Structures shall be condemned as dangerous structures
or unsafe for human habitation as herein provided.
If all or part of any structure (including,
among others, a fence, billboard or sign) or the equipment for the
operation thereof (including, among others, the heating plant, plumbing,
electric wiring, moving stairways, elevators and fire extinguishing
apparatus) shall be found, in the opinion of the Building Inspector,
to be in an unsafe condition or dangerous to life, limb or property,
he shall proceed to have the same condemned pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this code or such other code or codes of the municipality
pertaining to unsafe structures.
Whenever the Building Inspector finds that any
structure constitutes a hazard to the safety, health or welfare of
the occupants or to the public because of a lack of maintenance or
that it is in disrepair, unsanitary, vermin-infested or rodent-infested,
or because it lacks sanitary facilities or equipment or otherwise
fails to comply with the minimum provisions of this code, but has
not yet reached such state of complete disrepair as to be condemned
as a dangerous structure as hereinbefore provided, he may declare
such a structure as unfit for human occupancy and order it to be vacated.
Notice of the declaration of any structure under
this code as a dangerous structure or unfit for human occupancy and
the order to vacate, it shall be served as provided in the following
sections. When the condition requires the removal or demolition of
the structure, such notice shall be given as provided by applicable
ordinance of the Township, and the Building Inspector shall have the
authority for emergency measures as provided by applicable codes of
the Township.
Any structure which is dangerous or unfit for human occupancy shall be posted with a placard by the Building Inspector. The placard shall be in the same form as the notice provided for in § 218-20.
Whenever the Building Inspector has declared
a structure dangerous or unfit for human occupancy, he shall give
notice to the owner of such declaration and post a placard on said
structure; said notice and placard shall:
A.
Be in writing and signed by the public official.
B.
Include a description of the real estate sufficient
for identification.
C.
Include a statement of the reason or reasons why it
is being issued.
D.
State the time to correct the conditions.
E.
State the time occupants must vacate the structure.
F.
State the penalty for a violation of this chapter.
A.
Service of notice to vacate shall be as follows:
No person shall deface or remove the placard
from any structure which has been declared or placarded as dangerous
or unfit for human occupancy, except by authority, in writing, from
the Building Inspector.
Any structure which has been declared and placarded
as dangerous or unfit for human occupancy by the Building Inspector
shall be vacated as provided for hereafter in this code, as required
by the Building Inspector, and it shall be unlawful for any person
to occupy any structure which has been declared or placarded by the
Building Inspector as unfit for human occupancy after the date set
forth in the placard.
No structure which has been declared or placarded
as unfit for human occupancy shall again be used for human occupancy
until written approval is secured from the Building Inspector. The
Building Inspector shall remove such placard whenever the defect or
defects upon which the declaration and placarding action were based
have been eliminated.
The Building Inspector shall furnish a copy
of each notice to vacate a structure to the Health Officer and the
Chief of the Fire Prevention Bureau, and any other designated official
of the municipality concerned therewith.
