The designation of dwellings or dwelling units as unfit for human habitation and the procedure for the condemnation placarding of such unfit dwellings shall be carried out in compliance with the following requirements.
(A) Any dwelling or dwelling unit which shall be found to have any of the following defects shall be condemned as unfit for human habitation and shall be so designated and placarded by the Director of Public Health:
(1) One which is so damaged, decayed, dilapidated, unsanitary, unsafe, or vermin-infested that it creates a serious hazard to the health and safety of the occupants or of the public, if the cost of repair is greater than the value of the property when so repaired; or
(2) One which lacks illumination, heating, ventilation, or sanitation facilities adequate to protect the health and safety of the occupants or of the public, if the cost of repair is greater than the value of the property when so repaired.
(B) Any dwelling or dwelling unit condemned as unfit for human habitation, so designated and placarded by the Director of Public Health, shall be vacated within a reasonable time as ordered by the Director of Public Health.
(C) No dwelling or dwelling unit which has been condemned and placarded as unfit for human habitation shall again be used for human habitation until written approval is secured from, and such placarding is removed by, the Director of Public Health. The Director of Public Health shall remove such placarding whenever the defect or defects upon which the condemnation and placarding action were based have been eliminated.
(D) No person shall deface or remove the placard from any dwelling or dwelling unit which has been condemned as unfit for human habitation and placarded as such, except as provided in division (C) above.
(Prior Code, 6 TCC 4-14) Penalty, see § 96.99