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9810-07 Amend Chapter 6 - Add Section 37.1 - Require Registration and Maintenance of Vacant and Abandoned Buildings
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9810-07 Amend Chapter 6 - Add Section 37.1 - Require Registration and Maintenance of Vacant and Abandoned Buildings
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11/26/2007
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9810-07
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(3) In order to protect a building against unlawful entN or vandalism while it is <br />vacant an owner may secure the windows and doors of the building by the use of <br />boarding. If boarding is used to secure the building, the following standards must be <br />met: Windows shall be framed by two by four (2x4) boards secured with plywood to the <br />frame by using six (6) seven-inch lag bolts into King studs in all corners and in the <br />center of the vertical boards. The plywood must be 4 ply CDX sheeting or approved <br />equivalent material, no less than one half inch in thickness and attached by tamper <br />proof screws no less than three inches in length. The screws must be type W for wood <br />and type S for steel, and must be applied to a maximum of eight (8) inches on center. <br />(4) Boarding of a vacant structure is to be considered a temporary and not a <br />long term method of securing the building. Any boards applied to secure doors and <br />windows for more than thirty days must be surface coated with exterior grade paint so <br />as to reduce the blighting effect on the immediate neighborhood. <br />(h) Registration fee <br />(1) The owner of any building required to be registered under this section <br />shall pay an annual registration fee to the Department of Code Enforcement upon <br />registration. However, the owner of a building that is vacant but not abandoned within <br />the meaning of this section, who voluntarily registers the building pursuant to subsection <br />(d)(3), is not required to pay a registration fee. <br />(2) If the building is used for or zoned for residential purposes and contains <br />not more than three (3) residential units the registration fee shall be fifty dollars ($50.00 <br />per year. <br />3) If the building is used or zoned for residential ourooses and contains more <br />than three (3) residential units, or if it is used or zoned for any non-residential purposes, <br />the fee shall be two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) for the first year or any part <br />thereof, three hundred and seventy-five dollars ($375.00) for the second year or any <br />part thereof, and five hundred dollars ($500.00) for the third and each subsequent year <br />or any part thereof that the property is required to be registered pursuant to this section. <br />(4) The purpose of the registration fee is to reimburse the Department of <br />Code Enforcement for the costs of monitoring the property and the additional costs of <br />responding to emergencies and property maintenance requirements for a vacant and <br />abandoned building. <br />(i) Liability Insurance <br />(1) The owner of any property required to be registered by this section must <br />maintain a policy of liability insurance for the building, and must provide to the <br />Department of Code Enforcement the name, address and telephone number of the <br />insurance agent and carrier, along with a copy of the certificate or other proof of <br />
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