(a) An unsafe building is one that is found to be dangerous to the life, health, or safety of the public or of the occupants of the building, by not providing minimum safeguards to protect or warn occupants in the event of fire, or because such building contains unsafe mechanical or electrical equipment or is so damaged, decayed, dilapidated, structurally unsafe, or is of such faulty construction or unstable foundation, that partial or complete collapse is possible. A building is unfit for human occupancy when it is unsafe, or unsanitary due to inadequate means of egress, inadequate illumination or ventilation, is dangerously infested by animals, birds or insects, contaminated by human or animal waste, lacks functioning sanitary facilities, or cannot be secured by its occupants against the elements.
(b) When a building is found by the Building Director to be unsafe or unfit for human occupancy, the Building Director may, in a notice issued under Section 1311.03, order that use of the building or the affected portion thereof cease, and that the building or the affected portion thereof be vacated and secured against casual entry until the unsafe or unfit conditions are corrected or the building is demolished. Notices issued under this section shall be served in accordance with Ohio R.C. 715.26(B). Once use the of the building or affected portion has been ordered to cease, such use shall not be resumed until a certificate of completion of repairs has been issued by the Building Director.
(Ord. 2022-84. Passed 5-9-22.)