(A) The City of Rushville Common Council finds the structure, equipment, sanitation, maintenance, use, and occupancy of residential property, dwellings and rooming houses may cause a hazard to the public health, safety, and welfare. These properties, dwellings and rooming houses may now exist or may exist in the future. Establishment and enforcement of minimum housing standards are required to correct and prevent the existence of public health and safety hazards and are necessary to promote the general welfare of the community.
(B) There are hereby established rules and regulations for the repair or elimination of unfit and/or unsafe housing condition in the City of Rushville, Indiana which shall be known as “The Minimum Housing Code of the City of Rushville, Indiana.”
(Ord. 2014-10, passed 7-15-2014; Am. Ord. 2014-15, passed 7-15-2014)