Within the scope of this Residential Building and Property Maintenance Code as hereinafter defined, the purpose of this Code is to establish minimum standards necessary to make all dwelling structures and vacant property safe, sanitary, free from fire and health hazards, fit for human habitation and beneficial to the public welfare; to establish as will not constitute a blighting or deteriorating influence on the neighborhood and community; to fix responsibilities for owners and occupants of dwelling structures with respect to sanitation, repair and maintenance; to establish additional standards for multiple dwellings; to authorize external inspection of dwelling structures; to establish enforcement procedures; to authorize the vacation or condemnation of dwelling structures unsafe or unfit for human habitation and to fix penalties for violations.
(Ord. 1986-118. Passed 9-23-86.)