Unsafe buildings and unsafe premises described

Sec. 4. (a) For purposes of this chapter, a building or structure, or any part of a building or structure, that is:

(1) in an impaired structural condition that makes it unsafe to a person or property;

(2) a fire hazard;

(3) a hazard to the public health;

(4) a public nuisance;

(5) dangerous to a person or property because of a violation of a statute or ordinance concerning building condition or maintenance; or

(6) vacant or blighted and not maintained in a manner that would allow human habitation, occupancy, or use under the requirements of a statute or an ordinance;

is considered an unsafe building.

(b) For purposes of this chapter, the following are considered unsafe premises:

(1) An unsafe building and the tract of real property on which the unsafe building is located.

(2) A tract of real property, not including land used for production agriculture, that does not contain a building or structure or contains a building or structure that is not considered an unsafe building, if the tract of real property is:

(A) a fire hazard;

(B) a hazard to public health;

(C) a public nuisance; or

(D) dangerous to a person or property because of a violation of a statute or an ordinance.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-5-5.5-1(b) part.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.28. Amended by P.L.14-1991, SEC.9; P.L.66-2005, SEC.1; P.L.66-2014, SEC.26; P.L.164-2019, SEC.6.