(1) No one shall use, occupy, rent or cause, suffer, or allow another to use, occupy, or rent any structure or premises found to be unfit for human habitation or other use from and after the date specified in a Building Official’s order to repair, alter, or improve, vacate and close, or demolish and remove a building or correct or improve the condition of the premises until the Building Official has certified that the building or premises is fit for human habitation or other use.

(2) The Building Official may, by written notice directed to the owner and to the appropriate utility authority, request that service of water, electricity or gas to the structure or premises be terminated or disconnected on or before a specified date. Upon receipt of such notice, the utility authority is authorized to terminate or disconnect the service, and to restore the service upon the issuance by the Building Official of a certificate of compliance in accordance with this chapter, or upon written notification by the Building Official that water, electricity or gas service should be restored.

(3) It is unlawful for anyone other than the utility authority or its authorized representatives, to restore any water, electricity, or gas service that has been terminated or disconnected by notice from the Building Official. (Ord. 13-07 § 1)