§ 16-95. Hazards to life.

For the purpose of this article the conditions or defects described in this section found to exist in any existing building wherever located shall be deemed hazardous and shall be ordered to be corrected by the appropriate enforcement authority.

(1)

Structural. Any building or structure or portion thereof which is in imminent danger of collapse because of, but not limited to, the following factors:

a.

Dilapidation, deterioration, or decay;

b.

Faulty structural design and/or construction;

c.

The removal, movement, or instability of any portion of the ground necessary for the purpose of supporting such building; and/or

d.

The deterioration, decay, or inadequacy of the foundation.

(2)

Number of exits. Less than two approved independent, remote, and properly protected exitways serving every story of a building, except where a single exitway is permitted by the applicable state or local fire or building code or life safety code.

(3)

Capacity of exits. Any required door, aisle, passageway, stairway or other required means of egress which is not of sufficient capacity to provide for the population of the portions of the building served and which is not so arranged as to provide safe and adequate means of egress to a place of safety.

(4)

Exit identification. The lack of adequate identification of exits and routes to reach exits which are not obvious.

(5)

Means of egress lighting. The lack of minimal realistic illumination of exits and routes to reach exits. This includes the lack of emergency lighting which would be required for the building use by applicable state or local regulations, codes, or standards.

(6)

Fire alarm systems. The lack of an approved fire alerting system for the building which would be required for the building use by applicable state or local regulations, codes, or standards.

(7)

Enclosure of stairways. The existence of open or improperly protected stairways or other vertical openings not permitted by applicable state or local regulations, codes, or standards.

(8)

Protection of exit corridors. The lack of proper protection of corridors from use areas where such corridors must be used to reach exits and such protection is required by state or local regulations, codes, or standards.

(9)

Protection of hazardous areas. The lack of separation of hazardous locations within a building from exits and other use areas, or the lack of alternative protection for such hazardous areas as provided for in state or local regulations, codes, or standards.

(Ord. No. 83-4-5, § 1, 4-19-83; Code 1981, § 8-9010)