(A) The Code Enforcement Officer shall determine that a dwelling is unsafe and represents a threat to life and property if any one or more of the following conditions exist.
(B) Given the prevalence of second homes in the town, "winterizing" or otherwise maintaining a residence to be used only seasonally with intermittent absences is permitted relative to divisions (B)(1) through (4) below:
(1) No operating heating facilities between November 1 and March 30 of any year;
(2) No potable water service;
(3) No hot water supply;
(4) No electricity;
(5) Failing or failed primary structural members that threaten the stability of the dwelling and/or visible structural defects that appear to render the structural members ineffective;
(6) Improperly operating, insufficient, or no sanitary facilities;
(7) Overloaded electrical circuits or unsafe or exposed wiring;
(8) Presence of raw sewage or open sewer inside the dwelling;
(9) Presence of uncontained flammable, combustible or poisonous liquids, solids or gases or life or health threatening depletion of oxygen;
(10) Missing roof or part of roof missing;
(11) Chimney flues clogged, inoperable, or otherwise insufficient for the intended use;
(12) The dwelling is a physical threat due to immediate possibility of collapse;
(13) The primary means of exit or escape in the event of fire or other emergency is blocked, substantially impeded, or structurally unsafe;
(14) Occupancy of below-grade habitable space that does not meet the standards of this code; and
(15) Internal accumulation of garbage.
(1989 Code, Title VI, Ch. 80, §7) (Ord. passed 6-10-2003; Ord. 2021-03, passed 6-8-2021)