The general purposes of this Code are to establish minimum standards necessary to make all residential rental dwelling structures safe, sanitary, free from fire and health hazards, fit for human habitation and beneficial to the public welfare; to establish minimum standards governing the maintenance of residential rental dwelling structures in such condition as will not constitute a blighting or deteriorating influence on the neighborhood and the community; to fix responsibilities for owners and occupants of residential rental dwelling structures; to authorize the inspection of residential rental dwelling structures; to establish enforcement procedures; to authorize the vacation or condemnation of residential rental dwelling structures unsafe or unfit for human habitation; and to fix penalties for violations.
(Ord. 16-94. Passed 6-7-16.)