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Sec. 15.1-40. Period during which dwellings shall not be placarded
or remain vacant.

Until the city redevelopment and housing authority notifies
the city council in writing that an adequate number of
low rent housing units are available, or until June 30, 1968,
whichever event or time shall first occur, only those dwellings
or dwelling units which in the opinion of the building official
are structurally unsafe for habitation or dwellings and dwelling
units which, under the city Building Code, can be repaired
so as to comply with this chapter and whose owners refuse to
make the necessary repairs when notified by the enforcing
officer, shall be placarded under section 15.1-35 or required to
remain vacant as set forth in section 15.1-36; provided, that if
a dwelling or dwelling unit which cannot be repaired under
the city Building Code so as to comply with this chapter
becomes vacant it shall remain vacant and be placarded as
provided by sections 15.1-35 and 15.1-36. (7-6-65.)