[Adopted by the City Council of the City of Lake Mills 12-15-2009 by Ord. No. 1054 as Title 8, Ch. 6, Art. E, of the 2009 Code of Ordinances. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building construction — See Ch. 279.
Zoning regulations — See Ch. 660.
The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the designation and repair or razing of those buildings or structures which are so dilapidated, unsafe, dangerous, unhygienic, inadequately maintained or lacking in basic equipment, facilities, light, ventilation and heating so as to constitute a menace to the occupants or public.
A. 
Any building or structure which shall be found to have any of the following defects may be designated as unfit for human habitation and in need of repairs or razing and so placarded by the Building Inspector. Legal notice shall be served upon the owner and on the operator of any building:
(1) 
Which is so damaged, decayed, dilapidated, dangerous, unsanitary, unsafe, or vermin-infested that it creates a serious hazard to the health or safety of the occupants or of the public.
(2) 
Which lacks illumination, ventilation, heating, basic equipment or sanitary facilities adequate to protect the health, safety or general welfare of the occupants or of the public.
B. 
Any building or structure or part thereof designated and placarded by the Inspector as unit for human habitation and in need of repairs or razing shall be vacated within a reasonable time ordered by the Inspector.
No person shall deface or remove the placard from any building or structure or part thereof which has been condemned as unfit for human habitation and placarded as such.
No building or structure or part thereof which has been designated and placarded as unfit for human habitation and in need of repairs or razing shall again be used for human habitation until written approval is secured from, and such placard is removed by, the Inspector. The Inspector shall remove such placard whenever the defect or defects upon which the designation and placarding action were based have been eliminated.
Any building or structure or part thereof designated as unfit for human habitation and in need of repairs or razing by the Inspector, which in the opinion of the Inspector, would be unreasonable to repair shall be razed or removed upon legal written service of the order of the Inspector. If the owner shall fail or refuse to comply with the order, the Inspector shall cause such building to be razed or removed under the procedures provided in § 66.0413, Wis. Stats.