§ 16-3. Examination of equipment.

(a) Commissioner may examine.

The Commissioner of Housing and Community Development of Baltimore City may at any time cause an examination to be made of any appliance, accessory, or equipment.

(b) Notice of noncompliance.

If it shall be found, upon such examination, that such appliance, accessory, or equipment does not comply with the rules, regulations, and specifications, as provided for in § 16-8(a)(1) hereof, or is otherwise unsafe the Commissioner shall notify the registrant, installer, or seller wherein said appliance, accessory, or equipment does not conform to said rules, regulations, and specifications, or wherein it is otherwise unsafe.

(c) Opportunity to correct.

The said registrant, installer or seller shall be accorded reasonable opportunity to conform the appliance, accessory, or equipment to said rules, regulations, and specifications, or to correct within a reasonable time the hazardous feature or features thereof.

(d) Failure to correct.

(1) If the registrant, installer, or seller shall not within a reasonable time conform the appliance, accessory, or equipment to said rules, regulations, and specifications, or correct the hazardous feature or features of the appliance, accessory, or equipment, the Commission shall cancel the registration of said appliance, accessory, or equipment and notify the registrant, installer, or seller in writing that, after the expiration of 10 days, no such appliance, accessory, or equipment shall be installed, sold, or offered for sale in the City of Baltimore.

(2) Provided that any action of cancellation taken by the Commissioner shall not be construed to prohibit the former registrant from reapplying for registration, in which event all the provisions relating to original applications shall apply.