Within the scope of this Business Maintenance Code, as hereinafter defined, the purpose of this Business Maintenance Code is to establish minimum standards necessary to make all business structures, other than dwelling structures, safe, sanitary, free from fire and health hazards and beneficial to the public welfare; to establish minimum standards governing the maintenance of structures, other than dwelling structures, in such condition as will not constitute a blighting or deteriorating influence on the neighborhood and the community; to fix responsibilities for owners and occupants of structures with respect to sanitation, repair and maintenance; to authorize the inspection of structures; to establish enforcement procedures; to authorize the vacation or condemnation of structures unsafe or unfit for human habitation, and to fix penalties for violations.
(Ord. 1967-117. Passed 12-5-67.)