Manchester, N.Y., Code of Ordinances ch. 252 (eCode360 ed. 2026) § 252-15

A. Imminent danger. Upon a finding of the Code Official, there is imminent danger of failure or collapse of a building structure or imminent danger upon a premises which endangers life or when any part of a structure has fallen and life is endangered by the occupation of the structure or when there is actual or potential danger to the building occupants or persons or property in proximity of any structure, the Code Official is hereby authorized and empowered to order and require the occupants to vacate the premises forthwith. The Code Official shall cause to be posted at each entrance to such structure or property a notice reading as follows: "The Structure is Unsafe and Its Occupancy Has Been Prohibited by the Code Official." It shall be unlawful for any person to enter such structure except for the purpose of securing the structure, making the required repairs, removing the hazardous condition or of demolishing the same or health and safety reasons or investigation purposes. B. Temporary safeguards. Notwithstanding other provisions of this code, whenever, in the opinion of the Code Official, there is imminent danger due to an unsafe condition, the Code Official shall order the necessary work to be done, including the boarding up of openings, to render such structure temporarily safe whether or not the legal procedure herein described has been instituted and shall cause such other action to be taken as the Code Official deems necessary to meet such emergency. In the furtherance of public safety the Code Official may consult with the Town Engineer, police or fire officials. C. Closing of streets. When necessary for public safety, the Code Official shall temporarily close structures, or order the authority having jurisdiction to close, sidewalks, streets, public ways and places adjacent to unsafe structures, and prohibit the same from being utilized.