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ORDINANCE NO. 625. Am Ordinance of the City Of Santa Ana, to be known as the Build- ing Ordinance, regulating the Construction, alteration, repair, and ~emolition of buildings and structures and parts thereof and providing for fire protection, regulating area ways and materials and machinery, and use of streets in connection with building or wrecking operations, providing for permits for same and repealing all Ordinances in conflict therewith. The Board of Trustees of the City of Santa Ana, do ordain as follows: Section 1. There shall be a building inspector and such assistant inspectors as the Board of Trustees may deem necessary appointed by and holding office at the pleasure of the Board. No person shall be appointed either as inspector or assistant in- spector who has not had at least ten years experience either as a designer or constructor of buildings. It shall be the duty of the building inspector to make such inspections as may be necessary to see that the provisions of this Ordinance are complied with. The building inspector is hereby given authority~to enter any building in the City of Santa Ana in the performance of his duties and is further given authority to order and compel the suspension of any or all work, or the occupancy of any building on which any work is being done, or which is being occupied in violation of the provisions of this Ordinance. Section 2. It shall be a violation of this Ordinance for any person to continue the construction or use of any building or part thereof if the building inspector has directed in writing that such construction or use be suspended. The posting of a written or printed notice on the building shall be considered a sufficient notification as required in this Ordinance, and it shall be a violation of this Ordinance to remove such a notice except by permission of the building inspector. The building inspector is hereby given aut'~:ority to delegate any or all of his powers to his assistants at his pleasure. Section 3. Whenever the building inspector shall find that any structure or part thereof is in a condition dangerous to persons or property by reason of mny defective construction or unsafe condition rendering the building unsafe for the purpose for which it is used,; or does not comply with the regulations enacted for the protection of life and property in case of fire, he shall notify the owner or post a notice on the building calling atten- tion to the defects in the building or part thereof, and within forty-eight hours after such notice has been served or posted, work must be begun on, and the building or part thereof, made to comply with this Ordinance. Where the public safety requires immediate action the build- ing inspector may and is hereby given authority to enter upon the premises with such assistants as may be necessary and cause the said structure to be made secure or taken down without delay at the expense of the owner or party interested, and such expense shall constitute a lien against the property. Section 4. The building inspector is hereby given author- ity to rule as to the meaning of the various provisions of this ordinance and to allow the substitution of equally strong or serviceable construction in place of any specified by this Ordi- nanoe~ but in case where any ruling is made by the building in- spector regarding substitute construction or in deciding any disputed question as to the meaning of any part of' this Ordinance, a written copy of such decision shall be posted in a conspicuous place easily accessible to the public in the office of the build- ing inspector, and these decisions shall be kept permanently on file in a place as noted above and in such a manner that they may be easily consulted by any one wishing to examine them. Section 5. In ca~e of dissatisfaction with any ruling of the Building Inspector, except in the case of unsafe buildings requ~ing immediate attention, the question in dispute may be referred to a board of appeal the decision of a majority of whom shall be binding. Such a board shall be composed of three persons qualified to decide the question at issue, one appointed by the building inspector, one by the party making the appeal and the third by the two members already chosen. Members of the board of appeal shall each receive $5.00 for their services in the case of each appeal for each day or part of a day that their services are required. Appealw from the decision of the building inspector shall be m~de by filing with the building inspector a specific statement of the question that the appellant desires passed upon. The appellant shall deposit with the building inspector the sum of thirty dollars at the time the appeal is made. This appeal must be made within five days after the building inspector has passed upon the question in dispute. If the board of appeals shall decide in favor of the appellant, deposit made shall be returned and the expense paid by the city, but if the decision is against the appellant, the deposit shall be used to defray the expense, of the Board of Appeal. The power of the Board of Appeal shall be limited to passing upon the true intent and meaning of the various prSvis- ions of this Ordinance Or upon the substitution of equally good or more desirable construction, but they shall not have power to otherwise modify any of the provisions of this Ordinance. Section 6. It shall be unlawful for any firm, corpora- tion, person, owner, arohltect,.lessee, builder, occupant or other person to commence or proceed w~th the erection, cons~ruction,