This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the "Larksville
Borough Dangerous Buildings Ordinance."
This chapter shall apply uniformly to all persons, business
organizations, nonprofit organizations and all other legal entities,
and it shall apply uniformly to all property and all property owners
within the Borough of Larksville.
Whenever it shall be reported or come to the attention of any
Borough official or police officer that any building or structure,
completed or in the process of construction, or any portion therein,
is in a dangerous condition, such person shall report the same to
the Council; and the Council shall immediately designate a Borough
official, employee or police officer to make an investigation and
examination of such building or structure. If such investigation or
examination indicates such building or structure to be a dangerous
building, a written report of such investigation shall be sent to
the Council, specifying the exact condition of such building or structure
and setting forth whether or in what respect the structure is dangerous
and whether the structure is capable of being properly repaired or
whether it shall be removed as a dangerous building.
The following standards shall be followed in substance by the
Council in ordering repair, vacation or demolition of a dangerous
building:
A. If the dangerous building can be repaired, as determined by the Council,
so that it will no longer exist in violation of the terms of this
chapter, it shall be ordered repaired.
B. If the dangerous building is in such condition to make it dangerous
to the health, safety or general welfare of its occupants it shall
be ordered to be vacated.
C. If the dangerous building cannot be reasonably repaired, as determined
by the Council, it shall be demolished.
D. If the dangerous building is a fire hazard or is existing or erected
in violation of the terms of this chapter, any other ordinance of
the Borough or any statute of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, it
shall be demolished.
In cases where it reasonably appears that there exists an immediate danger to the life or safety of any person caused or created by a dangerous building, the Council shall cause the immediate repair, vacation or demolition of such dangerous building. The costs of such emergency repair, vacation or demolition of such dangerous building shall be collected as provided for in §
145-8 of this chapter.