Any building or structure, whether on public or private property, of any type of material existing within the city which is determined to be dilapidated, substandard or unfit for human habitation, pursuant to the standards set forth in this chapter, shall be declared and be and become a CONDEMNED BUILDING OR STRUCTURE:
(A) Any building or structure which, for want or repair or by reason of age or dilapidated condition, or for any cause, is especially liable to fire, and which is so situated as to endanger other buildings or property, or so occupied that fire would endanger persons or property therein;
(B) Any building or other structure which shall be determined to have a permanent or temporary plumbing condition in violation of the Building Codes, Plumbing Code, Fire Code, Gas Code and/or Electrical Code and/or any other codes or ordinances of the city dealing with buildings or other structures presently duly enacted or to be duly enacted from time to time, and which shall be further determined, by virtue of such condition in violation of said provisions of said codes to endanger the safety of said building or structure or other buildings or structures or other property; and/or to endanger the safety and health of persons who may have occasion to occupy and/or be in, on or about said premises, or adjoining property, whether they be the owner thereof or not;
(C) Any building or structure which shall be determined to have a permanent or temporary sanitary condition existing in violation of the various health and sanitation ordinances duly enacted and to be enacted from time to time, and which shall be further determined, by virtue of such condition in violation of said provisions of said sanitation ordinances to endanger the safety of said building or structure or other buildings or structures or other property, and/or to endanger the safety and health of persons who may have occasion to occupy and/or be in, on or about said premises, whether they be the owner thereof or not;
(D) Any building or other structure, regardless of its structural condition, unoccupied by its owners, lessees or other invitees and is unsecured from unauthorized entry to the extent that it could be entered or used by vagrants or other uninvited persons as a place of harborage or could be entered or used by children; and/or
(E) A building or other structure that is boarded up, fenced or otherwise secured in any manner if:
(1) The building constitutes a danger to the public even though secured from entry; or
(2) The means used to secure the building are inadequate to prevent unauthorized entry or use of the building in the manner described in division (D) above.
(2004 Code, § 4-602) (Ord. 2003-4, passed 2-17-2003)