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1. Written notice of violation will precede the issuance of a citation, in which the vacant property owner will be given 30 days, as determined by the City Mayor or his or her designee, to remedy the violation. Written notice shall be issued to the vacant structure property owner by means of personal service, or by first class mail to his or her last known address according to the county appraisal district records, and by posting on the property.
2. Failure to register with the city after written notice to the vacant structure property owner, as is hereinafter specified, is a violation of this article.
3. Any person, firm or corporation found guilty of violating any of the provisions of this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor of an ordinance affecting the public health and safety, and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine in accordance with the general provisions of this code of ordinances.
4. Administrative, civil and criminal enforcement are alternative remedies which may be sought independently of each other.
(Ord. 2019-05, passed 7-8-2019)
The legislature of the state has, in 82 O.S. §§ 1601 through 1618 as amended, delegated the responsibility to local governmental units to adopt ordinances designed to minimize flood losses. Therefore, the city ordains the following, to be effective on and after July 20, 2009.
1. The flood hazard areas of the city are subject to periodic inundation, which results in loss of life and property, health and safety hazards, disruption of commerce and governmental services, and extra ordinary public expenditures for flood protection and relief, all of which adversely affect the public health, safety and general welfare.
2. These flood losses are created by the cumulative effect of obstructions in floodplains which cause an increase in flood heights and velocities, and by the occupancy of flood hazards areas by uses vulnerable to floods and hazardous to other lands because they are inadequately elevated, flood-proofed or otherwise protected from flood damage.
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