The following conditions are determined to be hazardous and shall warrant a finding that a building or its premises are unsafe and/or constitute a nuisance.
A. Structural Hazards.
(1) Any door, aisle, passageway, stairway or other means of exit not of sufficient width or size, or not so arranged as to provide safe and adequate means of exit in case of fire or panic for all persons housed or assembled therein who would be required to, or might use such door, aisle, passageway, stairway or other means of exit.
(2) A stress in any material, element, member or portion thereof, due to all dead and live loads, which is greater than the working stresses allowed by the usual standards of safety or any Borough building ordinance.
(3) Damage to any portion of a building by earthquake, wind, fire, flood or by any other cause, in such a manner that the structural stability, or strength thereof, is appreciably less than the minimum requirements set forth in existing ordinances for a new building or structure of similar size, construction, location and use.
(4) Likelihood of any portion or member or appurtenance of a building to fall, or become dislodged or detached, or to collapse, and thereby cause bodily injury or property damage.
(5) Settling of any building or portion thereof, to such an extent that walls or other structural portions have been displaced or distorted and rendered structurally unstable or dangerous, or that the basic function of such element has been impaired.
(6) The building or structure, or any portion thereof, because of dilapidation, deterioration, decay, faulty construction or because of the removal or movement of some portion of the ground necessary for the purpose of supporting such building or structure or portion thereof, or other cause is likely to partially or completely collapse, or some portion of the foundation or underpinning is likely to fall or give way.
(7) The building or structure, or any portion thereof, is for any reason whatsoever manifestly unsafe for the purpose for which it is used or intended to be used.
(8) The exterior walls or other vertical structural members list, lean or buckle to such an extent that a plumb line passing through the center of gravity of that wall or structural member does not fall inside the middle third of the base.
(9) The building or structure, exclusive of the foundation, shows 33 percent or more of damage or deterioration to the member or members, or 50 percent of damage or deterioration of a non-supporting enclosing or outside wall or covering.
(10) The building or structure has been so damaged by fire, wind, earthquake, flood, or has become so dilapidated or deteriorated, from 'any cause whatsoever, as to become an attractive nuisance to children w ho might play therein to their danger, or as to afford a harbor for vagrants, criminals, or immoral persons, or as to enable persons to resort thereto for the purpose of committing a nuisance or unlawful or immoral acts.
(11) Any building or structure which has been constructed or now exists or is maintained in violation of any specific requirement or prohibition, applicable to such building ordinances of the Borough or any law or ordinance of this State or Borough relating to the location, use and physical condition of buildings or structures.
(12) Any building or structure which, whether or not erected in accordance with all applicable laws and ordinances, because of dilapidation, deterioration, damage or other cause, is so weakened or defective as to have in any non-supporting part, member or portion, less than 50 percent, or in any supporting member less than 66 percent, of the strength, fire-resisting qualities, or characteristics required by law or ordinance in the case of a newly constructed building or structure of similar size, use and location.
B. Faulty Weather Protection. Broken, rotted, split or buckled exterior walls or roof coverings.
C. Faulty Materials of Construction. All materials of construction, except those which are specifically allowed or approved by the usual standards of safety and the Building Code [Chapter 5], and which have been adequately maintained in good and safe condition.
D. Inadequate Fire Protection or Firefighting Equipment. All buildings or portions thereof which are not provided with fire-resistive construction or fire-extinguishing systems or equipment required by the Usual standards of safety, except those buildings or portions thereof which conformed with all applicable laws at the time of their construction and whose fire-resistive integrity and fire-extinguishing systems or equipment have been adequately maintained and improved in relation to any increase in occupant: load, alteration or addition or any change in occupancy.
E. Fire Hazards. Any building or portion thereof, device, apparatus, equipment, combustible waste, or vegetation which is in such a condition as is likely to cause a fire or explosion or provide a ready fuel to augment the spread and intensity of fire or explosion arising from any cause.
F. Hazardous or Unsanitary Premises. Those premises on which an accumulation of weeds, vegetation, junk, dead organic matter, debris, garbage, offal, rat harborages, stagnant water, combustible materials and similar materials or conditions constitute fire, health or safety hazards or constitute a nuisance as defined by Borough ordinance.
G. Improper Occupancy. All buildings or portions thereof, occupied for purposes for which they were not designed or intended to be used.
H. Hazardous Wiring.
(1) Exposed electric wire or wire with deteriorated or damaged insulation.
(2) Switch and outlet plates missing or improperly fastened.
(3) Short circuit or break in an electric line.
(4) Obvious shock hazards.
(5) Temporary wiring, except extension cords which run directly from portable electric fixtures to convenience outlets, and which do not lie underneath floor-covering materials or extend through doorways, transoms or other similar openings through walls or ceilings.
I. Hazardous Plumbing.
(1) Plumbing that permits contamination of the water supply through backflow, back-siphonage or any other method of contamination.
(2) Water supply inlets below the flood level of any sink, lavatory bathtub or other fixture, and submerged inlets except those with a vacuum breaker complying with the plumbing code.
(3) The waste line of a water-using fixture that is not trapped.
J. Hazardous Heating Equipment.
(1) Fuel supply connection of material other than pipe or tubing metal and not permanently fastened in place.
(2) Equipment or vents so close to a wall of combustible materials.
(3) Equipment burning liquid or solid fuel which are not connected r so lacking in insulation that there is danger of combustion chimneys or flues, or which are connected to vents suitable for gas only.
(Ord. 166, 11/1/1965, Part III, §304)