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.0 0 BOOK 8 PAGE 459 ARTICLE R. CONDEMNATION, REPAIR, AND DEMOLITION OF UNSAFE BUILDINGS. SECTION 4-1. DUTY OF BUILDING INSPECTOR. ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE OR PART THEREOF, PARTIALLY DESTROYED OR OTHERWISE, WHICH IS FOUND BY THE BUILDING INSPECTOR TO BE IN SUCH A DILAPIDATED STATE OF DISREPAIR OR OTHER SUBSTANDARD CONDITION AS TO BE DANGEROUS TO LIFE, HEALTH, OR OTHER PROPERTY, OR TO CONSTITUTE A FIRE OR SAFETY HAZARD OR A PUBLIC. NUISANCE SHALL BE DECLARED BY THE BUILDING INSPECTOR TO BE UNSAFE. SUCH UNSAFE CONDITION MAY BE CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE CONSTRUCTION) OVERLOADED STRUCTURAL PARTS, DECAY, SUSCEPTIBILITY TO FIRE, EXITS, OR ANY OTHER HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS OR CIRCUMSTANCES. THE BUILDING INSPECTOR SHALL HAVE AUTHORITY, AND IT SHALL BE HIS DUTY, TO DECLARE ALL SUCH BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES UNSAFE AND TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO HAVE SUCH CONDITIONS CORRECTED OR REMOVED. SUCH DECLARATION BY THE BUILDING INSPECTOR SHALL CONSTITUTE AN ORDER OF CONDEMNATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE. SECTION 4-2. DUTY OF OWNER, PROCEDURE. WHENEVER ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE HAS BEEN CONDEMNED BY THE BUILDING INSPECTOR, AND THE EXISTENCE OF SUCH BUILDING OR STRUCTURE IN A DILAPIDATED STATE OF DISREPAIR OR OTHER SUBSTANDARD CONDITION IS FOUND AND DETERMINED BY THE BUILDING INSPECTOR, OR UPON APPEAL FROM OR REPORT BY THE BUILDING INSPECTOR AS HEREAFTER PROVIDED, BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO BE DANGEROU$ TO LIFE, HEALTH, OR OTHER PROPERTY, OR IS IN SUCH CONDITION AS TO CONSTITUTE A FIRE OR SAFETY HAZARD OR A PUBLIC NUISANCE, THE OWNER OR OWNERS OF SUCH BUILDING OR STRUCTURE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO DEMOLISH AND REMOVE THE SAME AND REMEDY SUCH CONDITIONS UNDER THE REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES HEREIN PROVIDED; AND IN THE EVENT SUCH OWNER FAILS OR REFUSES SO TO DO WITHIN THE TIME DIRECTED BY THE BUILDING -18-