§ 19. Highly Hazardous Conditions.

It shall be unlawful for any owner or operator to allow, or for any occupant to cause the following highly hazardous property conditions, any of which may constitute a nuisance as defined in Section 6 and 12.

(a)

Roofs, floors or supporting members, including, but not limited to, girders, sills, joists and studs, which show thirty-three percent (33%) or more damage or deterioration or which are of sufficient size or strength to safely support imposed loads;

(b)

Non-supporting enclosing or outside walls or coverings which show fifty percent (50%) or more damage or deterioration;

(c)

Defective or improperly maintained electrical, heating, ventilation, sanitation or like facilities which endanger or insufficiently protect the health, safety or general welfare of the occupants;

(d)

Means of egress and ingress, which in the determination of the Director, are defective or unsafe, or substantially smaller than the dimensions required by law;

(e)

Vacant Dwellings which are open and unsecured against unforced entry;

(f)

Conditions which, in the determination of the Director, are dilapidated, decayed, unsafe, unsanitary or that unreasonably expose occupants or the general public to illness, disease or physical injury;

(g)

Conditions which in the determination of the Director, unreasonably expose occupants to rain, moisture or cold air;

(h)

Any other condition which, in the determination of the Director, is unsafe, unsanitary or dangerous to the health, safety or general welfare of the occupants or general public.

(Ord. No. 2008-84(08-O-2059), § 11, 11-24-08; Ord. No. 2009-17(09-O-0407), § 5, 5-4-09; Ord. No. 2012-50(12-O-1416), § 4, 11-28-12, eff. 2-1-13)