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• other structure, or any part thereof, which would endanger life, or when grounds of condemnation exist which create an immediate, serious and imminent threat to the life and safety of the occu- pants or users, the code official may cause the necessary work to be done to the extent permitted by the city manager to make such building, wall or other structure temporarily safe, whether or not legal action to force compliance with this chapter has begun. Such work may include, if necessary to achieve temporary safety, partial or even total demolition. All costs of such emergency work shall be billed to the owner and, if not paid, assessed and collected as provided in section 5-45(e) above. Sec. 5-47. Additional requirements applicable only to residential buildings. (a) It shall be unlawful for the owner of any residential building which is unoccupied at the time of service of a notice of condemnation or emergency order to allow such building to become occupied, whether or not by agreement with the owner and whether or not for compensation, unless and until such building is no longer under a notice or, order of condemnation or emergency order. (b) In the event the enforcing officer serves a notice of condemnation on an owner of a residential building which he or . she has reason to believe is occupied, whether or not by agree- ment with the owner and whether or not for compensation, such enforcing officer shall send copies of all official notices, orders and any other correspondence which is directed to the owner to any and all such occupant(s) at the premises address. If the enforcing officer cannot, in the exercise of reasonable diligence, ascertain the identity of any occupant, or if the number of occupants is believed to exceed five (5), it shall be sufficient to deliver or mail to the premises, a sufficient number of copies of all such notices, orders and any other cor- respondence, addressed to "Occupant", as is calculated to be likely to reach all occupants. Minor children living with adults need not be sent separate copies nor shall they be counted to determine whether the number of occupants exceeds five (5). • (c) No notice of condemnation, as distinguished from an emergency order, which is served upon the owner of an occupied residential building, shall require removal, securing or any restoration which would necessitate the vacating of the building to be carried out prior to the earliest of: (i) the date by which all current occupants have voluntarily vacated the structure; or (ii) the end of the current lease term of all current occupants; or L