(A) Adoption of the Dwellings Unfit for Human Habitation Law. The Common Council of the City of Lawrenceburg hereby adopts I.C. 16-41-20, which establishes the law for dwellings unfit for human habitation, including powers of local inspectors of such dwellings.
(B) Appointment of department to administer ordinance. The Board of Works is appointed to administer these provisions as adopted by the Common 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 supercede it relating to the same or similar subject matter.
(D) Penalty for violation. Violations of this section shall be addressed as established in I.C. 36-7-9 as it may be amended from time to time.
(E) Severability. Should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, or any other portion of this section be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid for any reason, the remaining provisions shall be affected, if and only if such remaining provisions can, without the invalid provision or provisions, be given the effect intended by the council in adopting this section. To this end the provisions of this section are severable.
(Ord. 9-2010, passed 4-5-10)