Can they force the building owner to pay?

It means any 'occupier of land, buildings, storeys or rooms adjoining those of the building owner'.

The pediment has a firemark, a plaque noting that the building owner had given financially to the town fire department.

Using this, a building owner can meet the requirements of the fire code related to fire barriers during the period of building occupation.

Sometimes units in a multi-family residential building are condominiums, where typically the units are owned individually rather than leased from a single apartment building owner.