(A) Adoption of Unsafe Building Law. The town hereby adopts IC 36-7-9, which establishes the Indiana Unsafe Building Law, and explicitly incorporates by reference the definition of SUBSTANTIAL PROPERTY INTEREST found in IC 36-7-9-2.
(B) Appointment of department to administer.
(1) The Building and Zoning Department shall be the executive department authorized to administer this section and its provisions as the same presently exist, or as may be amended hereafter from time to time.
(2) The Hearing Authority shall consist of one citizen member, one elected Town Council member, and one Plan Commission member, who may be either a Town Council member or citizen member, as determined by the Town Council. The term of office for each member of the Hearing Authority shall be annual, from date of appointment to December 31 of said year of appointment. Members may be reappointed each year at the determination of the Town Council.
(C) Construction. Any reference to a state statute shall mean the statute as amended from time to time, or any similar statutory provision that may supersede it relating to the same or similar subject matter.
(D) Penalty or violation. Violations of this section shall be addressed as established in IC 36-7-9 as it may be amended from time to time.
(Ord. 1000, passed 5-1-07; Am. Ord. 1255, passed 3-7-17)
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