1353.12 UNSAFE BUILDING OR PUBLIC NUISANCE.

   (a)    "Unsafe building" or "public nuisance" as used in the Building Code shall mean and include the following:

      (1)   Any building, house, shed, fence, or their man-made structure or parts thereof which by reason of its condition endangers human health, life or limb or is likely to cause the spread of disease or otherwise cause injury to the health or persons, or to surrounding neighborhood structures.

      (2)    Any building, house, shed, fence, or other man-made structure or parts thereof which by reason of faulty construction, age, lack of proper repair or other cause, is especially liable to occurrence of fire and constitutes or creates a fire hazard.

      (3)   Any building, house, shed, fence, or other man-made structure or parts thereof which by reason of faulty construction, age, lack of proper repair or any other cause, is especially liable to cause injury or damage to person or property by collapse or by the danger of collapse of any part of the structure.

      (4)   Any building, house, shed, fence or other man-made structure or parts thereof which because of its condition or lack of doors or windows is unsecured, open and available to and frequented by malefactors or disorderly persons or juveniles who are not lawful occupants of such structure.

      (5)   Any building, house, shed, fence, other man-made structure or surrounding area to any of the foregoing structures which by reason of continued vacancy and/or lack of reasonable and adequate maintenance causes a deteriorating and blighting influence on nearby properties and causes depreciation in the use, enjoyment, and value of properties in the immediately surrounding area to such extent that it is harmful to the community in which such structure is situated.

         (Ord. 43-96. Passed 9-3-96; Ord. 8-21. Passed 4-5-21.)