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to comply with any increase in occupant load, any alteration or addition to the building, or any change in occupancy of the building. 4.2.7. Any building or structure which contains any combination of unsafe conditions or items, including open and abandoned buildings, which could endanger other property or human life. 4.3 Whenever the Building Official or Fire Marshal shall be of the opinion that there is a dangerous building, he/she shall post upon each exit of the building a notice which declares the building unsafe, prohibits entry, describes the property by address, informs the owner, occupant or other responsible person that the unsafe conditions must be remedied within a set period of time, or that the City may proceed to make the building safe or demolish the building and charge the cost to the owner. The notice also shall state that it can be appealed within ten days from the date of posting. 4.4 In addition to posting the dangerous building, the Building Official or Fire Marshal shall send a copy of the posting to all persons identified by the records of the County Department of Assessment and Taxation as the owners of the property, and notify them of the emergency and the conditions which necessitated the determination and posting. The notice shall be personally served or sent by certified mail no later than two working days following the date of posting. 4.5 No person shall remain in or enter any building which has been posted as dangerous, except that entry may be made to repair, demolish, or remove such building under permit. No person shall remove or deface any such notice after it is posted until the required repairs, demolition, or removal have been completed and a certificate of occupancy issued by the Building Official. 4.6 Either an owner or tenant of the property may appeal the notice and posting to a hearings official as provided in Section R -8.005-A-7. In addition to the other authority delegated to the hearings official, the hearings official may order the building removed and abated if in his/her judgment such removal or abatement is necessary in order to remove the dangerous condition. The hearings official also shall have the power to order the building made safe or to prescribe what acts must be done to render the same safe. 4.7 Every building or part thereof which is found to be a dangerous building is declared to be a public nuisance, and the same may be abated either summarily under Section 6.110 of the Eugene Code, 1971 or through the procedures specified in this section, or by a suit for abatement thereof brought in a court of competent jurisdiction. 5. Stop Use Order. Whenever the Building Official or Fire Marshal determines that any building, structure or premises is being used contrary to the provisions of a technical code, the Building Official or Fire Marshal may order such use discontinued, and the structure, premises or portion thereof, vacated by notice served on any person causing such use to be continued. Whenever the Building . Official or Fire Marshal . determines that any equipment or system, or portion thereof, regulated by any technical code has become hazardous to life, health or property, Administrative Order - Page 39 of 40