At 9 a.m. Monday, Amber and Robert Gardner received a knock on their door and a red notice from the Salt Lake City fire marshal: They had 72 hours to move themselves, their three daughters and four cats out of the apartment at 203 East 2100 South where the family has lived since 2017.
The Gardners are in one of up to 42 units affected by the “red tag” order, which was issued after multiple unheeded requests to the landlord to bring the building up to code, Salt Lake City officials said Monday. And like other tenants in the building, the family is now uncertain of where they’ll sleep Thursday night.