CHAPTER 1351
General Provisions and Definitions

1351.01   Short title.

1351.011   International Property Maintenance Code.

1351.02   Purposes.

1351.03   Scope.

1351.04   Application to existing buildings.

1351.05   Conflict of laws.

1351.06   Separability.

1351.07   Enforcement; equitable  remedies.

1351.08   Definitions.

CROSS REFERENCES

      Board of Building Code Appeals - see ADM. Ch. 154

      Minimum size of dwellings - see P. & Z. 1113.06

      Certificates of occupancy; occupancy permits - see BLDG. Ch. 1313

      House numbering- see BLDG. 1313.03, 1355.15

      Garbage disposal units - see BLDG. 1325.02

      Moving of dwellings; fees - see BLDG. Ch. 1327, 1329.03

      Permits, fees and deposits - see BLDG. Ch. 1329

1351.01 SHORT TITLE.

   This Title Five of Part Thirteen of the Codified Ordinances shall be known and may be cited and referred to as "The Residential Exterior Maintenance Code of the City of Beachwood" or just "the Housing Code." (Ord. 1984-118. Passed 1-7-85.)

1351.011 INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE.

   The most recent edition of the International Property Maintenance Code, as prepared and published by the International Code Council, Inc., is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for the maintenance of all single family dwellings including residential rental dwellings.  Any amendments to such Code or any new edition of such Code shall automatically be adopted by reference.  From and after the original effective date of this section, the provisions of the International Property Maintenance Code shall regulate the maintenance of all single family dwellings including residential rental dwellings, within the corporate limits of the City.

(Ord.  2020-72.  Passed 5-18-20.)

1351.02 PURPOSES.

   Within the scope of this International Property and Residential Exterior Maintenance Code, the purposes of this Code are to establish minimum standards necessary to make exterior property areas and all dwelling structures safe, sanitary, free from fire and health hazards, fit for human habitation and beneficial to the public welfare; to establish minimum standards governing the maintenance of dwelling structures and exterior property areas in such condition as will not constitute a blighting or deteriorating influence on the neighborhood and the community; to fix responsibilities for owners and occupants of dwelling structures with respect to sanitation, repair and maintenance; to authorize the exterior inspection of dwelling structures; to establish enforcement procedures; to authorize the vacation or condemnation of dwelling structures unsafe or unfit for human habitation; and to fix penalties for violations.

(Ord.  2020-72.  Passed 5-18-20.)