§ 505.050. Dangerous Buildings — Conditions.

A. 

Any building having any of the following conditions is hereby declared a dangerous building and public nuisance, to the extent that such conditions are detrimental to the life, health, property, or safety of the public or its occupants:

1. 

Those whose interior wall or other vertical structural member lists, leans, or buckles to such an extent that a plumb line passes through the center of any such wall, or that a vertical structural member falls outside of the middle third of its base.

2. 

Those which, exclusive of the foundation, show thirty-three percent (33%) or more of damage or deterioration of the supporting members, or fifty percent (50%) of damage or deterioration of the non-supporting enclosing or outside walls or covering.

3. 

Those which have improperly distributed loads upon the floors or roofs or in which the floors or roofs are overloaded, or those having floors or roofs of insufficient strength to be reasonably safe for the purpose for which they are being used or intended to be used.

4. 

Those which have been substantially damaged by fire, earthquake, wind, flood, or by any other cause(s).

5. 

Those which are unoccupied and are open at door, window, wall or roof. As used herein an "unoccupied" building is one (1) that is not being continuously and lawfully inhabited for residential or any non-residential purpose. As used herein an unoccupied building is "open" at door, window, wall or roof when, because of removal, breakage, deterioration, destruction, or disrepair of original or replacement materials, the interior has been exposed to the elements or has become accessible for entry by animals, trespassers, or others acting without the building owner's consent.

6. 

Those under construction upon which work has ceased to the point that substantial progress has not been made for a period of thirty (30) consecutive calendar days.

7. 

Those in the process of demolition upon which work has ceased to the point that substantial progress has not been made for a period of seven (7) consecutive calendar days.

8. 

Those containing therein substantial accumulations of trash, garbage, or other materials susceptible to fire, or constituting or providing a harboring place for vermin or other obnoxious animals or insects or in any way threatening the health of the occupants thereof or the health of the persons in the vicinity thereof.

9. 

Those that are so dilapidated, decayed, unsanitary, unsafe, or that so utterly fail to provide the amenities essential to decent living, that they are unfit for human occupation, or are likely to cause sickness or disease, so as to injure the health, safety, and/or welfare of the occupants.

10. 

Those having inadequate facilities for egress in case of fire or panic.

11. 

Those that have parts thereof which are so attached or deteriorated that they may fall upon public ways or upon the property of others or may injure members of the public or the occupants thereof.

12. 

Those built in violation of the building code, plumbing code, electrical code, zoning code, or other code adopted by the City, or used in violation thereof.

13. 

Those which are used or intended to be used for dwelling purposes, and because of inadequate maintenance, dilapidation, decay, faulty construction or arrangement, inadequate light, air or sanitation facilities, or otherwise, is determined by the Building Official or his/her representatives to be unsanitary, unfit for human habitation, or in such a condition that is likely to cause sickness or disease.

14. 

Those that, because of obsolescence, dilapidated condition(s), deterioration, damage, inadequate exits, lack of sufficient fire-resistive construction, faulty electric wiring, gas connections or heating apparatus, or other cause is determined by the Building Official and Fire Chief to be a fire hazard.

15. 

Those that, because of their general overall condition, are unsafe, unsanitary, or dangerous to the health, safety, or general welfare of the public.

16. 

For purposes of this Chapter, the requirements of any Uniform or International Code adopted by the City (as such code may be amended) and the requirements of the City's Municipal Code, together with State and/or Federal laws, shall be deemed competent evidence of compliance or non-compliance with relevant provisions of this Chapter.

Ord. No. 975, 6-1-2017