[Ord. No. 1147 §1, 10-19-2009]
A certain document, one (1) copy of which is on file in the
office of the City Clerk of the City of Breckenridge Hills, Missouri,
being marked and designated as 2000 International Residential Building
Code, as published by the Building Officials and Code Administrators
International, Inc. is hereby adopted.
Any person who shall violate a provision of the code adopted
in this Article or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements
thereof or who shall erect, construct, alter or repair a building
or structure in violation of an approved plan of or directive of the
Code Official, or of a permit or certificate issued under the provision
of this code, shall be guilty of an ordinance violation, punishable
by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or by
imprisonment not exceeding three (3) months, or both such fine and
imprisonment. Each day that a violation continues after due notice
has been served shall be deemed a separate offense.
[Ord. No. 1251 §§ 1
— 2, 9-19-2016]
A. Structures used for multi-family residential purposes, defined herein
as any hotel or any structure consisting of more than two (2) single-family
dwelling units, and the premises on which such structures are located,
shall be subject to a bi-annual (every two (2) years) code enforcement
inspection of all exterior areas and all interior areas that are accessible
to the residents or public or that house equipment or facilities that
service the residents.
B. The City's Code Enforcement Officer shall establish a schedule for
such inspections and shall make such schedule available to the public.
If a particular structure has been subject to such an inspection under
another provision of the City Code within two (2) years prior to the
scheduled inspection, the Code Enforcement Officer shall forgo the
scheduled inspection and shall conduct the bi-annual inspection at
the next scheduled time.
C. The bi-annual code enforcement inspection shall be subject to fees
set from time to time by the City Council, which fees shall be limited
to the cost of conducting the inspection and may be set by ordinance
or resolution. Failure to pay such fee without good cause shall be
a violation of this Section, which violation shall be subject to a
fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
D. All code violations identified through the inspection process shall
be addressed as otherwise provided in this Chapter, including fine
and imprisonment as permitted by law, the refusal to issue occupancy
permits, and the forced closure of the multi-family residential structure
if so deemed necessary by the Code Enforcement Officer for the preservation
of the health, safety, and welfare of the structure's residents or
the general public.
E. The fee for a bi-annual inspection shall be seventy-five dollars
($75.00). The fee for any necessary follow-up inspection to determine
code compliance shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00).