HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-1980-0397INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMErTER MERKL
ORDINANCE NO. 397
Series of 1980
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, 1979 EDITION, COPYRIGHT 1979, AND PROVIDING
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE,
COLORADO:
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Ridge, Colorado, is hereby repealed and reenacted as follows: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
1979 Edition, copyright 1979, 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 Abate-
ment 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, 1979 Edition, or otherwise available at law, whereby buildings
or structures which, for any reason, endanger the 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,
occupy or maintain any building or structure in the City, or cause
or permit the same to be done, contrary to, or in violation of any
of the provisions of the Uniform Building Code.
Section 4. Severabili~y. 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 14 days after final
publication.
ORDINANCE NO. 397
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 8
to 0 on this 17th day of _ _ March _ 1980; ordered
published in full in a newspaper of general circulation in the
City of Wheat Ridge and Public Hearing and consideration on final
passage set for pgonday. Apriugy , 1980, at
7:30 o'clock p.m., at Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th Avenue,
Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
READ, ADOPTED, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final reading
by a vote 8 to 0 on this 14th day of April
1980.
SIGNED by the Mayor on this 15th day of April
1980.
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Frank Stites--Mayor
ATTEST:
Carol Hamp Cityrk / i
lst Publication Mar. 20, 1980
2nd Publication Apr. 17, 1980
Effective Date May 1, 1980
APPROVED AS TO FORM
BY THE OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY:
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