1351.02 PURPOSES.

   Within the scope of this International Property and Residential Exterior Maintenance Code, the purposes of this Code are to establish minimum standards necessary to make exterior property areas and all dwelling structures safe, sanitary, free from fire and health hazards, fit for human habitation and beneficial to the public welfare; to establish minimum standards governing the maintenance of dwelling structures and exterior property areas in such condition as will not constitute a blighting or deteriorating influence on the neighborhood and the community; to fix responsibilities for owners and occupants of dwelling structures with respect to sanitation, repair and maintenance; to authorize the exterior inspection of dwelling structures; to establish enforcement procedures; to authorize the vacation or condemnation of dwelling structures unsafe or unfit for human habitation; and to fix penalties for violations.

(Ord.  2020-72.  Passed 5-18-20.)