CHAPTER 12
DANGEROUS BUILDINGS 1
SECTION:
9-12-1: Code Adopted
9-12-2: Amendments To Code
9-12-3: Nuisances Declared; Procedures
9-12-4: Liability Of City Officers And Employees
9-12-5: Assessment, Collection Of Expenses

 

Notes

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1. Iowa Code § 368.9.
9-12-1: CODE ADOPTED:
A certain document, which is on file in the office of the city clerk, being marked and designated as Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, 1997 Edition, published in 1997 by the International Conference of Building Officials, be and the same is hereby adopted as the dangerous building code of the city, for regulation of buildings or structures which from any cause endanger the life, limb, health, morals, property, safety or welfare of the general public or their occupants; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of such Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, 1997 Edition, published in 1997 by the International Conference of Building Officials, on file in the office of the city clerk, is hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof as if fully set out in this section. (Ord. 4300, 5-26-1998)
9-12-2: AMENDMENTS TO CODE:
!!! Subsection 401.2.3.3.1 of the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings is hereby repealed; and a new subsection 401.2.3.3.1 of the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings is hereby enacted in lieu thereof as follows:
Section 401--General
401.2 Notice and order.
3.3.1 If the building official has determined that the buildings or structure must be repaired, the order shall require that all required permits be secured therefor and the work physically commenced within 30 days and completed within such time as the building official shall determine is reasonable under all of the circumstances.
Subsection 401.2.3.3.3 of the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings is hereby repealed; and a new subsection 401.2.3.3.3 of the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings is hereby enacted in lieu thereof as follows:
Section 401--General
401.2 Notice and order.
3.3.3. If the building official has determined that the building or structure must be demolished, the order shall require that the building be vacated within 30 days of the order; that all required permits be secured therefor within 60 days; and that the demolition be completed within 90 days.
Subsection 401.2.6 is hereby added to the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings as follows:
Section 401.2.6
The building official shall order the dangerous structure demolished after ninety (90) days. If any person having any record of title or legal interest in the building has not appealed the order of the building official as outlined in section 401.2.5 of the Uniform Code for Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, said order to demolish shall be issued in writing and published giving property parcel number, street address, and listed owner. If after three (3) days from date of publishing there is no response to order to demolish the structure, the order shall be sent to the proper city agency to carry out said order. The cost of said order shall be paid and recovered according to section 802 of the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings and title 9 of the code of ordinances of the city.
 
Section 701.1, General, of the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings is hereby repealed, and a new section 701.1, General, is hereby enacted in lieu thereof as follows:
Section 701.1 General. After any order of the building official or the board of appeals made pursuant to this code shall have become final, no person to whom any such order is directed shall fail, neglect or refuse to obey any such order. Any such person who fails to comply with any such order shall be in violation of a municipal infraction and punished as follows:
 
First offense
$200.00
Second offense
$500.00
Third offense
$750.00
 
The above civil penalties shall be in addition to any other appropriate relief ordered by the court to abate or cease the violation or to authorize the city to abate or correct the violation.
   (Ord. 4300, 5-26-1998; amd. Ord. 4393, 11-1-1999)
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