This article shall apply to buildings and their equipment that, through damage, deterioration,
infestation, improper maintenance or for other reasons, become unsafe, unsanitary
or deficient in adequate exit facilities and which constitute a hazard or are otherwise
dangerous to human life, health or safety, or the public welfare. All such buildings
shall be declared by the building official to be a public nuisance and unfit for human
habitation and shall be made safe through compliance with the Virginia Uniform Statewide
Building Code or shall be vacated and either secured against public entry or taken
down and removed as directed by the building official. A vacant building, unsecured
or open at door or window, may be deemed a fire hazard and unsafe within the meaning
of this section.
(Code 1992, § 4-61)
