Wichita, KS Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)

All buildings or structures which are structurally unsafe or not provided with adequate egress, or which constitute a fire hazard, or are otherwise dangerous to human life, or which in relation to existing use constitute a hazard to safety or health or public welfare, by reason of inadequate maintenance, dilapidation, obsolescence, fire hazard, or abandonment, as specified in this code or any other effective ordinance, are, for the purpose of this section, unsafe buildings. All such unsafe buildings are declared to be public nuisances and shall be abated as hereinafter provided. Whenever the central inspection superintendent shall file with the governing body a statement in writing that any structure, describing the same and where located, is unsafe or dangerous the governing body shall, by resolution, fix a time and place at which the owner, his agent, any lienholder of record and any occupant of such structure may appear and show cause why such structure should not be condemned and ordered repaired or demolished. Such resolution shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks on the same day of each week. At least thirty days shall elapse between the last publication and the date set for the hearing. A copy of the resolution shall be mailed by certified mail within three days after its first publication to each owner, agent, lienholder and occupant, at his or its last known place of residence, and shall be marked "deliver to addressee only."