§ 8-119. Minimum standards to be met.

Every building within the city limits regardless of the date of its construction may be continued to be used and occupied so long as it meets the following minimum standards:

(1)

The interior walls or other vertical structural members of the building does not list, lean or buckle such that a plumb line passing through the center of gravity does not fall outside the middle third of its base.

(2)

The building, exclusive of the foundation, does not show thirty-three (33) percent or more of damage or deterioration of the supporting member or members, or fifty (50) percent of damage or deterioration of the nonsupporting enclosing or outside walls or covering.

(3)

The building has properly distributed loads upon the floors or roofs or in which the same are not overloaded, or has sufficient strength to be reasonably safe for the purpose used.

(4)

The building has not been damaged by fire, wind, or other causes so as to have become dangerous to life, safety, or the general health and welfare of the occupants or the people of the city.

(5)

The building has not become or is not so dilapidated, decayed, unsafe or unsanitary so as to fail to provide the amenities essential to decent living, or be unfit for human habitation, or is not likely to cause sickness or disease so as to work injury to the health, safety, or general welfare of those living therein or to persons or property in the vicinity.

(6)

The building has light, air, and sanitation facilities, which are adequate to protect the health, safety, or general welfare of human beings who occupy or live or may live therein.

(7)

The building has adequate facilities for egress in case of fire or panic, or has sufficient stairways, elevators, fire escapes, or other means of communications.

(8)

The building or structure has parts thereof, which are so attached that they may not reasonably be expected to fall and injure members of the public or property.

(9)

The building is safe and sanitary to the health, safety or general welfare of the people of this city.

(10)

The building, regardless of its structural condition, is unoccupied and is nevertheless boarded up, fenced, or otherwise secured in any manner from unauthorized entry such that the building has no missing or unlocked doors or windows or other unsecured openings into the building through which unauthorized persons (including, but not limited to children, vagrants or other uninvited persons) can enter;

(11)

The building, although unoccupied and boarded up, fenced, or otherwise secured in any manner from entry, does not constitute a danger to the public by failing to comply with one or more of the criteria listed in subsections (1) to (9) above and the means used to secure the building are adequate to prevent the unauthorized entry or use of the building.

(Ord. No. 04-23, § 1, 7-21-2004)