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a) The insurer shall withhold from the covered claim payment ten percent (10%) of the covered claim payment, and shall pay that amount to the City to deposit into an interest-bearing account. Any named mortgagee on the insurance policy shall maintain priority over any obligation under this section. If a special tax bill or assessment is issued by the City for the expense of demolition of such building as a dangerous building, the money held by the City shall be applied toward payment of special tax bill or assessment. If there is any excess, it shall be paid by the City to the insured or as the terms of the policy, including any endorsements thereto, provide. b) If within thirty (30) days of the receipt of such insurance moneys the City has not instituted legal proceedings by issuance of the notice provided for in section 120.3 and 120.5 or section 120.7, or by taking emergency measures as provided for in section 121.0, then the City's Director of Finance shall release such proceeds and any interest which has accrued on such proceeds to the insured under the insurance policy or as the terms of the policy including any endorsements thereto provide. c) If such building or structure is repaired or demolished pursuant to this article as attested to by the code official without cost to the City, then any insurance proceeds paid to the City's Director of Finance and any interest thereon shall be paid to the insured under the insurance policy or as the terms of the policy including any endorsements thereto provide. When the City takes bids from independent contractors for demolition of a building, bidders shall deduct any salvage value materials of the building or structure may have from the cost of demolition in arriving at their bid amount. Should City employees do the demolition, the actual cash value of salvaged materials shall be deducted from the special tax bill for such demolition. In no case will the net cost of demolition be increased in order to effect salvage of materials. e) Upon presentation of satisfactory proof that the insured has removed or will remove debris and repair, rebuild or otherwise make the insured premises safe and secure, the code official shall issue a certificate within thirty (30) days after receipt of such satisfactory proof to permit covered claim payment to the insured without deduction payable to the City's Director of Finance as herein provided in this section. It shall be the obligation of the insured or other person making claim to provide the insurance company with such certificate. f) No provision of this section shall be construed to make the City a party to any insurance contract. SECTION 121.0 EMERGENCY MEASURES 121.1 Vacating Structures: When, in the opinion of the code official, there is actual and immediate danger of failure or collapse of a structure or part thereof which would endanger life, or when any structure or part of a struc- ture has fallen and life is endangered by the occupation of the building or structure, or when there is actual or potential danger to the building occupants or those in the proximity of any building because of explosives, explosive fumes or vapors or the presence of toxic fumes, gases or materials, or use of defective or dangerous equipment, the code official is hereby authorized and empowered to order and require the occupants to vacate the same forthwith. He shall cause to be posted at the main entrance to such struc- ture, a notice reading as follows: "THIS STRUCTURE IS UNSAFE AND ITS USE OR OCCUPANCY HAS BEEN PROHIBITED BY THE CODE OFFICIAL." It shall be unlawful for any person to enter such structure except for the purpose of making the required repairs or of demolishing the same. 121.2 Temporary Safeguards: Notwithstanding other provisions of this code, whenever in the opinion of the code official, there is actual and immediate danger of collapse or failure of a structure or any part thereof which would endanger life, or there is an actual and immediate danger because a vacant or partially vacant building is unguarded or has any open doors or windows, thereby creating a fire hazard or other security hazard or endangering life or