(A) All buildings and structures, regardless of their date of construction, that have one or more of the following defects are deemed to be dilapidated, substandard, or unfit for human habitation and a danger to the public health, safety and welfare, and are therefore declared to be dangerous buildings:
(1) Walls, floors or roofs that are not structurally sound;
(2) Roofs or walls that are not weatherproof;
(3) Light, air or sanitation facilities that are inadequate to protect the life, safety or general health and welfare of the structure’s occupants or inhabitants of the city;
(4) Unsafe or defective electrical wiring, devices or equipment, or unsafe or defective gas piping, devices or equipment;
(5) Holes in the roof, walls or floor that would allow insects, rodents or other pests to gain access to the building for harborage to the extent constituting a present hazard to health or safety;
(6) Dilapidated, decayed, unsafe, unsanitary or substandard conditions that are unfit for human habitation or are likely to cause sickness or disease;
(7) Unoccupied by their owners, lessees or other legal invitees, and left unsecured from unauthorized entry to the extent that it could be entered or used by vagrants or other uninvited persons as a place of harborage or could be entered or used by children;
(8) Inadequate faculties for ingress and egress in case of fire or panic or insufficient stairways or elevators; or
(9) Buildings and structures, which because of their condition are unsafe, unsanitary or dangerous to the health, safety or general welfare of the people of this city.
(B) A building that is boarded up, fenced or otherwise secured in any manner is nevertheless declared to be a dangerous building under the foregoing criteria if:
(1) The building constitutes a danger to the public even though secured from entry; or
(2) It is found that the means used to secure the building are inadequate to prevent unauthorized entry or use of the building.
(Ord. 2006-1116, passed 12-7-2006)