(A) The Board of Commissioners may provide for the repair, closing or demolition of any abandoned structure which the Board of Commissioners finds to be a health or safety hazard as a result of the attraction of insects or rodents, conditions creating a fire hazard, dangerous conditions constituting a threat to children or frequent use by vagrants as living quarters in the absence of sanitary facilities. Such repair, closing or demolition of such structure shall be pursuant to the same provisions and procedures as are prescribed in this chapter and in other codes adopted by the town as are prescribed herein for the repair, closing or demolition of dwellings found to be unfit for human habitation.
(B) Dwellings ordered vacated by the Inspector or Board of Commissioners shall have all outer doors firmly locked and basement, cellar, and first story windows barred or boarded to prevent entry, and shall not again be used for human habitation until written approval is secured from the Inspector.
(Prior Code, § 150.41) (Ord. passed 10-1-1984)