Service of such notice in the foregoing manner upon the owner’s agent or upon the person responsible for the premises or structure shall constitute service of notice upon the owner.
111.5 Unauthorized tampering.
Signs, tags or seals posted or affixed by the code official shall not be mutilated, destroyed or tampered with, or removed without authorization from the code official.
111.6 Transfer of ownership.
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any dwelling unit or structure who has received a compliance order or upon whom a notice of violation has been served to sell, transfer, mortgage, lease or otherwise dispose of such dwelling unit or structure to another until the provisions of the compliance order or notice of violation have been complied with, or until such owner or the owner’s authorized agent shall first furnish the grantee, transferee, mortgagee or lessee a true copy of any compliance order or notice of violation issued by the code official and shall furnish to the code official a signed and notarized statement from the grantee, transferee, mortgagee or lessee, acknowledging the receipt of such compliance order or notice of violation and fully accepting the responsibility without condition for making the corrections or repairs required by such compliance order or notice of violation.
111.6.1 Pre-sale inspection program and Certificate of Occupancy required for new owners and tenants.
A.
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any real estate premises to transfer legal or equitable ownership of that premises ("title"), or change of tenant, without having obtained a pre-sale inspection of it under this code. This inspection will enable the code official to work toward accomplishing the purposes of this code by listing any repairs or other work necessary to eliminate any unsafe or hazardous conditions, to comply with applicable requirements of the Fire Code, Zoning Code and other ordinances, and also to correct any unlawful nuisance conditions in the form of violations of this Property Maintenance Code. Such an inspection and list shall be part of the process of issuing the required certificate of occupancy.
B.
Application for a pre-sale inspection shall be made on such form and in such manner as may be prescribed from time to time by the code official. The city may charge a fee for this service as provided for under Chapter 153.
C.
Within 21 days after application was made for a pre-sale inspection, the code official shall have completed the inspection, compiled a list of any items to be brought into compliance with this code and applicable provisions of the Fire Code, Zoning Code and other ordinances, and shall have issued a violation letter to the owner or lienholder of a premises. This period of time may be extended by the code official if a delay is caused by any matter beyond the reasonable control of that official.
D.
A certificate of occupancy shall be valid for one year after the violations have been corrected to the satisfaction of the code official or until 60 days after the premises may be transferred to a new owner or tenant, whichever occurs sooner.
E.
Any rental unit inspection required under this chapter may be waived by the code official, and an occupancy certificate may be granted without such inspection, so long as all of the following conditions are met:
1.
The subject property has already undergone a pre-sale or rental unit inspection during the twelve (12) months immediately prior to the most recent change of tenant;