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time granted expires without the work having been fully performed, then the building <br />official shall take immediate action to bring the vacant building to a hearing or rehearing <br />before the Commission under Section 3.03 of this Article with the department's recom- <br />mendation that the building be either repaired or demolished. <br />(d) If the permittee does not request a hearing before the Planning Director <br />during the time designated by the building official for remedying the deficient conditions, <br />and the matters complained of are not remedied by the permittee within the tune desig- <br />nated by the building official, the permit shall be automatically revoked, and the building <br />shall be scheduled for a hearing or rehearing before the Commission. <br />Section 5.14. Emergencies; Immediate dangers. <br />In cases where the building official reasonably believes that a building or <br />structure constitutes an immediate danger to the health, life or safety of any person, the <br />building official shall report the building and the conditions creating the immediate <br />danger to the Planning Director. If the Planning Director finds that an immediate <br />danger to the health, life or safety of any person exists and that the conditions of the <br />building are the cause of the immediate danger, the Planning Director, without the <br />necessity of any notice to the owner of the building or any other person having an <br />interest in the building or structure, shall order immediate appropriate action taken with <br />respect to the building or structure. For purposes of this Article, the term "appropriate <br />action" means vacating, repairing, or demolishing the building or structure, or other <br />action reasonably calculated to eliminate the conditions that create the immediate <br />danger. <br />Section 5.15. Notice; hearing. <br />(a) Whenever the Planning Director takes action under this Article, the <br />Commission shall convene a hearing to consider the emergency action taken and, if the <br />building or structure was not demolished, to order further action regarding the building <br />or structure in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.03 of this Article. The <br />hearing shall be held no later than thirty (30) days after the Planning Director has taken <br />action under this Article, unless all persons of record having either an ownership in- <br />terest or a possessory interest in the building or structure consent to a longer period. <br />(b) At the hearing, the city shall show that the building or structure was an <br />immediate danger to health, life or safety necessitating the immediate action at the time <br />the action was taken. After completion of the presentation of the testimony by all <br />parties appearing, the Commission shall make written findings of fact as to whether or <br />not the building, structure or condition was an immediate danger to health, life or safety <br />necessitating the action taken by the Planning Director, and whether the building or <br />structure constituted a dangerous building within the provisions of this Article. <br />(c) If the Commission finds that there was an immediate danger to public <br />health, .life or safety that required the action that was taken, all administrative expenses <br />Page 19 <br />