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Codified Ordinances of Winfield, WV
Codified Ordinances of the Town of Winfield, West Virginia
CERTIFICATION
ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
ADOPTING ORDINANCE
EDITOR'S NOTE
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
CHARTER
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART NINE - STREET, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - HEALTH AND SANITATION CODE
PART THIRTEEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
PART SEVENTEEN - BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
ARTICLE 1713
Unsafe and Unsanitary Structures
1713.01   Legislative findings.
1713.02   Definitions.
1713.03   Dangerous buildings defined.
1713.04   Standards for repair, vacation or demolition.
1713.05   Dangerous buildings.
1713.06   Duties of Building Inspector.
1713.07   Creation of Municipal Building Commission.
1713.08   General requirements.
1713.09   Property maintenance fee.
1713.10   Violation penalties.
1713.11   Vacant structure registration.
1713.12   Definitions.
1713.13   Owner registration required.
1713.14   Penalty for failure to register.
1713.15   Investigations; determining structures not occupied.
1713.16   Notice of structure found to be a vacant structure.
1713.17   Assessment of fees.
1713.18   Collection of fees.
1713.19   Liability, remedies and City Fund.
1713.20   Right to appeal.
1713.21   Exemption from vacant structure status.
1713.22   Forms.
1713.23   Compliance with other code provisions.
1713.24   Effective date.
 
 
CROSS REFERENCES
Repair and demolition of unsafe structures - see W.Va. Code 8-12-16
 
1713.01 LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.
   In the Town there are or may in the future be buildings or structures which are dilapidated, unsafe, dangerous, unsanitary, a menace to the health, morals, safety and general welfare of the people of this Town, and which might tend to constitute a fire menace and which are a public nuisance.
(Ord. 1981-82-03. Passed 4-20-82.)
1713.02 DEFINITIONS.
   For the purpose of this article the following terms, phrases, words, and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural number include the singular number, and words in the singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.
   (a)    "Town" means the Town of Winfield.
   (b)    "Inspector" means the Building Inspector of the Town.
   (c)    "Building Commission" means the enforcement authority designated by the Town Council. (Ord. 1981-82-03. Passed 4-20-82.)
1713.03 DANGEROUS BUILDINGS DEFINED.
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   (a)    Those which, exclusive of the foundation, show thirty-three percent (33%) or more of damage or deterioration of the supporting member or members as required by the existing structure, or fifty percent (50%) of damage or deterioration of the nonsupporting enclosing or outside walls or covering.
   (b)    Those which have foundations which show thirty-three percent (33%) or more of damage or deterioration to the foundation as required by the existing structure.
   (c)    Those which have improperly distributed loads upon the floors or roofs or in which the same are overlooked, or which have insufficient strength to be reasonably safe for the purpose used.
   (d)    Those which have been damaged by fire, wind, or other causes as to have become dangerous to life, safety, morals or the general health and welfare of the occupants or the people of the Town.
   (e)   Those which have become or are so dilapidated, decayed, unsafe, unsanitary or which so utterly fail to provide the amenities essential to living that they are unfit for human habitation, or are likely to cause sickness or disease, so as to work injury to the health, morals, safety or general welfare of those living therein.
   (f)    Those having light, air and sanitation facilities which are inadequate to protect the health, morals, safety or general welfare of human beings who live or may live therein.
   (g)    Those having inadequate facilities for egress in case of fire or panic or those having insufficient stairways, elevators, fire escapes or other means of communication.
   (h)   Those which have parts thereof which are so attached that they may fall and injure members of the public or property.
   (i)    Those which because of their condition are unsafe, unsanitary or dangerous to the health, morals, safety or general welfare of the people of this Town.
   (j)    Those buildings existing in violation of any provision of this Building Code or any provision of the Fire Prevention Code or Housing Code, if any, or other ordinance of this Town.
(Ord. 1981-82-03. Passed 4-20-82.)
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