[R.O. 1993 § 512.010; Ord. No. 740 § 1, 12-16-2002; Ord. No. 1030, 12-16-2019[1]]
It is the purpose of this Chapter to provide for effective monitoring and routine inspection of vacant buildings and structures that, due to Housing Code violations, may endanger the life, limb, health, property, safety or welfare of the general public and this Chapter shall apply to all residential structures that have been vacant for more than six (6) months and that are subject to Housing Code violations. It is also the purpose of this Chapter to provide for effective monitoring and routine inspection of all rental properties in the City so as to ensure the safety and welfare of the general public and protect the rights of property owners and persons renting such properties; in addition, the City seeks to have adequate contact information for non-resident owners so that such owners will receive proper notice of unlawful conditions of the property and nuisance abatement as required by law.
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Editor's Note: Ord. No. 1030 also set out the existing material within this Chapter in Articles to allow for better structure with new material being added.
[R.O. 1993 § 512.020; Ord. No. 740 § 1, 12-16-2002]
The following words and phrases, when used in this Chapter, shall mean:
HOUSING CODE
A local building, fire, health, property maintenance, nuisance or other ordinance which contains standards regulating the condition or maintenance of residential buildings.
RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE
Dwellings, including one-family dwellings, two-family dwellings, attached townhouse dwellings and multiple-family dwellings having four (4) or less living units (other than university-owned housing, college fraternities and sororities, hotels or motels and multi-family dwellings, boarding houses or residential care/assisted living facilities each having five (5) or more living units), offered for rent or lease to any person who otherwise qualifies for an occupancy permit and who is not the owner of record of said property.
[Ord. No. 1030, 12-16-2019]