(A) All buildings and parts thereof, including, but not limited to, trailers and mobile homes, erected on or before the effective date of this subchapter shall be completed and fully and permanently enclosed within one year from that date, or in the alternative, shall be torn down and removed and any excavation thereunder filled in to grade level.
(B) All buildings and parts thereof, including, but not limited to, trailers and mobile homes, thereafter erected shall be fully enclosed, in accordance with the building permit issued thereof, within one year from the issuance of the permit or the commencement of the construction, whichever shall first occur. This regulation shall not apply to the construction of large buildings containing more than 100,000 square feet of first-floor space.
(C) (1) No building or structure, including, but not limited to, trailers and mobile homes, whether now existing or hereafter erected, shall be left in a dangerous or hazardous condition by virtue of disrepair, depreciation, damage by fire, collapse or act of God, or by virtue of any other cause, but shall be forthwith repaired or rehabilitated and the dangerous or hazardous condition removed by the owner or occupant thereof, or in the alternative, torn down and removed and excavation thereafter filled to grade level.
(2) No building so damaged or destroyed to such an extent that the cost of repair and rehabilitation to place it in a safe, sound and sanitary condition exceeds 75% of the assessed valuation of the building at the time the repairs or rehabilitation are to be made shall be repaired or rehabilitated unless it is made to comply in all respects with the provisions of all village ordinances governing the building.
(3) Any building so damaged or destroyed to such an extent that the cost of repair and rehabilitation to place it in a safe, sound and sanitary condition exceed 100% of the assessed valuation at the time when the repairs or rehabilitation are to be made shall be deemed unfit for human habitation and shall be immediately vacated and, unless made to comply with all the provisions of the Village Building Code, shall be demolished and removed.
(D) Whenever it shall be certified by the Building Inspector or County Health Officer that a building is infected with contagious disease or is unfit for human habitation, or is dangerous to life or health by reason of want of repair or of defects in the drainage, plumbing, lighting, ventilation or the construction of the same, or by reason of the existence on the premises of a nuisance likely to cause sickness among the occupants of the building, the Building Inspector or Village President may issue an order requiring all persons therein to vacate the building within not less than 24 hours nor more than ten days for the reasons to be mentioned in that order. In case such an order is not complied with within the time specified, the Building Inspector or Village President may cause the dwelling to be vacated. Whenever the Building Inspector or Health Officer is satisfied that the danger from the building has ceased to exist, or that it is fit for human habitation, he or she may revoke that order.
(E) Whenever any building or premises, or the plumbing, sewage, drainage, lighting or ventilation thereof, is, in the opinion of the Building Inspector or County Health Officer, dangerous or detrimental to life or health, the officer may declare that the same constitutes a health or safety hazard, or both.
(Prior Code, § 150.21) Penalty, see § 150.99