(A) It is illegal and declared to be a nuisance to have any building or structure within the village which is unfit for human use.
(B) The designation of buildings as unfit for human use and the procedure for the determination and placarding of such unfit buildings shall be carried out in compliance with the following requirements.
(1) Any building which shall be found to have any of the following defects shall be declared as unfit for human use and shall be so designated and placarded by the designated village officer:
(a) One which is so damaged, decayed, dilapidated, unsanitary, unsafe or vermin-infested that it creates a serious hazard to the health or safety of the occupants or the public;
(b) One which lacks lumination, ventilation or sanitation facilities adequate to protect the health and safety of the occupants or the public; and/or
(c) One which, because of its general condition or location, is unsanitary or otherwise dangerous to the health or safety of the occupants or of the general public.
(2) Any building determined as unfit for human use and so designated and placarded by the designated village officer shall be vacated within a reasonable time, as ordered by the designated village officer.
(3) No dwelling or dwelling unit which has been determined and placarded as unfit for human use shall again be used for human use until written approval is secured from, and such placard is removed by, the designated village officer. The village officer shall remove such placard only when the defects upon which the determination and placarding action was based have been eliminated, and after the dwelling or dwelling unit has been inspected and been found to comply in all respects with the requirements of this subchapter.
(4) No person shall deface or remove the placard from any building which has been determined as unfit for human use and placarded as such, except as provided in division (B)(3) above.
(5) Any person affected by any notice or order relating to the termination and placarding of a building as unfit for human use may request, and be granted, a hearing on the matter before the Village Board.
(Prior Code, § 130.001) (Ord. 88-015, passed 11-15-1988) Penalty, see § 130.999