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ORDINANCE NS-2273 Page 18 SECTION 47: That sections 8-2001, 8-2002, 8-2003, 8-2003.1, and 8-2003.5 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code are hereby repealed. SECTION 48: That section 8-2004 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sac. 8-2004. Administration. (a) Notification. The building official shall serve notice ordering the owner of each building within the scope of this article to cause a structural analysis to be made of the building by a licensed civil or structural engineer or licensed architect. If the building is found to be deficient under the standards established by this article, the owner shall cause said building to be structurally altered so as to conform to those standards or cause it to be demolished. The notice or order shall be in writing and shall be served either personally or by first class mail, return receipt requested, upon the owner as shown in the last equalized assessment roll, and upon each tenant, if any, who is occupying the building, or any portion thereof, on the date such notice is mailed or served. Failure of any tenant to receive such order or notice shall not in any manner invalidate any of the proceedings taken by the building official pursuant to the provisions of this article. The aforesaid order shall direct that the structural analysis together with the necessary plans and calculations be submitted to the building safety division 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 structur- al 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. (b) Recordation. At the time when the building official serves the aforesaid order, the building official 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 Ana 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 structural- ly 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 18¸