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Any such person who fails to comply with any such order is guilty of a <br />misdemeanor. <br />(2) Failure to Obey Order. If, after any order of the building official or Board of <br />Appeals made pursuant to this Article has become final, the person to whom <br />such order is directed shall fail, neglect or refuse to obey such order, the <br />building official may (i) cause such person to be prosecuted under <br />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 or 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 or occupy any building or premises which has <br />been posted as specified in this subsection. No person shall remove <br />or deface any such notice so posted prohibiting access to or <br />occupancy of the building or premises until the repairs, demolition or <br />removal ordered by the building official have been completed and a <br />Certificate of Occupancy issued pursuant to the provisions of the <br />Building Code. <br />(iii) The building official may, in addition to any other remedy herein <br />provided, cause the building or structure to be repaired or demolished <br />to the extent necessary to correct the conditions which render the <br />building dangerous as set forth in this notice and order; or, if the <br />notice and order require demolition, to cause the building to be sold <br />and demolished or demolished and the materials, rubble and debris <br />therefrom removed and the lot cleaned to the satisfaction of the <br />Building Official. Any such repair or demolition work shall be <br />accomplished and the cost thereof paid and recovered in the manner <br />hereinafter provided in Article 13. Any surplus realized from the sale <br />of any such building, or from the demolition thereof, over and above <br />the cost of demolition and of cleaning the lot, shall be paid over to the <br />person or persons lawfully 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 120 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 or property. The Building Official's authority to extend <br />ORDINANCE NO. 2007-024 7 <br />