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ii) No room in any vacant building nor any premises shall be used for <br /> storage of materials which would constitute a safety or fire hazard. <br /> iii) Heating facilities or heating equipment in vacant buildings shall be <br /> removed or maintained in accordance with applicable codes and <br /> ordinances and any fuel supply shall be removed or terminated in <br /> accordance with applicable codes and ordinances. <br /> d) All Vacant Buildings Shall be Closed to Unauthorized Entry According to <br /> the Following Standards: <br /> i) All windows or glazed openings shall be protected by intact <br /> glazing. All windows or glazed openings, the sills of which are <br /> located ten(10) feet or less above grade, stairway, landing, ramp, <br /> porch,roof, or other similarly accessible area, shall provide <br /> resistance to entry equivalent to or greater than that of a solid sheet <br /> of one quarter(1/4) inch plywood,painted to protect it from the <br /> elements, cut to fit the opening, and securely nailed using 6D <br /> galvanized nails spaced not more than nine (9) inches on center. <br /> ii) Doors and service openings with thresholds located ten(10) feet or <br /> less above grade, a stairway, landing, ramp,porch, roof or <br /> similarly accessible areas shall provide resistance to entry <br /> equivalent to or greater than that of a closed single panel or hollow <br /> core door one and three eighths (1-3/8) inches thick equipped with <br /> a half inch throw dead bolt. Exterior doors, if openable, may be <br /> closed from the interior of the building by toe nailing them to the <br /> door frame using 10D or larger galvanized nails. <br /> iii) There shall be one operable door into each building and into each <br /> housing unit. If an existing door is operable, it may be used and <br /> secured with a suitable lock such as a hasp and padlock or a one <br /> half(1/2) inch deadbolt or dead latch. All locks shall be kept <br /> locked. When a door cannot be made operable, a door shall be <br /> constructed of three quarter(3/4) inch CDX plywood and shall be <br /> equipped with a lock as described above. <br /> iv) All debris, combustible materials, litter and garbage shall be <br /> removed from vacant buildings that have been closed to <br /> unauthorized entry and from adjoining yard areas. After being <br /> closed to unauthorized entry, the building and premises shall be <br /> maintained free from such items. <br /> 4. Occupying or Renting Vacant Buildings. After a notice of violation, order or <br /> emergency order is issued in accordance with the provisions of this code, no one <br /> shall use, occupy,rent, cause, suffer, or allow any person to use or occupy or rent <br /> any vacant building that has been vacated, after issuance of a notice of violation, <br /> order or emergency order, unless written approval from the Building Official has <br /> been obtained. <br /> 7 <br />