Building owners would have 15 years to put the systems in place.

For now, the group's strategy is to press the city to fine building owners.

Less usual is for building owners to pay to use a name.

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How many of the several hundred building owners are really ready for that?

Building owners were given a decade to complete the work.

But representatives of the building owner said they had to act.

It then plans to sell the land to the building owners.

But court papers say that the building owner itself was doing the same thing.

"Building owners need to add sophisticated technology to keep the power on for three to five business days."

Building owners are challenging that policy in court, so far without success.

"Do you have the permission of the building owner to put that there?"

While pleased with the board's vote, building owners say it does not go far enough.

Residents and building owners will also be able to call a hot line managed by the police to report problems.

Individual building owners do not have to vote on the tentative agreement.

They hope to raise more, and to offer their expertise to building owners.

"Every building owner in town was a contributor to me," he said.

It has also carried its demonstrations to the building owners' homes.

"It's not how we want to have building owners comply."

If necessary, she said, the city should have made the repairs on its own and charged the building owner.

"We don't expect that building owners will have to sort much trash," he said.

She had been talking to the building owner about relocating there even before the fire.

Officials expect to spend five months or more trying to enlist enough building owners.

"The union hasn't needed it, because they've been able to put pressure directly on building owners.

But to building owners the bill looks like a starvation diet.