HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-1982-0509INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER DAVIS
ORDINANCE NO. 5n9
Series of 1982
TITLE: AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REENACTING SECTION 5-37 OF THE CODE OF LAWS
OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO, ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE UNIFORM
CODE FOR THE ABATEMENT OF DANGEROUS DWELLINGS, 1982 EDITION, COPYRIGHT
1982 AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO THAT:
Section 1. Section 5-37 of the Code of Laws of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado
is hereby repealed and reenacted as follows:
"The Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings 1982 Edition,
copyright 1982, by the International Conference of Building Officials, is
hereby adopted by reference and incorporated into this article as though
fully set forth herein as the Code of the City of Wheat Ridge for the
Abatement of Dangerous Buildings. Three (3) copies of said Uniform Code
for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings shall be filed in the office of
the City Clerk and may be inspected during regular business hours. Such
Code is hereby adopted in full.
Section 2. Purpose. The purpose of this Code is to provide a just, equitable
and practicable method to be cumulative with and in addition to any other
remedies provided by the Uniform Building Code, 1982 Edition, or otherwise
available at law; whereby buildings or structures which, for any reason, endanger
life, limb, health, morals, property, safety, or general welfare of the public or
the occupants of said structures, may be required to be repaired, vacated or
demolished.
Section 3. Violation and Penalties. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm
or corporation to wreck, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve, remove,
convert or demolish, equip, use, or permit the same to be done, contrary to, or in
violation of any of the provisions of the Uniform Building Code.
Section 4. Severability. If any part or parts of this ordinance are for any
reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it
would have passed this ordinance and each part or parts thereof, irrespective of
the fact that any one part or parts be declared invalid.
Section 5. Safety Clause. The City Council hereby finds, determines, and
declares that this ordinance is promulgated under the police power of the City of
Wheat Ridge; that it is promulgated for the health, safety, and welfare of the
public, and that this ordinance is necessary for the preservation of health and
safety for the protection of public convenience and welfare. The City Council
further determines that the ordinance bears a rational relation to these
objectives.
Section 6. This ordinance shall take effect 1 day after final publication.
INTRODUCED, READ, AN
this 27th day of _
newspaper of general
and consideration on
1982 at 7:30 o'clock
Ridge, Colorado.
D ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 8 to 0 on
Se tember 1982 ordered published in full in a
circulation in the City of Wheat Ridge and Public Hearing
final passage set for October 11
p.m., at Council Chambers, 7500 West 29t venue, Wheat
ORDINANCE NO. 509
READ, ADOPTED, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final reading by a vote of
8 to 0 on this 11th day of October 1982.
SIGNED by the Mayor on this 'day of 1982.
trv ! ^o
Frank Stites, Mayor
ATTES~ti `
Carol Hampf, City Clerk
1st. Publication Sept. 30, 1982
2nd. Publication Oct. 21, 1982
Wheat Ridge Sentinel
Effective Date Oct_ 220 1982
APPROVED AS TO FORM
BY OFF E OF ITY TTO EY:
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