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Subdivision 113 – Violations and Enforcement
Article I. General
13-12-010 Scope.
13-12-020 Code violations – Liability.
13-12-030 Building owner or agent – Posting requirements.
13-12-050 Construction, alteration, installation, repair or razing without permit – Penalty.
13-12-060 Architects, engineers, contractors, etc. – Failure to conform with code provisions – Penalty.
13-12-070 Failure of property conformance with code – Request for injunction.
13-12-080 Failure to acquire permits for construction, alteration, installation, repair or razing – Stop work order.
13-12-090 Remedies cumulative.
13-12-100 Official right of entry – Interference unlawful.
13-12-110 Violation or noncompliance by a business – License revocation.
13-12-120 Code violations – Closure of buildings or premises.
13-12-125 Vacant buildings – Owner required to act – Enforcement authority.
13-12-126 Vacant buildings – Mortgagee required to act – Enforcement authority.
13-12-127 Mortgagee to inspect real estate.
13-12-128 Termination.
13-12-129 Vacant buildings – Water supply shut off.
13-12-130 Dangerous or unsafe buildings – Written notice – Demolition, repair – Costs.
13-12-131 City board up provision.
13-12-135 Minimum requirements for vacant buildings.
13-12-140 Vacant or open buildings – Watchman required – Violation – Penalty.
13-12-145 Improperly maintained buildings and structures subject to nuisance abatement proceedings.
13-12-147 Hazardous vacant buildings – Mandatory incarceration authorized when.
13-12-148 Hazardous vacant buildings – Warning placard for first responders authorized when – Unlawful acts.
13-12-150 Severability.
Article II. Electrical Provisions
Part A. General
13-12-160 Space and access to be provided.
13-12-170 Removal of obstructions and examination of equipment.
13-12-180 Unlawful use of electrical equipment and appliances.
13-12-190 Cut off power and attaching seals.
13-12-200 Disturbance of existing wiring.
13-12-210 Overfusing conductors or apparatus.
Part B. Reserved
13-12-220 Reserved.
13-12-230 Reserved.
13-12-240 Reserved.
13-12-250 Reserved.
13-12-260 Reserved.
13-12-270 Reserved.
Part C. Reserved
13-12-280 Reserved.
13-12-290 Reserved.
13-12-300 Reserved.
13-12-310 Reserved.
13-12-320 Reserved.
13-12-330 Reserved.
13-12-340 Reserved.
Part D. Reserved
13-12-350 Reserved.
Part E. Permits Generally
13-12-360 Permits required.
13-12-370 Permits – Issuance conditions.
13-12-375 Reserved.
13-12-380 Inspection.
13-12-390 Reserved.
13-12-400 Reinspection.
13-12-410 Record of permits.
13-12-420 Use of equipment.
13-12-430 Suspension of permit privileges.
13-12-440 Revocation of permits.
13-12-450 Use of permit issued to another.
13-12-460 Permit for person not entitled to one.
13-12-470 Alteration of forms.
13-12-480 Revocation of permit or certificate of inspection; and suspension, revocation or reinstatement of a certificate of registration.
Part F. Monthly Permits
13-12-490 When issued.
13-12-500 Application.
13-12-510 Appointment of supervising electrician.
13-12-520 Certification of supervising electrician.
13-12-530 Record of installation.
13-12-540 Revocation of permits.
Part G. Maintenance Permits
13-12-550 Maintenance listing for permit privileges.
13-12-560 Application.
13-12-570 Maintenance.
13-12-580 Work installed by contract.
13-12-590 Locations of buildings to be recorded.
13-12-600 Appointment of supervising electrician.
13-12-610 Certification of supervising electrician.
13-12-620 Revocation of permit.
Part H. Reserved
Part I. Reserved
Part J. Poles, Wires and Conductors
13-12-820 Permit to erect.
13-12-830 Requirement before permits issued.
13-12-840 Inspection and fees.
13-12-850 Removal of pole.
13-12-860 Location.
13-12-870 Impeding traffic.
13-12-880 Supervision.
Part K. Violation of Article
13-12-890 Penalty
ARTICLE I. GENERAL* (13-12-010 et seq.)
* Editor's note – Coun. J. 11-3-99, p. 13842, § 1, added the title of Article I to read as herein set out.
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the building provisions, electrical and fire regulations and minimum standards of living and working conditions of this Code. In interpreting and applying said provisions of this Code such provisions shall in every instance be held to be the minimum requirements adopted for the protection and promotion of the public health, safety and welfare.
(Prior code § 39-1; Amend Coun. J. 10-2-95, p. 8019)
Unless otherwise specifically provided, the owner, his agent for the purpose of managing, controlling or collecting rents and any other person managing or controlling a building or premises in any part of which there is a violation of the provisions of this Code enumerated in Section 13-12-010, shall be liable for any violation therein, existing or occurring, or which may have existed or occurred, at or during any time when such person is or was the person owning or managing, controlling, or acting as agent in regard to said buildings or premises and is subject to injunctions, abatement orders or other remedial orders. Wherever used in said provisions of this Code, the “owner” shall include any person entitled under any agreement to the control or direction of the management or disposition of the building or premises or of any part of the building or premises where the violation in question occurs.
The liabilities and obligations hereunder imposed on an owner shall attach to a trustee under a land trust, holding title to such building, structure or premises without the right of possession, management or control, unless said trustee in a proceeding under said provisions of this Code discloses in a verified pleading or in an affidavit filed with the court, the name and last known address of each person who was a beneficiary of the trust at the time of the alleged violation and of each person, if any, who was then acting as agent for the purpose of managing, controlling or collecting rents, as the same may appear on the records of the trust.
The liabilities and obligations imposed on an owner shall attach to any mortgage company or any other person with or without an interest in the building or premises who knowingly takes any action in any judicial or administrative proceeding that is intended to delay issuance or enforcement of any remedy for any violation of the Building Code then in existence; provided that with respect to fines such person shall be liable only for fines which accrue on or after the date of such action; and further provided that no liability shall be imposed under this section for any action taken in any proceeding, including a proceeding to foreclose on a lien, that does not delay or prevent the prosecution of any action brought by the city to enforce the Building Code.
(Prior code § 39-2; Amend Coun. J. 4-12-00, p. 29471, § 1)
The owner of any building having residential units designed or used for two or more family units or designed or used for sleeping accommodations, other than family units, for more than ten persons shall post, or cause to be posted, in a prominent place in a common area of the building accessible from the public way, or affixed to the building so as to be visible from the public way, the name, address, and telephone number of the owner, his agent for the purpose of managing, controlling or collecting rents and any other person managing or controlling such building.
(Prior code § 39-2.1)
13-12-040 Violation of chapters enumerated in Section 13-12-010 – Penalty.
Any violation of, or resistance to or interference with the enforcement of Section 13-12-010 or the Building Code as defined in Section 1-4-090(h), to which no other penalty provision is applicable shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500.00 and not more than $1,000.00, and each day such violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
(Prior code § 39-3; Amend Coun. J. 11-10-94, p. 59125; Amend Coun. J. 11-21-17, p. 61858, Art. VIII, § 9)
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