§ 602-11. Vacation and Abatement Hearings.  


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  • When the notice or order of vacation follows a notice or order of abatement, as provided in Sections 602-7 and 602-13, such notice or order of vacation shall not be enforced, as provided in this chapter, unless such notice or order of abatement specifies a time when the person so notified or ordered may appear before the board or officer issuing the notice or order of abatement to show cause why such order or notice of vacation should not be issued, and unless the board or a majority thereof or officer is present at its office at the time so specified; such time to be not less than 24 hours after the service of the notice or order.

    When the notice or order of vacation is issued as provided in Section 602-7, without a previous notice or order of abatement, such notice or order of vacation shall not be enforced as provided in this chapter unless it specifies a time, not less than five days after the service thereof, when the person so notified or ordered may appear before the board issuing such notice or order to show cause why it should not be enforced, and the board or a majority thereof is present at its office at the time so specified; provided that when, in the opinion of at least four-fifths of the members of the board, an emergency exists which requires, for the protection of the health of occupants, the vacation of the building or portion thereof without a delay of five days, then no such fixing of a time for hearing shall be required.

(C.O. 602-10; renumbered to C.M.C. 602-11, eff. Jan. 1, 1972)