(a) Any building or structure shall be a hazardous public nuisance when in the judgment of the Enforcement Officer its condition constitutes an imminent danger of injury or death to persons or property. Such designation shall be warranted upon the following findings:
(1) The structure does not provide minimum safeguards to prevent unlawful entry or protect occupants in the event of fire;
(2) The structure contains unsafe exterior fixtures or equipment which in such disrepair or condition that such equipment is a hazard to life, health, property or safety of the public;
(3) The structure is damaged, decayed, dilapidated, structurally unsafe, or of such faulty construction or unstable foundation, that partial or complete collapse is possible.
(b) Whenever a building or structure has been designated a hazardous structure, the Enforcement Officer shall placard the building or structure as such pursuant to Section 1359.03 (d) (Emergencies). All such buildings, premises or real estate shall be immediately vacated and it shall be unlawful for any person to enter such structure except for the purpose of securing the structure pursuant to Section 1363.04 (Vacant Building Maintenance Standards), making the required repairs, removing the hazardous condition, or razing the structure. Any such building shall not be reoccupied until the Enforcement Officer determines that the emergency no longer exists.
(c) Repair, Secure, or Demolition. Any building or structure declared and placarded as a hazardous structure public nuisance by the Enforcement Officer shall be brought to a safe condition within a reasonable time as ordered by the Enforcement Officer, by commencing the ordered repairs or razing the structure. Any repairs or demolition undertaken shall be completed within the time period ordered by the Enforcement Officer.
(d) Failure to bring the building or structure into a safe condition is a violation of this Maintenance Code, such that the Enforcement Officer may cause any proper legal action to be initiated on behalf of the Village to abate the hazard to the community.
(e) Whenever, in the opinion of the Enforcement Officer, there is imminent peril due to an unsafe condition, the Enforcement Official shall order the necessary work to be done to render such structure temporarily safe pursuant to Section 1359.03(d). (Emergencies), and shall cause such other action to be taken as the Enforcement Officer deems necessary to meet such emergency. (Ord. 10-2016. Passed 10-20-16.)