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Subsection (a) of this section or (ii) institute any appropriate action to abate <br />such building as a public nuisance. <br />(3) Failure to Commence Work. Whenever the required repair, demolition or <br />abatement is not commenced ar completed within the time frame described in <br />a notice and order: <br />(i) The building official may cause the building or premises described in <br />suchnotice and order to be vacated by posting at each entrance of the <br />building a notice to vacate pursuant to Section 7-5-255 (a): <br />(ii) No person shall enter ar occupy any building or premises which has been <br />posted as specified in this subsection. No person shall remove ar deface <br />any such notice so posted prohibiting access to or occupancy of the <br />building or premises until the repairs, demolition or removal ordered by <br />the building official have been completed and a Certificate of Occupancy <br />issued pursuant to the provisions of the Building Code. <br />(iii) The building official ~roay, in addition to any other remedy herein <br />provided, cause the building or structure to be repaired or demolished to <br />the extent necessary to correct the conditions which render the building <br />dangerous as set forth in this notice and order; or, if the notice and order <br />require demolition, to cause the building to be sold and demolished or <br />demolished and the materials, rubble and debris therefrom removed and <br />the lot cleaned to the satisfaction of the Building Official. Any such <br />repair or demolition work shall be accomplished and the cost thereof <br />paid and recovered in the manner hereinafter provided in Article l3. <br />Any surplus realized from the sale of any such building, or from the <br />demolition thereof, over and above the cost of demolition and of <br />cleaning the lot, shall be paid over to the person or persons lawfully <br />entitled thereto. <br />(b) Extension of Time to Perform Work. Upon receipt of an application from the person <br />required to conform to the order and an agreement by such person that he will <br />comply with the order if allowed additional time, the building official may, in his <br />discretion, grant an extension of time, not to exceed an additional ] 20 days, within <br />which to complete said repair, rehabilitation or demolition, if the Building Official <br />determines that such an extension of time will not create or perpetuate a situation <br />imminently dangerous to life ar property. The Building Official's autharity to extend <br />time is limited to the physical repair, rehabilitation or demolition of the premises and <br />will not in any way affect the time to appeal his notice and order. <br />(c) Interference with Repair or Demolition Work Prohibited. No person shall obstruct, <br />impede or interfere with any officer, employee, contractor or autharized <br />representative of this jurisdiction or with any person who owns or holds any estate or <br />interest in any building which has been ordered repaired, vacated or demolished <br />under the provisions of this Code; or with any person to whom such building has <br />been lawfully sold pursuant to the provisions of this Code, whenever such officer, <br />