requirements of this code are adequately
<br />satisfied by other means.
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