Providing for the Vacation Removal, Repair or Demolition of any Building or Structure which Threatens to be a Public Nuisance (Amend Code)

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�4gro qe "This building is unfit for h t �Ic *0..Q t : the use or occupation of +' t. -Se g es °�Ne ,y°b human habitation is pr,' o. °' W:- g4 ZOO 4�i4 j at' (d) If the owner of a build' w�,e e��0c�eg�'As order to repair, alter or improve, or o4 ws� ,°.sgw 6'e i09�e ding, the Inspector may cause such b1-11, e$ $0 °0� .1c a ared or improved, or to be vacated � °316 co ° ^J Gy0 00• shall cause to be posted on the me� s' eye a e Qe •we' 9°� so closed a placard with the follow' D0 ,ro0 i ° °et Qs°Qgro1 °S� 4eZ' /ogAg�lOgiyot eb ?�aangerous. It is hereby O ro. use is prohibited." o yr be t Y' ow. oe roe acupant, mortgagee or leases fails to comply with th b�aeisiey xg y1 _a Inspector, the Inspector may cause such dwelling or 40•7, goeg cc be removed or demolished. He may cause such building _ucture to be repaired, altered, improved, vacated, closed, -ed .doved or demolished and the amount of the cost shall be a lien against the property which lien shall be certified by the proper city officials to the County Auditor to be added to the tax duplicate and assessed against the land and buildings in question Q r to be recovered in a suit at law against the owner (f) Failure on the part of any owner or party in interest to receive or have served upon him any complaint, notico or order herein a provided for shall not affect or invalidate the• proceedings with = respect to any other owner or party in interest or any other person . h firm or corporation. SECTION VI: DWELLINGS UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION. (a) The Inspector shall determine that a dwelling is unfit for human habitation or a building is dangerous if he finds that any of the following conditions exist in such dwelling: Interior walls or oth vertical structural members which list, lean or buckle to such an extent that a plumb line passing through the center of gravity fall outside the middle third of its base; supporting member or members which show 33% or more of damage or deterioration or non - supporting enclosing or outside walls or covering which show 50% or more of damage or deterioration; floors or roofs which have improperly dis- tributed loads, which are over - loaded, or which have insufficient strength to be reasonably safe for the purposes used; such damage by fire, wind or other causes as endangers the lives, safety or welfare of the occupants or other people in the City; dilapidation, decay, insanitation or disrepair, which is likely to cause sickness or disease, or to work injury to the health, safety or welfare of the occupants or other people of the city; inadequate facilities for egress in case of fire or panic; defects therein increasing the hazards of fire, accident or other calamities, such lack of adequat ventilation, light, heating or sanitary facilities as endanger the health, morals, safety or general welfare of the occupants or other residents of the City; violation of any provision of the building regulations or fire prevention laws or ordinances of the State or City; any room, except bathroom, with window area less than 1 /10th of the floor area, or with window area of 1 /10th or more of the floor area but which window area cannot be opened so that the openings will equal as much as 1 /20th of the floor area; a bathroom which does not have at least one outside window which can be opened or does not have other means of adequate ventilation; such relation ship to adjoining buildings or dwellings that light or air is inadequate or that a fire hazard exists. (b) A dwelling shall be construed by the Inspector to be unfit for human habitation, or a dangerous building, and he shall so find, W