Newberry County Council declares, with the approval of a majority of the resident members of the county’s legislative delegation, all as required by S.C. Code § 31-15-320, that dwelling exist in Newberry County which are unfit for human habitation due to (a) dilapidation, (b) defects increasing the hazards of fire, accidents or other calamities, (c) lack of ventilation, light or sanitary facilities or (d) other dangerous conditions rendering such dwellings unsafe or unsanitary, dangerous or detrimental to the health, safety or morals or otherwise inimical to the welfare of the residents of the county, such that the county should take action to adopt Ordinance 10-34-05 to allow the county to exercise its police powers to repair, close or demolish any such dwellings, and to define the term DWELLING to mean any building or structure, or part thereof, including mobile homes, travel trailers and manufactured housing, used and occupied for human habitation or intended to be so used and includes any outhouses or appurtenances belonging thereto.
(Ord. 10-34-05, passed 10-5-2005)