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202A.10 Cooperation of Other Officials and Officers. The Building and Safety Official
<br />may request, and shall receive, the assistance and cooperation of other officials of the
<br />City of Pleasanton so far as is required in the discharge of the duties required by this
<br />code, the technical codes or other pertinent laws or ordinances.
<br />SECTION 203A -UNSAFE BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES OR BUILDING and/or
<br />Property SERVICE EQUIPMENT
<br />Buildings or structures regulated by this code and the technical codes which are
<br />structurally inadequate or have inadequate egress, or which constitute a fire hazard, or
<br />are otherwise dangerous to human life are, for the purpose of this section, unsafe
<br />buildings.
<br />Building and/or property service equipment regulated by such codes, which constitutes
<br />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
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