EQUIPMENT includes any boiler, heating unit, elevator, moving stairway, electrical wiring or device, air conditioning system, flammable liquid container or other type of equipment located within a structure or premises. Such equipment is unsafe when it is in such disrepair or condition that it is determined by the officer to be a hazard to life, health, property or safety of the public or the occupants of the structure or premises wherein the equipment is situated. Unsafe equipment may contribute to or be the cause of a finding that the structure wherein it is situated is unsafe or unfit for human occupancy or use.
(1999 Code, § 29-3-3)