PART SEVENTEEN - PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE

            Chap. 1701. General Provisions.

            Chap. 1703. Definitions.

            Chap. 1705. Administration, Enforcement and Penalty.

            Chap. 1707. Basic Standards for Property Maintenance.

            Chap. 1709. Additional Standards for Multiple Dwellings.

            Chap. 1713. Residential Rental Properties.

            Chap. 1715. Vacant Properties.

            Chap. 1717. Family Homes. (Repealed)

            Chap. 1719. Fair Housing.

            Chap. 1721. Smoke Detectors.

            Chap. 1723. Elimination of Spot Blight.

            Chap. 1725. Foreclosed Properties.

            Chap. 1729. Short-Term Rentals.

CHAPTER 1701 General Provisions

1701.01   Title.

1701.02   Purpose.

1701.03   Scope.

1701.04   Existing buildings.

1701.05   Conflicts of laws.

1701.06   Separability.

1701.07   Legal and equitable remedies.

1701.08   Danger to health, safety, morals or welfare.

1701.09   Fair housing.

   CROSS REFERENCES

   Division of Buildings - see ADM. Ch. 147

   Bureau of Housing Inspection - see ADM. 147.02

   Housing Council and Housing Officer - see ADM. Ch. 162

   Reporting tenant residency to Division of Taxation - see ADM. 183.71

   Pigeons - see GEN. OFF. 618.28

   Offenses relating to property - see GEN. OFF. Ch. 642

   Safety, sanitation and health - see GEN. OFF. Ch. 660

   Trailer homes - see GEN. OFF. Ch. 670

   Exterminating and fumigating - see BUS. REG. Ch. 727

   Use, height and area regulations - see P. & Z. Ch. 1181 et seq.

   Fire prevention - see Part Thirteen - Fire Prevention Code

   Building, electrical, heating, ventilating and plumbing regulations - see Part Fifteen - Building Code

   Community reinvestment areas - see BLDG. Ch. 1524

1701.01 TITLE.

   The provisions of Part Seventeen of these Codified Ordinances shall be known and referred to as "The Property Maintenance Code of the City of Parma" or "The Property Maintenance Code" and shall be referred to throughout this Part Seventeen as "this Code".

(Ord. 53-68. Passed 7-22-69; Ord. 389-94. Passed 5-6-96.)

1701.02 PURPOSE.

   (a)   Within the scope of this Code, as hereinafter set forth, the purpose of this Code is to establish minimum standards necessary to make all residential and nonresidential structures safe, sanitary, free from fire and health hazards, fit for human habitation and beneficial to the public welfare; to establish minimum standards governing the maintenance of structures in such condition as will not constitute a blighting or deteriorating influence on the neighborhood and the community; to protect property values and to maintain the character and appearance of the community and the neighborhoods within the community; to fix responsibilities on owners and occupants of structures with respect to sanitation, repair and maintenance; to establish additional standards for multiple dwellings; to authorize the inspection of structures; to establish enforcement procedures; to authorize the vacation or condemnation of structures unsafe or unfit for human habitation; and to affix penalties for violations.

   (b)   Violation of any of the provisions of this code, unless otherwise noted, shall be a strict liability offense.

(Ord. 53-68. Passed 7-22-69; Ord. 389-94. Passed 5-6-96; Ord. 185-10. Passed 7-6-10.)