1403.02 GENERAL PURPOSES.

   Within the scope of this Housing Code, as hereinafter defined, the general purposes of this Housing Code are to establish minimum standards necessary to make all dwelling structures safe, sanitary, free from fire and health hazards, fit for human habitation and beneficial to the public welfare; to establish minimum standards governing the maintenance of dwelling structures in such condition as will not constitute a blighting or deteriorating influence on the neighborhood and the community; to fix responsibilities for owners and occupants of dwelling structures dwellings; to authorize the inspection of dwelling structures; to establish enforcement procedures; to authorize the vacation or condemnation of dwelling structures unsafe or unfit for human habitation; and to fix penalties for violations.

(Ord. 78-74. Enacted 6-26-78.)