As used in this chapter, "blighted properties" means:
(a) Any premises which, because of its physical condition or use, is regarded as a public nuisance at common law or has been declared a public nuisance in accordance with the local housing, building, plumbing, fire and related codes;
(b) Any premises which, because of its physical condition, use or occupancy, is considered an attractive nuisance to children, including, but not limited to, abandoned wells, shafts, basements and excavations and unsafe fences or structures;
(c) Any dwelling which, because it is dilapidated, unsanitary, unsafe, vermin-infested or lacking in the facilities and equipment required by the BOCA National Property Maintenance Code, as adopted in Chapter 1428
of Part Fourteen - the Building and Housing Code, has been designated by the Code Enforcement Division of the Department of Community and Economic Development as unfit for human habitation;
(d) Any structure which is a fire hazard or is otherwise dangerous to the safety of persons or property;
(e) Any structure from which the utilities, plumbing, heating, sewerage or other facilities have been disconnected, destroyed, removed or rendered ineffective so that the property is unfit for its intended use;
(f) Any vacant or unimproved lot or parcel of ground in a predominantly built-up neighborhood, which lot or parcel, by reason of neglect or lack of maintenance, has become a place for the accumulation of trash and debris or a haven for rodents or other vermin;
(g) Any unoccupied property which has been tax delinquent for a period of two years prior to the effective date of this chapter (Ordinance 4127, passed December 27, 1978) and any unoccupied property in the future that has a two-year tax delinquency; and
(h) Any property which is vacant, but not tax delinquent, and which has not been rehabilitated within one year of the receipt of notice to rehabilitate from the Code Enforcement Division of the Department of Community and Economic Development.
(Ord. 4667. Passed 7-13-94.)