Amending Section 6-37 Addressing Vacant Building Maintenance & Registration

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Ordinance Amending Vacant Building Maintenance and Registration Regulations Page 2 (3) If the building is used or zoned for residential purposes and contains more than three (3) residential units, or if it is used or zoned for any non - residential purposes, the fee shall be4we hundred and uca.. dollars ($250.00) five hundred dollars ($500.00) for the first year or any part thereof, t?reo tundred,.. d seventy rive della f s ($375.00 ) seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) for the second year or any part thereof, and five htmdred dollars ($500.00 one thousand dollars $1 000.00) for the third year and each subsequent year or any part thereof that the property is required to be registered pursuant to this section. (4) The purpose of the registration fee is to reimburse the Department of Code Enforcement for the costs of continual monitoring the property by trained staff, and the additional costs of responding to emergencies and property maintenance requirements for a vacant and abandoned building, which includes but is not limited to personnel costs associated therewith to see that there is compliance with regard to repairs demolition blight elimination deconstruction and legal expenses incurred by the city. (5) The Director of the Department of Code Enforcement shall have the limited authority to waive accrued fees and/or fines on a case by case basis when those costs are determined to impede positive action on an individual property to rehabilitate it for public benefit. (6) The Department of Code Enforcement shall produce and maintain records showing when a property has been repaired; when a proper has become occupied secured and has its utilities turned on; when a property has been demolished and when a property has been placed under contract for demolition prior to December 31" of each calendar year; and each of those properties which can be verified as meeting one of these criteria shall not be required to register and pay the applicable fee. (7) The Department of Code Enforcement shall file with the Office of the Cif Clerk an Annual Report by the first Monday of May which details the number of buildings which paid a registration fee for each category addressed in 11 (3) herein; the number of cases where the accrued fees and /or fines were waived; and other pertinent data related to the collection of fees Section II. If any part, subsection, section, paragraph, sub - paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this ordinance is for any reason declared to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. Section III. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by the Common Council, approval by the Mayor, and le a publica r Tim Scott, I st District Council Member