§ 36-7-9-4 — Unsafe buildings and unsafe premises described

Indiana § 36-7-9-4

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 36: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Art. 7: PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
• Ch. 9: Unsafe Building Law

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(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.