All unsafe buildings or structures are hereby declared to be a nuisance and illegal and shall be abated by securing, repair, removal, or demolition in accordance with the procedures set forth in this code. As an alternative, the Building Official, or other employee or official of this jurisdiction as designated by the governing body, may institute any other appropriate action to prevent, restrain, correct or abate the violation.
(A) All buildings or structures which are unsafe, unsanitary, unfit for human habitation, not provided with adequate egress, or which constitute a fire hazard, otherwise dangerous to human life or which constitute a hazard to the safety, health or welfare of the public, by reason of inadequate maintenance, dilapidation, obsolescence, or abandoment, are considered unsafe buildings.
(B) All buildings regardless of its structural condition, which are unoccupied by its owners, lessees, or other invitees and are unsecured or inadequately secured from unauthorized entry to the extent that it could be entered or used by uninvited persons as a place of harborage or could be entered or used by children or otherwise constitute a danger to the public are considered unsafe buildings.
(Ord. 1222, passed 4 - 24)