§ 165-15. General requirements.

A. 

Buildings and parts thereof shall be maintained so as to be capable of sustaining safely their own weights and the loads to which they may be subject.

B. 

Buildings shall be maintained so that loads are transmitted to the soil without undue differential settlement, unsafe deformation or movement of the building or of any structural part.

C. 

Buildings shall be maintained so that protection is provided for all structural members which may become unsound if left unprotected. Causes of such deterioration include, among others, action of freezing and thawing, dampness, corrosion, wetting and drying and termites and other destructive insects.

D. 

Buildings built in soil which is water-bearing at any season of the year shall be maintained so that ground- and surface waters will not penetrate into habitable spaces, basements and cellars.