§ 93.20. Authority to stop construction or wrecking of buildings.  


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  • The building official is hereby given authority to stop the construction, alteration or repair of any building, or the wrecking of any building, whenever in the building official's judgment the same is being done in a reckless, careless or unsafe manner, or in violation of any ordinance of the city, and to order, in writing or by parole, any and all persons in any way or manner whatsoever engaged in constructing, altering, repairing or wrecking any such building to stop and desist therefrom. When any such work shall have been so stopped by the building official, it shall not be resumed until after said building official shall have been satisfied that all precautions will be taken for the protection of life and property and that such work will be prosecuted in a safe manner and in conformity with the ordinances of the city. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 36.020; Pet. No. 251752, § 14, 3-16-90; 2013-Or-121, § 1, 12-6-13)