(A) The following, if found, shall constitute a dwelling unfit for human habitation:
(1) If it is found to exist, within the municipality, the occupation of dwellings which the Board of Aldermen finds to be hazardous to the welfare and dangerous and injurious to the health, safety and morals of the residents of town due to dilapidation, defects increasing the hazards of fire, accidents or other calamities, lack of ventilation, light or sanitary conditions, or due to other conditions rendering the dwellings unsafe or unsanitary; or
(2) It is also found that there exists with the municipality abandoned structures which the Board finds to be hazardous to the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the town due to the attraction of insects and rodents; conditions creating a frequent use by vagrants as living quarters in the absence of sanitary facilities.
(B)
Therefore, it is the intent of this subchapter to provide for the repair, closing or demolition of any such dwellings unfit for human habitation or abandoned structures in accordance with the provisions and procedures set forth by law and minimum residential housing code.
(1987 Code, § 8-6-10) Penalty, see § 90.999