(a) Any person, firm or corporation demolishing any building or part thereof shall adhere to the following standards:
(1) All utility services shall be disconnected and equipment removed by the utility departments.
(2) All concrete basement floors shall be broken up for proper drainage.
(3) All basement walls shall be reduced to two feet below existing ground level.
(4) All sanitary and storm sewer laterals shall be properly abandoned. Each lateral shall be exposed at the edge of the public right-of-way and capped. After the sewer lateral has been exposed and capped, it shall not be backfilled until it has been inspected and approved by the Village Street, Water and Sewer Department.
(5) A basement cavity may be filled with noncombustible material to a level two feet below existing ground level, as noted in subsection (a)(3) hereof. Such noncombustible material shall not exceed an individual dimension larger than a standard cement block.
(6) From two feet below existing ground level to four inches above existing ground level, the basement cavity shall be filled with clean fill material.
(7) All rubbish, debris, lumber, glass or other materials from a razed or demolished building shall be removed upon completion of demolition.
(8) Any person demolishing a building or part thereof shall erect barricades as specified by the Village Administrator and shall provide lights at the barricades between sunset and sunrise.
(9) Any person, firm or corporation demolishing any building or part thereof that had previously been used for the distribution, preparation or selling of food products shall be required to provide the Village Administrator, prior to the issuance of a demolition permit, a certificate issued by a pest control operator certifying that the property to be demolished is free and clear of food products pests and/or rodent infestation; and if food products pests and/or rodent infestation are found to be on the premises, the property shall be exterminated prior to demolition.
(10) Any person, firm or corporation demolishing any building or part thereof shall provide to the Village Administrator, prior to the issuance of a demolition permit, a certificate or other documentary proof establishing that the site at which the demolition materials are to be disposed of has been properly certified as an approved materials site or transfer site approved by the applicable state and/or local site approval authorities.
(b) The Village Administrator or such other person or department designated by the Council, shall have the authority to implement any and all such requirements as may be necessary to effect the complete, safe and sanitary demolition of all properties, and to include the reclamation of the property following demolition.
(Ord. 2013-O-13. Passed 8-12-13.)