There is hereby adopted by the city, for the purpose of prescribing
regulations in a just, equitable and practicable method, to be cumulative
with and in addition to any other remedy provided by the building
code or otherwise available by law, whereby buildings or structures
which from any cause endanger the life, limb, health, morals, property,
safety, or welfare of the general public or their occupants may be
required to be repaired, vacated or demolished, that certain code
and standards known as the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous
Buildings, published by the International Conference of Building Officials,
being in particular the 1997 edition thereof, and the whole thereof.
One copy of the code has been and is now filed in the city secretary’s
office, and the same is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as
if set out at length herein, and from the date on which this section
shall take effect the provisions thereof shall be controlling within
the limits of the city.
(Ordinance 98-02-02, sec. 1, adopted 2/25/98)
Wherever the word “jurisdiction” is used in the
Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, it is referring
to the City of Lavon.
(Ordinance 98-02-02, sec. 2, adopted 2/25/98)
Any person, corporation, or association violating any provisions of this article shall be deemed guilty of an offense, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine in accordance with the general penalty provided in section 1.01.009 of this code. Each violation thereof shall be deemed a separate offense, and shall be punished accordingly; provided however, compliance may be further sought through injunctive relief in the district court.
(Ordinance 98-02-02, sec. 3, adopted 2/25/98; Ordinance adopting 2018 Code)
