[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).