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ORDINANCE NS-] 5] ] PAGE TWO (a) Multiple family ~ means a building, or portion thereof, which is designed, built, rented, or leased to be occupied, or which is occupied as the home or residence of five (5) or more families, as defined in Section 8-43 of this code, living independently of each other, and shall include hotels, condominiums, motels and apartment houses, and which building is ten (10) or more years old. (b) Premises means a lot or parcel of land upon which a multiple family building is situated, including any portion thereof improved or unimproved, adjacent streets, sidewalks, parkways and parking areas. Sec. 8-1951. Maintenance of Multiple Family Buildings and Premises. It shall be unlawful for any person owning, leasing, or having any possessory interest in a multiple family building or individual unit(s) therein, to maintain such building or units therein or premises in such a manner that any of the following conditions exist thereon: (a) Buildings or units therein which are abandoned, left open, partially destroyed, or only partially constructed and remaining in that condition for more than sixty (60) days without being repaired or completed as required by the Director of Building Safety and Housing. (b) Broken windows, remaining in that condition for more than thirty (30) days and constituting hazardous conditions or inviting trespassers or malicious mischief~ (c)) Signs relating to uses no longer conducted or products no longer sold at the building presently used as a multiple family building. (d) Causing substantial diminution of the enjoyment, use, or property values of adjacent properties by failing to maintain building or premises to the maintenance standards of the adjacent properties. Sec. 8-1952. Maintenance of Property. Abatement of Nuisances by Repair, Rehabilitation, Demolition or Removal. (a) Ail or any part of premises found by the Director of Building Safety and Housing to be maintained in violation of section 8-1951 are declared to be a public nuisance and may be abated by rehabilitation, demolition, or repair pursuant to the procedures set forth in Chapter 17 of Jthis Code. (b) The procedures set forth in Chapter 17 shall not in any manner, however, limit or restrict the city from enforcing criminal sanctions under Section 8-1951 or other city ordinances or state law, or limit the city from abating public nuisances in any other manner provided by law.