(A) Every window, glazed exterior door, exterior transom or exterior sidelight shall be provided with properly installed glass or other approved glazing material.
(B) In the event of breakage, the owner shall cause the immediate removal of broken glass from the premises and shall temporarily board-up the affected openings with suitable material to provide protection from the elements and to prevent entry of insects, birds or animals and to provide security to occupants or contents of the building.
(C) (1) Adequate ventilation and natural lighting shall be provided for all occupied dwelling units. Whenever any exterior for openings are found boarded-up, it shall be the duty of the Building Commissioner to notify the owner or agent of this requirement giving him or her a period of not more than ten working days in which to properly replace the broken glass or cause the dwelling unit to be vacated.
(2) This notice shall be given in the manner required by § 152.078 and it shall be unlawful for any owner or agent to fail to comply with the order of the Building Commissioner contained in the notice.
(D) Since the presence of boarded-up buildings, particularly those where the boarding is unpainted or applied in an insecure, careless or unpresentable fashion invites vandalism, and creates a blighting influence which adversely affects the general welfare of the people of the city, it is hereby required that all boarding-up of exterior openings be accomplished in a neat workperson like manner with not less than inch thick weather-resistant plywood cut to fit within openings, fastened in place as securely as possible, and suitably coated with an appropriate neutral color blending with or harmonizing with the exterior colors of the building as inconspicuously as possible. It shall be the duty of the Building Commissioner to notify the owner or agent of any boarded-up dwelling unit not complying with the above requirements, of the necessity of compliance giving him or her a period of not more than ten working days in which to replace the broken glass, or repair, replace or paint the boarding.
(E) This notice shall be given in the manner required by § 152.078 and it shall be unlawful for any owner or agent to fail to comply with the order of the Building Commissioner contained in the notice.
(Ord. 885, passed 1-2-1974; Am. Ord. 1102, passed 7-15-1986) Penalty, see § 151.99