1317.01  PURPOSE.   
   Within the scope of this Property Maintenance Code, as hereinafter defined, the purpose of this code is to establish minimum standards necessary to make all residential structures within the Village, as hereinafter defined, safe, sanitary, free from fire and health hazards, fit for human habitation and to avoid deteriorating influence on the neighborhood and community; to fix responsibilities for the owners and occupants of residential structures with respect to sanitation, repair and maintenance; to establish additional standards for multiple dwellings; to authorize external inspection of residential structures; to establish enforcement procedures; to authorize the vacation or condemnation of residential structures determined to be unsafe or unfit for human habitation and to fix penalties for violations.
(Ord. 06-13.  Passed 7-27-06.)