(a) Subsection 101.1 Title is amended to read as follows: These regulations shall be known as the Property Maintenance Code of the City of Worthington, hereinafter referred to as "this code."
(b) Subsection 102.3 Application of other codes shall read as follows: Repairs, additions or alterations to a structure, or changes of occupancy, shall be completed in accordance with the procedures and provisions of Part Eleven Planning and Zoning and Part Thirteen Building Code of the Codified Ordinances.
(c) Section 103 Department of Property Maintenance Inspection is hereby deleted. It shall be the duty of the Building Inspector, or any other person designated by the City Manager, to enforce this code. The Building Inspector is also referred to as the "code official" throughout this code.
(d) Section 111 Means of Appeal is hereby deleted.
(e) Subsection 112.4 Failure to comply is hereby deleted.
(f) In Section 202, add new definitions as follows:
CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL. Material typically used in construction or maintenance of buildings, fences, and property including, doors, windows, concrete block, brick, lumber, shingles, gutters, cement board, tubing, conduit, fencing, downspouts, vinyl and aluminum siding, cement, concrete, nails, and fasteners or similar material including plastic material used in the same manner as other, traditional construction material.
EQUIPMENT. The implements used, whether motorized or non-motorized, in an operation or activity. Equipment may include lawn care, automotive repair, maintenance, and construction equipment.
FRONT YARD. That portion of the property between the right of way and the front of the principal structure including the required yard as defined in Chapter 1149 of the Planning and Zoning Code. For the purposes of this code, corner lots shall be considered to have two front yards.
LAWN CARE EQUIPMENT. Equipment used for the installation and maintenance of yards and landscaping including, but not limited to lawn mowers, spreaders, mulchers, trimmers, tillers, rollers, and edgers.
LAWN CARE MATERIAL. Material used for the installation, alteration or maintenance of yards and landscaping including, but not limited to dirt, topsoil, mulch, seeds, sprouts, shoots, starter pots, temporary pots, and unplanted material including bushes, trees and flowers, and similar material removed from the ground. For the purposes of this code, firewood shall be considered a lawn care material if it is split, neatly stacked, and protected for future use. Brush, limbs, twigs and other such rubbish not neatly stacked and protected for future use shall not be considered firewood.
REQUIRED YARD. A front, side, and rear yard as defined in Chapter 1149 of the Planning and Zoning Code.
STORE. To place equipment or material on property, either temporarily or permanently, while not in use for its intended purposes.
TRAILERS. Trailers are unpowered vehicles intended to be towed behind a powered vehicle. Trailers include boat trailers, campers, and utility trailers.
(g) Subsection 302.4 Weeds is deleted. Section 521.13 Noxious weeds of the Codified Ordinances shall apply.
(h) Add new subsection 302.10 as follows:
302.10 Miscellaneous equipment and material.
302.10.1 - General. Unless otherwise provided for in this code, no equipment or material shall be stored outdoors in any residential district.
302.10.2 - Lawn care equipment. Each property is permitted a maximum of two pieces of lawn care equipment to be stored on the property.
Exception: Lawn care equipment stored in an accessory structure and not visible from adjoining properties or the public way.
302.10.3 - Lawn care material. Lawn care material may be stored on residential property if neatly stacked and maintained free of weeds, insects, and rodents. Lawn care material delivered to a property may be placed in the front yard for a maximum period of 60 days.
302.10.4 - Construction material. Construction material is permitted on a property, visible from adjoining property or the public way if the material is associated with construction or maintenance activity, necessary permits have been secured, and the work is in progress, otherwise, the storage of construction material is not permitted.
(i) Subsection 304.14 shall be amended with the following dates: from April 1 to September 30.
(j) Add new subsection 308.4 as follows: 308.4 Container location. Containers for the purpose of placing rubbish per 308.2 or garbage per 308.3 in a residential district shall not be located in the front yard.
(k) Subsection 404.3 Minimum ceiling heights shall be amended with a new exception 4 as follows:
4. Where specifically allowed per Chapter 1305 Building Code for One, Two and Three-Family Dwellings.
(l) Add Subsection 507.02 as follows:
507.02 Regulation of storm drainage facilities. All storm drainage facilities including culverts, storm sewers, detention/retention facilities, energy dissipaters and flow restrictors shall be maintained in operating condition and clear of accumulations of silt, trash or debris.
All storm drainage facilities constructed as a requirement of the Codified Ordinances or regulations of the City shall not be modified or altered unless the modifications or alterations are approved by the City Engineer.
(m) Subsection 602.3 Heat supply shall be amended with the following dates: from October 1 to April 30.
(n) Subsection 602.4 Occupiable work spaces shall be amended with the following dates: from October 1 to April 30. (Ord. 15-2019. Passed 5-6-19.)