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(C) The means of egress are manifestly unsafe or unusable; <br />(D) Any part of the building is so attached that, from its own weight or <br />from the effects of wind, rain or other natural forces, it may fall and injure <br />occupants of the building, other persons or other property; <br />(E) The condition of the electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing system <br />serving the building poses a manifest hazard to the building's occupants, <br />other persons or other property; or <br />(F) The building has been damaged by fire, wind, water, vandalism or <br />other causes to the extent that it poses a hazard to the occupants of the <br />building, other persons or other property; <br />(2) Regardless of its structural condition, if the building is unoccupied by its <br />owner, lessee or other invitees and is unsecured from unauthorized entry to the <br />extent that it could be entered or used by vagrants or other uninvited persons as a <br />place of harborage or could be entered or used by children; or <br />(3) If the building is boarded up, fenced or otherwise secured in any manner but: <br />(A) The building constitutes a danger to the public even though secured <br />from entry; or <br />(B) The means used to secure the building are inadequate to prevent <br />unauthorized entry or use of the building in the manner described by <br />subsection (2) of this section. <br />Sec. 14.241. Inspection and initial notice. <br />(a) The building official will respond to all complaints that a building is in <br />violation of this article by inspecting the building. <br />(b) After initially determining that a building is unsafe, the building official will <br />issue an initial notice of unsafe building to the owner of the building. The city will <br />use its best efforts to determine the identity and address of any owner, lienholder <br />or mortgagee of the building through the records of county clerks and other <br />sources available to the city. <br />(c) An initial notice of unsafe building will contain the following information: <br />(1) The street address of the building; <br />(2) A description of the conditions that make the building an unsafe <br />building; <br />