Fulton Definitions ordinance (§ 46-2)

Dangerous buildings. The following conditions in structures or buildings within the city are determined to be detrimental to the health, safety, or welfare of the residents of the city and structures or buildings containing such defects shall be deemed "dangerous buildings":

(1) Those with interior walls, exterior walls, or other vertical structural members that list, lean or buckle to such an extent that a plumb line passing through the center of gravity falls outside the middle third of its base.

(2) Those that, exclusive of the foundation, show 33 percent or more damage or deterioration of the supporting member or members or 50 percent damage or deterioration of the non-supporting enclosing or outside walls or covering.

(3) Those that have improperly distributed loads upon the floors or roofs, or in which the same are overloaded or that have insufficient strength to be reasonability safe for the purpose used.

(4) Those that have been damaged by fire, wind, or other causes so as to become dangerous to life, safety, or the general health and welfare of the occupants or the people of the city.

(5) Those that are so dilapidated, decayed, unsafe, unsanitary, or that so utterly fail to provide the amenities essential to decent living that they are unfit for human habitation, or are likely to cause sickness or disease, so as to cause injury to the health, safety, or welfare of those occupying such building.

(6) Those that, because of missing, inadequate, or ineffective light, air ventilation, or sanitation facilities, including, but not limited to, no running water, no heated water, no electricity, no heat source, or no working sanitation facilities, are inadequate to protect the health, safety, or general welfare of human beings who live or may live therein.

(7) Those having inadequate facilities for egress in case of fire or panic or those having insufficient stairways, elevators, fire escapes, or other adequate means of evacuation.

(8) Those that have parts thereof that are so attached that they may fall and injure members of the public or property.

(9)

Those that, because of obsolescence, dilapidated condition, deterioration or damage, are detrimental to the sale, loan, or taxable values of surrounding properties or which render such surrounding properties uninsurable or which constitute a blighting influence upon the neighborhood or which constitute an eyesore so as to deprive owners or occupants of neighboring property of the beneficial use and enjoyment of their premises.

(10) Those that because of their condition are otherwise unsafe, unsanitary, or dangerous to the health, safety, or general welfare of the people of this city.

Interested parties. The owner, occupant, lessee, mortgagee, agent, and all other persons having an interest in any building or structure affected by this chapter, as shown by the land records of the recorder of deeds of the county.