§ 7-1. Compliance required.

(a) In general.

No structure or other development may be located, erected, constructed, reconstructed, improved, repaired, extended, converted, enlarged, or altered except in full compliance with this Division I and all other applicable Federal, State, and City laws, rules, and regulations.

(b) Noncompliance presumed without documentation.

A structure or other development without the required design certifications, elevation certificates, or other evidence of compliance is presumed to be noncompliant with and in violation of this Division I until the required documentation is provided.

(c) Noncompliant structures as public nuisance.

Any structure or other development that is located, erected, constructed, reconstructed, improved, repaired, extended, converted, enlarged, or altered in violation of this Division I or of any other applicable Federal, State, and City law, rule, or regulation is declared to be a public nuisance and abatable as such.