DEMOLITION THEREOF.
(a) Public Nuisance Structures Defined. For the purposes of this Building Code “public nuisance structures” are hereby defined as those buildings or structures that are any of the following:
(1) Injurious to or a menace to the public health, safety or welfare;
(2) Structurally unsafe, unsanitary or not provided with adequate safe egress;
(3) A fire hazard;
(4) Vacant and open to public entry;
(5) Otherwise dangerous to human life or injurious to the public; or
(6) In relation to existing use, a hazard to the public health, safety or welfare by reason of inadequate maintenance, dilapidation, obsolescence or abandonment.
(b) Unsafe Structures.
(1) For the purposes of this Building Code those buildings or structures that meet the definition of public nuisance structures are declared to be “unsafe structures” as well.
(2) All unsafe structures or conditions as defined in other parts of the code are likewise declared to be public nuisance structures under this code section.
(c) Per Se Public Nuisance Structures. Vacant and unsafe structures in which utility services have not been shut off are declared to be a public nuisance because of the risk of harm from explosion, accidental fire or flooding.
(Ord. 40-09. Passed 5-18-2009.)