(A) Every building used in whole, or in part, as a dwelling unit, or as two, or more, dwelling units, or as a rooming house, or boardinghouse, shall conform to the requirements of this article irrespective of the primary use of such building, and irrespective of when such building may have been constructed, altered, or repaired.
(B) This article establishes minimum standards for occupancy, and does not replace, or modify, standards otherwise established for construction, replacement, or repair of buildings, except such as are contrary to the provisions of this article.
(C) In addition to the exercise of police power authorized in this article, with respect to dwellings, the town shall cause to be repaired, closed, or demolished any abandoned structure which the Town Council finds to be a health, or safety, hazard as a result of the attraction of insects or rodents, conditions creating a fire hazard, dangerous condition constituting a threat to children, or frequent use by vagrants as living quarters in the absence of sanitary facilities. The repair, closing, or demolition of such structures shall be pursuant to the same provisions, and procedures, as are prescribed in this article for the repair, closing, or demolition of dwelling found to be unfit for human habitation.
(Ord. 21-2018, passed 12-3-2018)