§ 26-4. Housing Commissioner to enforce.

(a) In general.

It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Housing and Community Development to see that any such foundation, construction, or reconstruction work mentioned in §§ 26-1 and 26-2 of this article shall be dug, laid, constructed, or reconstructed in conformity with the lines and grades ascertained, fixed, marked, and established as provided in said §§ 26-1 and 26-2.

(b) Stop work order.

The Commissioner of Housing and Community Development is hereby authorized and empowered to stop, at any time or times, any such foundation, construction, or reconstruction work mentioned in §§ 26-1 and 26-2 of this article which the Department of Public Works certifies is not in conformity with the lines and grades ascertained, fixed, marked, and established as provided in said §§ 26-1 and 26-2, and to keep said work stopped until such nonconformities are corrected by and at the cost and expense of the person, firm, or corporation for whom said work is being done or constructed.