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the Building Official or Fire Marshal shall order that such equipment either be removed or restored to a safe or sanitary condition, as appropriate. The notice shall fix a time limit for compliance with such order. No person shall use or occupy a building or premises, or use or maintain the defective equipment or system after receiving such notice. 6. Utility Disconnect. The Building Official or Fire Marshal may disconnect any utility service or energy supplied to any building, structure or building service equipment therein where necessary to eliminate an immediate hazard to life or property, where work has been performed without a required permit, where work is being done in violation of any provision of these regulations, and where the building is being occupied in violation of Chapter 8 of the Eugene Code, 1971, codes or rules adopted thereunder, or these regulations. Whenever possible, the Building Official or Fire Marshal shall notify the serving utility, the owner and occupant of the building, structure or building service equipment of the decision to disconnect prior to taking such action, and shall notify such serving utility, owner and occupant of the building, structure or building service equipment, in writing, of such disconnection immediately thereafter. The Building Official or Fire Marshal shall thereupon place a notice on the premises in a manner to reasonably apprise those coming on the property of the disconnection. It shall be unlawful for any person to remove the notice of disconnection or reconnect. The Building Official or Fire Marshal shall authorize reconnection of utility service when he/she is satisfied the condition which led to the disconnection will be expeditiously corrected or is corrected. 7. Administrative Civil Penalty. The Building Official may impose an administrative civil penalty pursuant to Section 2.018 of the Eugene Code, 1971 and regulations adopted thereunder. 8. Enforcement Mechanisms Non -Exclusive. No enforcement mechanism is exclusive. The Building Official may employ one or more of the enforcement mechanisms authorized above or elsewhere in the Eugene Code, 1971. 9. Appeals. Any person who disagrees with enforcement action taken against him/her has a right to appeal that enforcement action pursuant to R -8.005-A-7. The appeal shall not stay the effective date of the enforcement action, except for monetary penalties. Dated and effective this Z&Mday o ry , 2017. Jon R. Ruiz City Manager Administrative Order - Page 40 of 40