(2)If such owner or occupier fails to comply with such requisition within forty-eight hours of the receipt of the same or within such further time as the Board may allow, the Magistrate may on the application of the Board, order that such projection, obstruction or, encroachment be removed or altered; and thereupon the Board may remove or alter such projections, obstruction or encroachment, and any reasonable expense incurred for the purposes of such removal or alteration shall be paid by the defaulting owner or occupier.