All dwellings, residential buildings and structures, commercial buildings and structures, and any other buildings and structures which are unsafe, unsanitary, unfit for human habitation, or no provided with adequate egress; or which constitute a fire hazard, or otherwise dangerous to human life; or which in relation to existing use constitute hazards to safety or health by reason of inadequate maintenance, dilapidation, obsolescent, abandonment, damage from fire, storm, vandalism, criminal act or other force major events, are severely in contemplation of this section deemed to be unsafe buildings are hereby declared illegal and a public nuisance and shall be abated by repair, rehabilitation, demolition, or such other acts as are necessary to abate the public nuisance.
(Ord. 450, passed 9-9-2003)