No person, whether an owner, occupant, tenant, or other person in charge of any real property within the corporate limits of the city shall create, commit, maintain, or permit to be created, committed, or maintained, any public nuisance, to include, without limitation, the following specific acts, conditions and things, each and all of which are hereby declared to constitute a nuisance: maintaining, or causing or permitting the same, any building or premises which is determined to be dangerous or dilapidated. Any building or structure which has any or all of the conditions or defects hereinafter described shall be deemed to be a dangerous or dilapidated building, if such conditions or defects thereby annoy, injure or endanger the comfort, repose, health, or safety of others or, if such conditions or defects exist to the extent that the life, health, property, value of property, or safety of the public or its occupants are jeopardized:
(A) Whenever any building or structure is:
(1) Vacant and unoccupied for the purpose for which it was erected;
(2) Unfit for occupancy as it fails to meet minimum housing standards; and
(3) Has remained substantially in such condition for a period in excess of six months.
(B) Whenever any building or structure, through lack of maintenance or attention and by virtue of its physical appearance and presence, thereby depresses the market value of surrounding properties.
(Ord. 581, passed 4-9-2007) Penalty, see § 95.99
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see SDCL § 9-32-1