(A) Every owner or occupant of a dwelling or dwelling unit shall maintain all doors and windows therein with glass or such other glazing materials as are permitted by this subchapter.
(B) No owner or occupant of a dwelling or dwelling unit shall enclose, nor permit the enclosure, of any door or window by enclosing or covering any door or window with plywood, masonite, particle board or other lumber product (so-called boarding-up).
(C) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the boarding up of dwellings and dwelling units damaged by fire, tornado or other catastrophe for a period not to exceed eight weeks; however, the period of such permitted board-up may be extended by the Building Commissioner.
(1) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the builder of a new dwelling or dwelling unit from boarding-up doors and windows therein until such time as construction is complete and the unit is ready for occupancy.
(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the Chief of Police or the Chief of the Fire Department from causing a dwelling or dwelling unit to be boarded up when it is otherwise authorized by law for such official to do so, or when the public health, safety and welfare are endangered by the condition of any such dwelling or dwelling unit.
(Prior Code, § 150.162) (Ord. 2677, passed 1-8-1985) Penalty, see § 150.999