(A) Pursuant to G.S. § 160D-1201, it is hereby found and declared by the Board of Aldermen of the town that there exist in the town dwellings which are unfit for human habitation are detrimental to the welfare and dangerous and injurious to the health and safety of the people of the state and to the residents of the town. A public necessity exists for the repair, vacating, closing, or demolition of such dwellings. Whenever the town finds that there exist within the town's planning and development regulation jurisdiction dwellings that are unfit for human habitation due to deterioration or dilapidation; defects increasing the hazards of fire, accidents or other calamities; lack of ventilation, light, or sanitary facilities; or other conditions rendering the dwellings unsafe or unsanitary, or dangerous or detrimental to the health, safety, morals, or otherwise detrimental to the welfare of the residents of the town, power is conferred upon the town to exercise its police powers to repair, vacate, close, or demolish the dwellings consistent with the provisions of the Minimum Standard Housing Code of the Town of Dallas, North Carolina.
(B) In order to protect the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the town as authorized by G.S. § 160A-174, it is the purpose of this subchapter to establish minimum standards of occupancy of all buildings used for human habitation as expressly authorized by G.S. Chapters 160A and 160D, to provide procedures for the repair, vacating, closing and demolition of buildings not conforming to the minimum standards of fitness, as expressly authorized by G.S. §§ 160D-1203, 160D-1205 and this Code.
(C) Abandoned structures. Upon the governing board finding any abandoned structure to be a health or safety hazard as a result of the attraction of insects or rodents, conditions creating a fire hazard, dangerous conditions constituting a threat to children, or frequent use by vagrants as living quarters in the absence of sanitary facilities. The town may provide for the repair, closing, or demolition of such structure pursuant to the same provisions and procedures as are prescribed by this subchapter for the repair, closing, or demolition of dwellings found to be unfit for human habitation.
(Prior Code, § HB-I-2) (Am. Ord. passed 7-9-2019; Am. Ord. passed - - ; Am. Ord. passed 10-11-2022)