Sec. 11.5.2. Buildings and Structures Declared Unsafe; Notice Affixed

  1. An inspector may declare any residential building or nonresidential building or structure unsafe if it appears that the building or structure is especially dangerous to life because:
    1. The building or structure is especially liable to risk of fire including, but not limited to, those which are unoccupied and are not adequately secured against entry by unauthorized persons, or contain unsafe wiring or an unsafe heating system, or have inadequate means of egress; or
    2. The building or structure has overloaded floors, defective construction, decay, or parts thereof which are so attached or in such bad condition that they may fall and injure members of the public or damage public or private property; or
    3. The building or structure is unsanitary or unsafe and poses an immediate health or safety risk to the public; or
    4. The building or structure is in a condition that is especially dangerous to life, health, or other property as specified in writing by the inspector.
  2. In addition to the authority granted in subsection 11.5.2.A, an inspector may declare any nonresidential building or structure within a community development target area unsafe if the building or structure:
    1. Appears to the inspector to be vacant or abandoned; and
    2. Appears to the inspector to be in such dilapidated condition as to cause or contribute to blight, disease, vagrancy, fire or safety hazard, to be a danger to children, or to tend to attract persons intent on criminal activities or other activities that would constitute a public nuisance.
  3. When an inspector declares a building unsafe, the inspector shall affix a notice of the unsafe condition to a conspicuous place on the exterior wall of the building or structure.