(A) The Housing Inspector shall determine that a dwelling is unfit for human habitation if he or she finds that any one of the following conditions exist in the dwelling:
(1) Interior walls or vertical studs which seriously list, lean or buckle to such an extent as to render the dwelling unsafe.
(2) Supporting member or members which show 33% or more damage or deterioration, or non-supporting, enclosing or outside walls or covering which shows 50% or more of damage or deterioration.
(3) Floors or roofs which have improperly distributed loads, which are overloaded or which have insufficient strength to be reasonably safe for the purpose used.
(4) Such damage by fire, wind or other causes as to render the dwelling unsafe.
(5) Dilapidation, decay, unsanitary conditions or disrepair which is dangerous to the health, safety or welfare of the occupants or other people in the town.
(6) Inadequate facilities for egress in case of fire or panic.
(7) Defects significantly increasing the hazards of fire, accident or other calamities.
(8) Lack of adequate ventilation, light, heating or sanitary facilities to such extent as to endanger the health, safety or general welfare of the occupants or other residents of the town.
(9) Lack of proper electrical, heating or plumbing facilities required by this chapter which constitutes a definite health or safety hazard.
(10) Lack of connection to a potable water supply and/or to the public sewer or other approved sewage disposal system, the lack of either one of which renders a dwelling unfit for human habitation. For the purposes of this standard, a dwelling is not connected to a potable water supply if the water supply has been cut off because of nonpayment of the water bill or otherwise or if the system for any reason is not receiving a flow of potable water to the tap.
(B) In addition to the ten conditions stated above, any one of which renders a dwelling unfit for human habitation, the Housing Inspector shall determine that a dwelling is unfit for human habitation if he or she finds that a dwelling fails to fully comply with seven or more of the standards of dwelling fitness listed in §§ 153.04 through 153.10. (Note: full compliance with a standard means that if any part of the stated standard is not complied with by a particular dwelling then that dwelling has failed to fully comply with the standard. For example, in regard to the standard in § 153.05(A)(1), if all standards are met in a dwelling except that a supply of hot water is not provided then the dwelling fails to fully comply with the standard in § 154.05(A)(1).)
(Ord. passed 11-28-2005; Am. Ord. passed 2-11-2013) Penalty, see § 153.99