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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-1993-0912 INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER P. EDWARDS ORDINANCE NO. 912 Council Bill No. 1n Series of 1992 TITLE: AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REENACTING SECTION 5-80 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO, ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE UNIFORM CODE FOR THE ABATEMENT OF DANGEROUS BUILDINGS, 1991 EDITION, COPYRIGHT 1991 AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO THAT: Section 1. Section 5-80 of the Code of Laws of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado is hereby repealed and reenacted as follows: The Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings 1991 Edition, copyright 1991, by the International Conference of Building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, 1991 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. Any person, firm, association or other entity doing any act or omission in violation of this Code shall be subject to prosecution, and subsequent penalty, if any, as provided in Section 5- 5 of the Code of Laws of the City of Wheat Ridge. 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 anyone part or parts be declared invalid. ORDINANCE NO. 912 Page 2 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 heal th 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 final publication. 15 days after INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 7 to 0 on this 2nd day of December 1992; ordered published in full in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Wheat Ridge and Public hearing and consideration on final passage be set for January 11 , 1993, at 7:30 o'clock P.M. in Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado. READ, ADOPTED by a vote of January AND ORDERED of 8 , 1993. PUBLISHED on second and final reading to 0 this 11 th day SIGNED by the Mayor on this 12th day of January 1993. / /) i ;<<Jj,c,,/ ). C Ray J. ,~ger, OJ" I M or -"'V r ATTEST: ) / III', Wanda Sang, ......' Ci ty /Clerk I APPROVED ~O ~ORM/BY CITY ATTORNEY: /( ///~~ John jayes, City A~ey 1st publication: December 10, 1992 2nd publication: January 21, 1993 Wheat Ridge Sentinel: Effective Date: February 5, 1993 (code/abatmt.dangrs.bldgs/92)