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ORDINANCE NO. NS-1598 Page Four SECTION 3: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding a section, to be numbered 8-2004.5, which said section reads as follows: SECTION 8-2004.5. OWNERS EXTENSIONS BY ADJOINING BUILDING (a) APPLICATION. The owners of two (2) or more buildings which are subject to the provisions of this article, which buildings are under separate ownership, located on adjoining or abutting lots and are physically contiguous and inter- connected with each other, may jointly apply to the director for an extension of the time limits specified in subsection (b) of Section 8-2004 of this article. Such joint application for an extension may be filed even though each of the build- ings included within the application have been placed in different rating classifications by the director pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 8-2004 of this article. No building may be included within any such joint application, and no such application shall be considered by the director, if more than one hundred and eighty (180) days have elapsed between the date the director mailed or served the initial order or notice on the owner of any such building and the date on which the joint application is filed. Said application for an extension shall be accompanied by a written statement indicating the name and address of the engineer and/or architect engaged or retained by the building owners filing the application, the plan of action contemplated by the applicants in terms of conforming each of the buildings to the requirements of this article, the accomplishments towards the same as of the date the application is filed, and an estimate of the time required to complete the formulation of the proposed plan of action. (b) ACTION BY DIRECTOR. The director shall have sixty (60) days from the date the application is filed in which to either approve or disapprove the application, unless the applicants agree to extend said time period. If the applicants meet the requirements stated in subsection (a) of this section, and if the director determines that the purposes of this article would be served if said application were approved, then the director may approve the application for an extension; otherwise, the director shall deny the same. In approving an application, the director shall have the authority to modify any or all of the time limits set forth in subsection (b) of Section 8-2004 of this article for achieving compliance with the provisions of this article; provided, however, that if two or more of the buildings included within the application have been placed in different rating classifications by the director, the extension granted by the director shall be based on an average of the maximum time limits specified in subsection (b) of Section 8-2004 in which to bring each such building into conformance with this article but in no event shall any such extension be less than for a period of six (6) months from the date the application is filed. No application for an extension shall be granted unless the building owners who have submitted the application have executed and submitted to the director an agreement between themselves whereby each owner agrees, inter alia, to bring the building owned by such owner into compliance with the provisions of this article within the revised time limits specified by the director. Such agreement shall be subject to the approval of the city attorney. Failure of the property owners filing the joint application for an extension to execute and submit said agreement to the director within sixty (60) days after the application is filed shall