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HomeMy WebLinkAbout066 - 07/03/2019 - ADOPTING A CODE FOR THE ABATEMENT OF DANGEROUS BUILDINGS ORDINANCE NO 669 1979 BEING AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A CODE FOR THE ABATEMENT OF DANGEROUS BUILDINGS TO PROVIDE A JUST, EQUITABLE, AND PRACTICABLE METHOD WHEREBY BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES WHICH FROM ANY CAUSE ENDANGER THE LIFE, LIMB, HEALTH, MOr BLS , PROPERTY, SAFETY, OR WELFARE OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC OR THEIR OCCUPANTS MAY BE REQUIRED TO BE REPAIRED, VACATED, OR DEMOLISHED AND ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE UNIFORM CODE FOR THE ABATEMENT OF DANGEROUS BUILDINGS, 1976, PROMULGATED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BUILDING OFFICIALS AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS Section 1 Pursuant to the authority conferred by Section 7, Article II , of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins, there is hereby adopted by the City of Fort Collins for the purpose of providing for the protection of public health and safety and for the purpose of providing a just, equit- able, and practicable method whereby buildings or structures which from any cause endanger the life, limb, health, morals , property, safety, or welfare of the general public or their occupants, may be required to be repaired, vacated, or demolished, that certain Code known as the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, 1976 Edition, promulgated by the International Conference of Budding Officials and the whole thereof, including the introduction, table of contents, and index thereto, of which Code not less than three (3) copies have been and now are filed in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Fort Collins and may be inspected at regular business hours or purchased by the public at a price not to exceed the actual cost of the same to the City of Fort Collins, and such Code is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set forth herein from the date on which this Ordinance shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the limits of the City of Fort Collins, Colorado Section 2 The Code adopted by this Ordinance (the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildinqs, 1976) does not contain any separate penalty provision Section 1-23 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins, which provides as follows, would be applicable to violations of this Code "§1-23 General penalty for violations Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of the Code, or any provision of any code or other regulation adopted by reference by this Code, by doing any act prohibited or declared to be unlawful thereby, or declared to be an offense or misdemeanor thereby, or who shall engage in or exercise any business or occupation or do anything for which a license or permit is required, without having a valid license or permit therefor as required, or who shall fail to do any act required by any such provision, or who shall fail to do any act when such provision declares such failure to be unlawful or to be an offense or misde- meanor, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon convic- tion, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300) or by imprisonment not exceeding ninety (90) days, in addition to the collection of any costs which may be provided for, unless a specific penalty is provided for a particular misdemeanor Each day upon which any violation shall continue shall constitute a separate misdemeanor unless some other specific time period is provided for any particular violation " Introduced, considered favorably on first reading and ordered pub- lished this 5th day of June, A D 1979, and to be presented for final passage on the 3rd day of July, A D 1979 i 7ST � or i Ci y Clerk !i Passed and adopted on final reading this 3rd day of July, A D 1979 7T Mayor Ci y Clerk -2-