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HomeMy WebLinkAbout013 - 09/12/1930 - CONCERNING THE PRESERVATION OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY AND ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES (EMERGENCY OR ORDINANCE NO 13 , 1930 BEING AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE CONCERNING THE PRESERVATION OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY AND ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES BE IT ORDAINED B`r THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS Section 1 If it shall be made to appear to the Commissioner of Safety and Health and Ex-Officio Mayor of the City of Fort Collins, that any premises within said City are in an insanitary or dangerous condition, or that the same are filthy, offensive or are dangerous to the life or property of persons or may cause an unnecessary fire hazard, he shall forthwith cause notice of such condition to be given to the owner, agent or occupant of said property and order said premises to be put in proper condition within such period thereafter as he may deem necessary, however, not less than twenty-four (24) hours If the owner, agent or occupant of said premises shall fail or refuse to comply with the order of said Commissioner of Safety and Health and Ex-Officio Mayor within the time given therein, then the matter of said failure or refusal to comply with said order, shall be heard before the next meeting of the City Council of the City of Fort Collins, without further notice to the owner, agent or occupant of said premises, and at said meeting said owner, agent or occupant of said premises or any other person interested, may appear and be heard After said hearing the said City Council shall make such order concerning remedying the con- dition complained of as may be deemed necessary and may declare the said premises to be a nuisance, 'Iand cause the same to be -1- remedied, repaired or abated, and shall assess the expense of so doing against the lot or premises upon which said condition or nuisance may be found as provided by law Section 2 Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit the power of the Commissioner of Safety and Health and Ex-Officio Mayor in case of an emergency for the preservation of the public health or safety, to summarily remedy, change, repair or abate any dangerous or unhealthy condition found to exist,,Jwithout any notice to any person whatsoever Section 3 In case the said lot or premises are not occupied and the owner thereof is not found within the City of Fort Collins when the said notice is about to be given, said City Council may have said premises cleaned, changed, repaired or the nuisance abated without serving personal notice of any kind upon the owner or agent thereof, and may assess the costs thereof against said lot or premises Section 4 Any person ordered to clean, repair, change or make safe any property or abate any nuisance, may do so at his own expense, if suitable arrangements therefor are made with the Commissioner of Safety and Health and Ex- Officio Mayor, prior to the time when the said City shall start carrying out any order made under this ordinance Section 5 Anyone violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in a sum not less than $5 00 nor more than $300 00 and costs of suit , and in default of payment thereof, shall be committed to jail until such fine and costs are paid Section 6 In the opinion of the City Council an emergency exists for the preservation of the public health, peace and safety, and this ordinance shall -2- take effect upon its passage and publication, under and by virtue of the authority contained in Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter Introduced, read at length and adopted by the unanimous vote of all the members of the City Council at a regular meeting held this 12th day of September, A D 1930 Commissioner of Safety and ° 9Officio ATTEST Mayor City Ulerk STATE OF COLORADO ) ss County of Larimer ) I, A J ROSEUOW, City Clerk of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby certify and declare that the foregoing Ordinance, consisting of six (6) sections, was duly proposed and read at length at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 12th day of September, A D 1930, and was duly adopted and ordered published in the Fort Collins Express-Courier, a daily newspaper and the official newspaper of the City of Fort Collins, by the unanimous vote of all members of the Council, as an emergency ordinance, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter, and thereafter and on to-wit the 16th day of September, A D 1930, said Ordinance No 13 was duly pub- lished in the Fort Collins Express-Courier, a daily newspaper published in the City of Fort Collins, Colorado IN W TTNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said City, this 16th day of September, A D 1930 City Clerk