(A)
Any building or structure or part thereof, partially destroyed or otherwise, which is found by the Building Inspector to be in such a dilapidated state of disrepair or other substandard condition as to be dangerous to life, health, or other property or to constitute a fire or safety hazard or a public nuisance shall be declared by the Building Inspector to be unsafe.
(B) Such unsafe condition may be caused by defective construction, overloaded structural parts, decay, susceptibility to fire or any other hazardous conditions or circumstances.
(C) Any abandoned building or structure, which shall be a vacant building or structure which, in the opinion of the Building Inspector, creates a health or safety hazard as a result of the attraction of insects or rodents, conditions creating a fire hazard, dangerous conditions constituting a threat to children or frequent use by vagrants, shall be declared by the Building Inspector to be unsafe.
(D) The Building Inspector shall have authority and it shall be his or her duty to declare all such buildings or structures unsafe and to take appropriate action to have such conditions corrected or removed.
(E) Such declaration by the Building Inspector shall constitute an order of condemnation for the purposes of this subchapter.
(Prior Code, § 16-2) (Ord. passed 2-3-1987; Res. R-2021-03, passed 6-24-2021)