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ORDINANCE NO. NS- 1598 Page Three The aforesaid order shall direct that the structural analysis together with the necessary plans and calculations be submitted to the department for review within two-hundred and seventy (270) days after service of the order. The order shall specify that permits required to accomplish the necessary structural alterations shall be obtained not later than one (1) year after the service of the order, and that the building be corrected to meet the minimum requirements of this article, or be demolished, not later than three years after such service. The necessary alterations shall commence within one hundred and eighty (180) days of the date that the permit was issued. (c) RECORDATION: At the time when the director serves the aforesaid order, the director shall file with the Office of the County Recorder of the County of Orange a certificate stating that the subject building is within the scope of Santa Aha Municipal Code, Article XI of Chapter 8, "Earthquake Hazard Reduction in Existing Buildings." The certificate shall also state that the owner thereof has been notified and ordered to structurally analyze the building and to structurally strengthen or demolish it where compliance with Article XI is not exhibited. If the building is either demolished, found not to be within the scope of this article, or is found to be structurally capable of resisting minimum seismic forces required by this article, the director shall file with the Office of the County Recorder a certificate terminating the status of the subject building as being classified within the scope of Santa Ana Municipal Code, Article XI of Chapter 8, "Earthquake Hazard Reduction in Existing Buildings." (d) APPEAL FROM ORDER. Any owner or tenant of the building may appeal the director's initial order and determina- tion so long as such appeal is filed within one hundred and eighty (180) days of the service of the aforesaid order. All appeals shall be filed with the uniform code appeals board, as the same is established pursuant to Section 2-450 of this Code. The form of appeal, the processing of the appeal, the scheduling and noticing of said appeal for hearing, the effect of a failure to appeal, the scope of hearing of said appeal, and the procedure for conducting the hearing of any such appeal, shall be governed by the pro- visions of Chapters 5 and 6 of the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, as said uniform code is adopted by reference pursuant to the provisions of Article IX of Chapter 8 of this Code. In case of any inconsistency between the provisions of this subsection and the provisions of Chapters 5 and 6 of the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, the provisions of this subsection shall control. (e) ENFORCEMENT. If the owner or tenant fails to comply with any order issued by the director within any of the time limits set forth in subsection (b) of this section, or of any order or decision of the director made pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 8-2004.5 of this article, or with any order or decision rendered by the uniform code appeals board, the building shall be deemed to constitute a dangerous building and the provisions of Chapters 7, 8 and 9 of the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, as said uniform code is adopted by reference in Article IX of Chapter 8 of this Code, shall be applicable. Any person found guilty of a misdemeanor shall be punished in the manner set forth in Section 1.8 of this Code.