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a fire, electrical or health hazard, or an unsanitary condition, or is otherwise dangerous
<br />to human life is, for the purpose of this section, unsafe. Use of buildings, structures or
<br />building and/or property service equipment constituting a hazard to safety, health or
<br />public welfare by reason of inadequate maintenance, dilapidation, obsolescence, fire
<br />hazard, disaster, damage or abandonment is, for the purpose of this section, an unsafe
<br />use.
<br />Parapet walls, cornices, spires, towers, tanks, statuary and other appendages or
<br />structural members which are supported by, attached to, or a part of a building and
<br />which are in a deteriorated condition or otherwise unable to sustain the design loads
<br />which are specified in the Building Code are hereby designated as unsafe building
<br />appendages.
<br />For the purpose of this chapter, any building or structure which has any or all of the
<br />conditions or defects hereinafter described shall be deemed to be a dangerous building
<br />or structure.
<br />A. Whenever any door, aisle, passageway, stairway or other means of exit is not of
<br />sufficient width or size, or is not so arranged as to provide safe and adequate means of
<br />exit in case of fire or panic;
<br />B. Whenever the stress in any materials, member or portion thereof, due to all dead
<br />and live loads, is more than one and one-half times the working stress or stresses
<br />allowed in the building code for new buildings of similar structure, purpose or location;
<br />C. Whenever any portion thereof has been damaged by fire, earthquake, wind, flood,
<br />or by any other cause, to such an extent the structural strength or stability thereof is
<br />materially less than it was before such catastrophe and is less than the minimum
<br />requirements of the building code for new buildings or similar structure, purpose or
<br />location;
<br />D. Whenever any portion or member or appurtenance thereof is likely to fail, or to
<br />become detached or dislodged, or to collapse and thereby injure persons or damage
<br />property;
<br />E. Whenever any portion of a building or structure, or any member, appurtenance or
<br />ornamentation on the exterior thereof is not of sufficient strength or stability, or is not so
<br />anchored, or fastened in place so as to be capable of resisting a wind pressure of one
<br />half of that specified in the building code for new buildings of similar structure, purpose
<br />or location without exceeding the working stresses permitted in the building code for
<br />such buildings;
<br />F. Whenever any portion thereof has cracked, warped, buckled, or settled to such an
<br />extent that walls or other structural portions have materially less resistance to winds or
<br />earthquakes than is required in the case of similar new construction;
<br />G. Whenever the building or structure, or any portion thereof, because of (1)
<br />dilapidation, deterioration, or decay; (2) faulty construction; (3) the removal, movement
<br />or instability or any portion of the ground necessary for the purpose of supporting
<br />building; (4) the deterioration, decay or inadequacy of its foundation; or (5) any other
<br />cause, likely to partially or completely collapse;
<br />H. Whenever, for any reason, the building or structure, or any portion thereof, is
<br />manifestly unsafe for the purpose of which it is being used;
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