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2 1. 18.1 The owner of any dwelling or dwelling unit who fails to comply with an order issued by the Public Officer pursuant to Section 15.2 of this ordinance from which no appeal has been take, or fails to comply with an order of the Board of Adjustment following an appeal, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Each day that any such failure to comply with such order continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. REVISION: Replace this section to allow language establishing a fine for failure to comply with an order of the Public Officer. When the Public Officer finds that a building is unfit for human habitation or dangerous within the meaning of Section 15.2 and has notified the owner to such effect and the time limit set by the Public Officer for the correction of defects or vacating same has expired, no person shall receive rentals, offer for rent, or occupy such building unit as a human habitation, and each day such building unit as a human habitation, and each day such offense continues shall be deemed a separate offense. Any person violating these provisions shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction such offender shall be punished by a fine of not more than Fifty ($50.00) Dollars for each separate offense. VIII.Add an Article to incorporate procedures for emergency cases. Number this Article 19 and renumber the present 19-22. REVISION: Article 19. Emergency Cases In emergency cases where it reasonably appears there is immediate danger to the life or safety of any person or to the safety of other property, unless a dwelling unit unfit for human habitation or a dangerous building as herein defined is immediately repaired or demolished, the Public Officer shall cause the immediate repair or demolition of the said building and the cost of such repair or demolition shall be recovered and collected as is provided in Article 13 hereof. 4