(A) Every owner or occupant of a building shall maintain all doors and windows therein with glass or such other glazing materials as are permitted by the Village Building Code.
(B) No owner or occupant of a building shall enclose, nor permit the enclosure, of any door or window by enclosing or covering any door or window with plywood, masonite, particle board, or other lumber product (so-called boarding-up).
(C) Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit:
(1) The boarding-up of buildings damaged by fire, tornado, or other catastrophe for a period not to exceed eight weeks; however, the period of such permitted board-up may be extended by the Building Commissioner.
(2) The boarding-up of the doors and windows of a new building by the builder thereof, until such time as construction is complete and the building is ready for occupancy.
(3) The Chief of Police, the Fire Services Administrator, or the Building Commissioner from requiring a building to be boarded-up when it is otherwise authorized by law for such official to do so, or when the public health, safety, and welfare are endangered by the condition of any such building.
(Ord. 87-0-045, passed 8-4-87)