What happens if a building is posted as unfit for human occupancy?
Buildings are posted as unfit due to serious violations of the Property Maintenance Code. Such violations may include no running water, no heat source during the winter, non-functioning toilets, excessive accumulations of filth, garbage and trash, and other severe circumstances which endanger the life, safety or health of the occupants. The City will cite the owner of the building directing that the necessary repairs be made. To protect the safety and health of the occupants, the City may require that the occupants leave the building if the necessary repairs or actions are not taken. The City Inspector can not physically remove the occupants. This may only be done by court order after the owner refuses to make the repairs and the occupants have not moved out.
