Pursuant to G.S. 160D-1119 and G.S. 160D-1129 a residential or non-residential building or structure shall be declared by the Chief Building Official to be unsafe and dangerous and injurious to public health, safety, and welfare, if the Inspector finds any of the following conditions exist:
A. No operating heating facilities that would maintain a minimum room temperature of 68 degrees at a point three feet from the floor in all habitable rooms (residential only).
B. No working potable water supply.
C. No working hot water supply (residential only).
D. No electricity supplied to the building or structure (residential only).
E. Presence of overloaded, non-isolated electrical circuits, or unsafe or exposed electrical wiring.
F. Lack of properly functioning sanitary facilities.
G. The presence of raw sewage or open sewer inside the building or structure whether from broken or plugged fixtures or pipes inside the building or structure, or migrating into the building or structure from the outside, or the presence of inadequate ventilation of sewer systems.
H. Presence of unsafe structural conditions:
1. Foundations, foundation walls, piers or other foundation supports; exterior walls, interior structural walls, joists, rafters, sills, floors, and other structural members which are not capable of supporting the load which normal use would cause to be placed thereon;
2. Roofs, flashing, exterior walls, basement walls, foundation walls, floors, exterior doors, windows, which are not maintained so as to be in good condition;
3. The ground used as a floor or any wood floors that are placed on the ground (residential only);
4. Outside or inside stairs, steps, porches, landings and other parts or appurtenances which are in such donation as may increase the hazards of collapse, tripping, falling, rodent or pest infestation, fire or otherwise endanger the health or safety of the occupants, including broken windows; or
5. Lack of exterior doors or exterior doors that lack deadbolt lock and dead-latch having the ability to retract by a single action (residential only).
I. Presence of uncontained flammable or combustible liquids or gases, poisonous solids, liquids or gases that threaten life or health and that are the property of the owner or owner's agent.
J. Missing portion of roof or ceiling which allows rain or weather, severe bulging, or large amounts of loose or falling surface materials such as plaster.
K. Chimneys and other heating systems that do not meet minimum standards.
L. The building is a physical threat due to the immediate possibility of collapse.
M. The primary means of exit in the event of emergency is structurally unsafe.
N. Interior wall sheathing or sheeting that is not present or has been removed causing diminished protection from the spread of fire from story to story or from shared habitable spaces to bedrooms.
O. Insulations and weatherproofing which did not meet the state building code at the time of construction or is not properly maintained.
(Ord. No. O-21-06-15-5, §1, 6-15-21)