Unsafe Structures Agency
Managed by County Commission
UNSAFE STRUCTURES
The Unsafe Structure and Property Enforcement Agency shall be charged with the responsibility of regulating the repair, alteration or improvement, or the vacating and closing or removal or demolition, or any combination thereof, of any dwellings or other buildings unfit for human habitation due to dilapidation and not currently inhabited, defects increasing the hazard of fire, accidents or other calamities, lack of ventilation, or sanitary facilities or any other conditions prevailing in any swelling or building, used for human habitation, which would cause the dwellings or other buildings to be unsafe, unsanitary, dangerous or detrimental to the public safety or welfare, whether the result of natural or manmade force or effect. Additional responsibilities shall include regulating the removal and clean-up of any accumulations of refuse or debris, which is determined to be unsafe, unsanitary, dangerous or detrimental to the public safety or welfare, whether the result of natural or manmade force or effect, (except for buildings utilized fro farm purposes on land actually being used for farming purposes as evidenced by a farm use exemption issued by the Morgan County Assessor’s Office).