Ind. Code § 36-7-9-4

Current through P.L. 171-2024
Section 36-7-9-4 - Unsafe buildings and unsafe premises described
(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.

IC 36-7-9-4

Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-5-5.5-1(b) part.

Amended by P.L. 164-2019,SEC. 6, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by P.L. 66-2014, SEC. 26, eff. 7/1/2014.
As added by Acts1981 , P.L. 309, SEC.28. Amended by P.L. 14-1991, SEC.9; P.L. 66-2005, SEC.1.