Sec. 22-636. Substandard buildings or premises.
(a) Any building or portion thereof or the premises on which the building or portion thereof is located in which there exists any of the following listed conditions to an extent that endangers the life, limb, health, property, safety or welfare of the public or the occupants thereof shall be deemed to be and is declared substandard:
(1) Inadequate fire resistive construction and firefighting equipment as required by the building code for the appropriate occupancy, type of construction and location on property.
(2) Improperly installed and improperly maintained buildings, facilities, pieces of equipment and utilities so as to cause possible injury or harm to persons and or present a general dilapidation.
(3) Premises on which are found weeds; vegetation; junk, to include but not be limited to abandoned, unused or nonoperational appliances, such as vehicles, machinery and household furnishings or parts thereof; debris; garbage; offal; rat harborages; stagnant water; combustible materials; and similar materials or conditions which constitute fire, health or safety hazards.
(4) Buildings or portions thereof which are infested with insects, vermin or rodents as determined in accordance with applicable health laws creating an unsafe or unhealthy human environment and which also create an unsafe or unhealthy human environment to adjacent premises and buildings.
(b) All buildings or portions thereof or the premises on which they are located which do not conform or are in violation of the standards established by this article or which constitute a nuisance as defined in this article shall be corrected or abated by maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, demolition or removal. (Ord. No. 2006-78, § 1(Exh. A), 1-8-2007)