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• (e ) If the owner and lienholder after notice and a reasonable opportunity to act has failed to remove, repair or secure the unsafe structure, then the city may remove, repair or secure the unsafe structure. Where certified mail or notice of publication is utilized, no action shall be taken by the city to remove, repair or secure any unsafe structure for at least thirty (30) days following the later of the return of a certified mailing receipt or newspaper publication. (f ) When in the opinion of the code official there is immediate danger of collapse or failure of an unsafe structure, or any part thereof, which would endanger life, or when a violation of the USBC results in a hazard that creates an immediate, serious and imminent threat to the life and safety of the occupants thereof, then in addition to any other action authorized by the USBC (including, without limitation, issuance of an order requiring occupants to vacate the premises), the code official is hereby vested with To take immediate action to secure the unsafe structure, and to make emergency repairs, to the extent reasonably necessary to make such unsafe structure, or part thereof, temporarily safe. Emergency repairs may include maintenance to the exterior of a building to prevent deterioration of the building or of adjacent buildings. If the unsafe structure, or a portion thereof, presents an imminent and immediate threat to life or property, then the corrective action authorized by this section may include the razing or removal of such structure, or a portion thereof. Notice of the emergency action(s) taken shall be given to the owner, in the same manner as provided in section 5-163(d) above, except that the thirty -day advance notice period shall not be applicable where emergency corrective action, securing of the unsafe structure or emergency repairs are necessary; and/or • (2) To placard the unsafe structure as being unfit or unsafe for human occupancy or use. The placard shall be posted at all normal means of egress to the structure, building or facility. As soon as possible after placarding, the code official shall mail or deliver a notice to the owner(s) or occupant(s) of the unsafe structure, informing such person(s) of the reason for placarding and the penalty for occupancy or use while placarded. Notice shall be given in the same manner as provided in section 5-163(d) above. Once an unsafe structure is placarded, the occupancy or use is thereby prohibited. Occupancy or use of a placarded structure shall constitute a misdemeanor punishable as provided by section 5-1 of this chapter. Once an unsafe structure is placarded, no occupancy or use shall recommence until the code official approves such in writing. Removal of a placard without permission of the code official shall constitute a misdemeanor punishable as Provided by section 5-1 of this chapter. In the event the city removes, repairs, or secures any unsafe structure, then the costs or expense! erred by the city shall be assessed and billed to and paid by the owner of the property, and the b e official shall prepare an affidavit certifying the costs and expenses incurred by the city. If the rges billed to the property owner remain unpaid for more than thirty (30) days, such charges shx stitute a lien against such nronerty enforceable as provided by section 5-4 of the city code. Sections 5-164 through 170. Reserved. Division 3. Bawdy Places Section 5-171. Definitions. (a) For the purpose of this division, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed below: • 14