(a) All exterior parts of every dwelling structure, including exterior walls, parapet walls, decorative additions, chimneys, and all other exterior structures, either above or below the roof line shall be maintained in a safe condition, weathertight and so as to resist decay or deterioration from any cause.
(b) Any dwelling structure or accessory building whose exterior surface is bare, deteriorated, ramshackle, tumbled down, decaying, disintegrating or in poor repair shall be repaired.
(1) All buckled, rusted, rotted or decayed walls, doors, windows, porches, floors, steps, railings, trim and their missing members, and broken glass and cut or damaged screening for windows and doors, and any other deteriorating conditions shall be replaced or restored to good condition.
(2) All replacements shall match and conform to the original design wherever possible or be replaced completely.
(3) All exterior wood or exterior unfinished surfaces, excluding those woods approved for use in their natural state, shall be sealed or painted and the surface covered with other approved protective coating or treated to prevent rot and decay, and shall conform and match wherever possible, the existing paint or surface covering and original design or replacement thereof. All existing walls and surfaces shall be properly protected against the weather where such are defective or lack weather protection, including lack of paint or surface covering, or have weathered due to lack of proper protective covering.
(Ord. 80-98. Passed 12-21-98.)
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