14.14A.060 Enforcement of the order of building official or the hearings examiner.

(1)    Compliance.

(a)    General. After any order of the Building Official or the Hearings Examiner made pursuant to the Clark County Code shall have become final, no person to whom any such order is directed shall fail, neglect or refuse to obey any such order. Any such person who fails to comply with any order is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a maximum sentence of ninety (90) days and/or a one-thousand-dollar ($1,000.00) fine.

(b)    Failure to Obey Order. Enforcement of the final order of the Building Official or Hearings Examiner initiated pursuant to the provisions set forth in CCC 32.08.070 which are, by this reference, incorporated herein.

(c)    Failure to Commence Work. Whenever the required repair or demolition is not commenced within thirty (30) days after any final notice and order issued under this code becomes effective:

(i)    The Building Official shall cause the building described in such notice and order to be vacated by posting at each entrance thereto a notice reading:

DANGEROUS BUILDING,
DO NOT OCCUPY

It is a misdemeanor to occupy this building or to remove or deface this notice.

_________________
Building Official
of Clark County

(ii)    No person shall occupy any building which has been posted as specified in this subsection. No person shall remove or deface any such notice so posted until the repairs, demolition or removal ordered by the building official have been completed and a certificate of occupancy issued pursuant to the provisions of the building code. Any such person who fails to comply with the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(iii)    The building official may, in addition to any other remedy herein provided, cause the building to be repaired to the extent necessary to correct the conditions which render the building dangerous as set forth in the notice and order; or, if the notice and order require demolition, to cause the building to be sold and demolished or demolished and the materials, rubble and debris therefrom and the lot cleaned. Any such repair or demolition work shall be accomplished and the cost thereof together with any assessed civil penalties shall be charged as a lien against the property and as a joint and separate personal obligation of any person in violation. Any surplus realized from the sale of any such building, or the demolition thereof, over and above the cost of demolition, civil penalty assessment, and of cleaning the lot, shall be paid over to the person or persons lawfully entitled thereto.

(2)    Extension of Time to Perform Work. Upon receipt of an application from the person required to conform to the order and an agreement by such person that he will comply with the order if allowed additional time, the building official may, in his discretion, grant an extension of time, not to exceed an additional one hundred twenty (120) days, within which to complete said repair, rehabilitation or demolition, if the building official determines that such extension of time will not create or perpetuate a situation imminently dangerous to life or property. The building official’s authority to extend time is limited to the physical repair, rehabilitation or demolition of the premises and will not in any way affect the time requirements for appeal of a notice and order.

(3)    Interference with Repair or Demolition Work Prohibited. No person shall obstruct, impede or interfere with any officer, employee, contractor or authorized representative of this jurisdiction or with any person who owns or holds any estate or interest in any building which has been ordered repaired, vacated or demolished under the provisions of this code; or with any person to whom such building has been lawfully sold pursuant to the provisions of this code, whenever such officer, employee, contractor or authorized representative of this jurisdiction, person having an interest or a stake in such building or structure, or purchaser is engaged in the work of repairing, vacating and repairing, or demolishing any such building pursuant to the provisions of this code, or in performing any necessary act preliminary to or incidental to such work or authorized or directed pursuant to this code. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Sec. 6 of Ord. 1990-02-23)