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li ,... . . _ _ .? people of the City, the Building Commissioner shall notify the Law Director to take legal action to force the owner to make all necessary repairs or demolish the building. 1331.06 DUTIES OF LAW DIRECTOR. The Law Director or his office shall: (a) Prosecute all persons failing to comply with the terms of the notices provided in Section 1331.04(d) and (e) and the order provided in Section 1331.05(d). (b) Appear, when requested by the Building Commissioner, at all hearings before the Building Commissioner in regard to dangerous buildings. (c) If requested by Council, bring suit to collect all costs incurred in repairing or causing to be vacated or demolished dangerous buildings, if the costs of the same have not been certified to the County-Auditor, as provided in Section 1331.05(e). (d) Take any such other legal action is necessary to carry out the terms and provisions of this chapter. 1331.07 EMERGENCY CASES. Whenever a complaint is made to the Building Commissioner of the existence of a dangerous building or a public nuisance, as defined in Sections 1331.01 and 1331.03, and after inspection, as required in Section 1331.04, he should find that a dangerous building deemed to be a public nuisance does exist and that the public health, safety or welfare is in immediate danger, he shall promptly notify the Service Director and the Fire Chief, who shall cause to be inspected the premises on which it is alleged such public nuisance exists, if they have not already done so. Written reports of the inspection and of the findings of the Building Commissioner and the Fire Chief, with respect to the existence of the public nuisance, as defined in Sections 1331.01 and 1331.03, and any immediate danger to the public health, safety and welfare, shall be filed orith the Service Director. Should a majority of the Board of Appeal, at a special meeting, find that a public nuisance exists and that the nature thereof is such as to require its summary abatement, it shall be the duty of the Building Commissioner to cause photographs of such nuisance to be made and to file and keep in his office the written reports of the findings of the aforesaid officials. The Building Commissioner shall determine the person, firm or corporation having an interest in the aforesaid property and shall immediately cause a written notice to be issued, as defined in Section 1331.04(d) and (e), and shall further state that unless the owners and/or