521.02 DILAPIDATED STRUCTURES.

   (a)    This section shall be administered and enforced by the Service-Safety Director and Fire Department and their designated staff in accordance with the Ohio R.C. 715.26. They shall investigate all requests under this section and shall have the power to order the nuisance abated.

   (b)    No person, firm or corporation shall permit any premises within the City of Findlay to be in such a state of disrepair as to be considered to be a nuisance or a hazard to the health or safety of persons residing in the vicinity of the structure or of passersby. Any of the following violations shall be considered to be a nuisance and the maintenance of the structure in a deteriorating condition:

(1)    Loose bricks displaced from exterior walls or chimneys.

(2)    Cornices, gutters, and awnings, which are sagging, collapsed, or have fallen from the structure.

(3)    Windows containing broken and jagged glass.

(4)    Open holes on the exterior of the structure whereby the interior can be viewed.

(5)    Exterior stairs, porches, balconies or steps which are in such a condition as to be unsafe to persons using them or to passersby. The fact that such person using the stairs, porch, balcony or step is a trespasser is no defense for purposes of this section.

(6)    Foundations and retaining walls caving in.

(7)    Any detached structures collapsed and falling in.

(8)    Any structure which does not have windows, doors, or other openings properly secured.

(9)    Roof-sagging to a state that structural failure is possible and materials in such disrepair that human safety becomes a concern.

         (Ord. 2000-45. Passed 6-20-00.)