(A) Every structure within the town’s jurisdiction shall be deemed in violation of this subchapter whenever such structure constitutes a hazard to the health, safety or welfare of the town citizens as a result of:
(1) The attraction of insects and/or rodents and/or snakes;
(2) Conditions creating a fire hazard;
(3) Dangerous conditions constituting a threat to children; and
(4) Frequent use by vagrants as living quarters in the absence of sanitary facilities.
(B) In making the preliminary determination of whether or not a structure is in violation of this subchapter, the County Building Inspector, and/or the Town Administrator or their agents may, by way of illustration and not limitation, consider the presence or absence of the following conditions:
(1) Holes or cracks in the structure’s floors, walls, ceiling or roof which might attract or admit rodents and/or snakes and/or insects or become breeding places for rodents and/or snakes and/or insects;
(2) The collection of garbage or rubbish in or near the structure which might attract rodents and/or snakes and/or insects or become breeding places for rodents and/or snakes and/or insects;
(3) Violations of the State Building Code, the State Electrical Code or the Fire Prevention Code which constitutes a fire hazard in such structure;
(4) The collection of garbage, rubbish or combustible material which constitutes a fire hazard in such structure;
(5) The use of such structure or nearby grounds or facilities by children as a play area;
(6) Violations of the State Building Code which might result in danger to children using the structure or nearby grounds or facilities as a play area; and
(7) Repeated use of such structure by transients and vagrants, in the absence of sanitary facilities, for living, sleeping, cooking or eating.
(Ord. passed 6-29-2004)