§ 8-2092. Placarding premises.

(a)

Placard by enforcement officer of vacant property. The enforcement officer is authorized to place a dated and signed placard on vacant property when, in his opinion, one or more of the conditions enumerated in section 8-2095 and 8-2096 exists. The enforcement officer shall notify the owner of the property by certified mail, return receipt requested, to his last known address that the building has been placarded, the reason therefor, and the owner's right of appeal as provided in section 8-2090. Such placard shall contain the following words:

"Warning, Danger, Keep Out. This building has been inspected and conditions found which are in violation of the Atlanta Commercial, Institutional and Industrial Building Maintenance Code. It shall be unlawful for this property to be leased or occupied until requirements of the Code have been made in a satisfactory manner. Mutilation or unauthorized removal or defacing of this placard shall be an offense punishable by fine or imprisonment."

(b)

Unlawful to occupy or allow occupancy of placarded property. It shall be unlawful for a person or persons to occupy or for an owner to allow occupancy of a structure or premises which has been placarded as provided by section 8-2092(a).

(c)

Placard of occupied property by court. Upon citation brought under section 8-2091 hereof, the court, after hearing, is authorized to order the enforcement officer to place a dated and signed placard on occupied property which has been found by the court to be unfit for human occupancy. Such placard shall contain the following words:

"Warning, Danger, Keep Out. This property has been adjudicated by the municipal court to be unfit for human occupancy and in violation of the Atlanta Commercial, Institutional and Industrial Building Maintenance Code. It shall be unlawful for this building to be leased or occupied after 60 days from the date of this notice until all requirements of the Atlanta Commercial, Institutional and Industrial Building Maintenance Code have been made in a satisfactory manner. Mutilation or unauthorized removal or defacing of this placard shall be an offense punishable by fine or imprisonment."

(d)

Unlawful to occupy—60 days after placarded. Sixty days from the date the structure, or premises has been placarded as provided by section 8-2092(c) herein, it shall be unlawful for a person or persons to occupy the structure, or premises.

(e)

Unlawful to allow placarded property to be reoccupied. It shall be unlawful for an owner to allow a structure, or premises to be reoccupied which has been placarded as provided in section 8-2092(c).

(f)

Repealed.

(g)

Placard—Notice to general public. The posting of the placard as provided for herein and the recording of such in the records of the bureau of buildings shall be notice to the general public that it shall be unlawful for any owner to allow the structure to be occupied, as provided herein; and no further notice by the city shall be required to be given to any subsequent owner.

(h)

Unlawful to deface, etc. placard. It shall be unlawful to deface, alter, destroy, cover or remove said placards.

(i)

Removal of placard by enforcement officer. The enforcement officer shall remove the placards when compliance with this code has been effected.

(Code 1977, § 8-2092; Ord. No. 2006-07, § 2, 2-28-06)