ARTICLE I
TITLE, SCOPE, SEVERABILITY

SECTION 16C-100. TITLE.

This Chapter shall be known as the Columbus Violations Abatement Code and may be cited as such.

SECTION 16C-101. PURPOSE.

It is the purpose of this code to provide a just, equitable and practicable abatement method, to be cumulative with and in addition to any other remedy provided by the City Code or otherwise available at law, whereby public safety nuisances, public health nuisances, substandard housing, hazardous structures, or any other thing which may endanger life, limb, health, morals, property, safety or welfare of the public or of private occupants may be required to be repaired, vacated, removed, demolished, corrected, or abated.

[§ 16C-101, amended by Ord. No. 94-3, effective September 9, 1994, amended by Ord. No. 07-02, effective March 1, 2007.]

SECTION 16C-102. APPLICATION.

This Chapter shall apply to the abatement of any of the following:

   A.   Nuisances affecting public health, peace and safety, comfort, repose, or general welfare as defined in § 5-100 , § 300 and § 500 of Chapter 5 of the City Code and as defined by Minn. Stat. § 561.01 as amended;

   B.   Violations of the Minnesota State Fire Code, Chapter 11, of the City Code;

   C.   Violations of the Life Safety Code, Chapter 12, of the City Code;

   D.   Violations of the Public Health Ordinance, Chapter 14, of the City Code; or,

   E.   Unsafe, unhealthy, or substandard housing as defined in the Columbus Housing Code, Chapter 16A, of the City Code.

[§ 16C-102, amended by Ord. No. 89-17, effective December 8, 1989, amended by Ord. No. 94-3, effective September 9, 1994, amended by Ord. NO. 07-02, effective March 1, 2007, amended by Ord. No. 09-02, effective March 5, 2009, amended by Ord. No. 22-08, effective December 28, 2022.]

SECTION 16C-103. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.

Should any part of this chapter be declared by any Court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not effect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any part thereof other than the part so declared invalid or unconstitutional.