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I TRODUCED AS A BILL BY COUNCILMAN BLESSING
BY AUTHORITY
ORDINANCE NO. ezo , SERIES OF 1975
A ORDINANC E REPEALING AND REENACTING CHAPTER 3, OF TITLE
III, '69 E.M.C., ENTITLED, 'UNSAFE BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES
OR UT ILITIES', AND ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE "UNIFORM
CODE FOR THE ABATEMENT OF DANGEROUS BUILDINGS", 1973
EDITI ON, TO PROVIDE METHODS, WHEREBY BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES
WHICH FROM ANY CAUSE ENDANGER LIFE, LIMB, HEALTH, MORALS,
PRO PERTY, SAFETY OR WELFARE OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC OR THEIR
OCCU PANTS, MAY BE REQUIRED TO BE REPAIRED, VACATED, OR
DEMO LISHED; REPEALING ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND
PROVI DING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF
SAI D CODE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, as follows:
Section 1.
That Chapter 3, of Title III, '69 E.M.C. is hereby
r e pealed and reenacted to read as follows: '
CHAPTE 1 3.
UNIFORM CODE FOR THE
ABATEMENT OF DANGEROUS BUILDINGS
3-3-1 UNIFORM CODE FOR THE ABATEMENT OF
DANGEROUS BUILDINGS -ADOPTED
There is hereby adopted by reference
thereto, the "Uniform Code for the Abatement
o f Dangerous Buildings", 1973 Edition, published
by the International Conference of Building
Of ficials, 53 6 0 South Workman Mill Road,
Whittier, Cal i fornia 90601, with the same force
and effect as if the same were fully set forth
herein, subje c t to the exceptions, modifications
and amendment s thereto as hereinafter set forth.
3-3-2 SPECIF I C CHANGES IN ADOPTED CODE
The following specific changes, modifications
and amendments are hereby made in the provisions
o f the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous
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As defined in
Chapter 3
Buildings, 1973 Edition, hereinabove adopted:
1. Delete Section 203, 'Violations'.
2. Delete Section 205, Board of Appeals, Page 8 -
Dangerous Buildings.
3. Section 404(a), Page 15, Form of Notice
should read:
DANGER:
KEEP OUT
UNSAFE STRUCTURE
Title III of the 1 9 6 9
Englewood Munici pal Code
By Order of
Assistant Director
Dept. of Community Development
Unlawful to
remove or deface
this sign.
Date pos t ed:
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By:
4. Section 80l(a), Page 24 -Dangerous Buildings.
In the first sentence delete the words, "there-
for to the Director of Public Works" and the
words, "under the direction of said Director".
Delete sub-section (b), Page 2 -Dangerous
Buildings.
5. Delete Section 802, Page 24 -Dangerous
Buildings.
6. Delete Chapter 9, Sections 901 through 912,
Pages 25 through 27 -Dangerous Buildings.
New Sections 901, 902, 903 and 904 are as
follows:
Section 901. NOTICE OF COSTS.
Whe n any costs are incurred by the City
in causing the repair or demolition of any
building done pursuant to the provisions of
Sect i on 70l(c) 3, of this Code, the City
Manager shall cause a statement to be pre-
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• pared by the Director of Finance showing
the whole c ost of repairing or demolition
of any bu i lding, plus fifteen per cent (15%)
administrative costs and such statement shall
be mailed to the property owner(s) with in-
structi o ns that said statement will be paid
in full plus costs within thirty (30) days
of said mailing date.
Section 902. ASSESSMENT.
If, after thirty (30) days from such mailing
date, the full amount of such statement is not
paid, the City Manager shall inform City Council
of such fact and the Council shall, thereupon,
enact an ordinance assessing the whole amount
of such statemen t, plus an additional ten (10%)
of such amount, against the lots or tracts of
realty to which such statement shall appertain.
Upon final passage of such ordinance, a copy
thereof shall be sent to each person having
a record interes t in any realty upon which an
assessment is made and the Director of Finance
shall certify such assessment to the County
Treasurer who shall collect such assessments
in the same manner as ad valorem taxes are
collected.
Section 903. ASSESSMENTS A LIEN.
All such assessments shall constitute,
from the effective date of the assessing ord-
inance, a perpetual lien in the several
amounts assess~d against each lot or tract
of land, and shall have priority over all
liens excepting general tax liens and prior
special assessments. No delays, mistakes,
errors or irregul arities in any act or pro-
ceeding authorized herein shall prejudice or
invalidate any final assessment; but the same
may be remedied by subsequent amend-acts or
proceedings, as the case may require. When
so remedied, the same shall take effect as
of the date of the original act or proceeding.
Section 904. OTHER REMEDIES.
The amount of any unpaid charge, plus all
penalties added thereto, shall constitute a
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Section 2 .
1,.;b ,J ,, ,i t y. The City Attorney shall,
~t th ·1 on o -the City Manag er, in-
stitu c ivil ~u i t in the name of the City to
re cover su h ch rg es and penalties. Such
remedy shal l be c mulative with all other
remedies, i nc lu d i ng prosecution in Municipal
Court, for eac h and every violation of this
Chapter .
Copies of th e sa i d Uniform Code for the Abatement
?f Dang~r ous Buildin gs, 1973 Edition, are available for
inspectio n at the Office of the Director of Finance ex
officio City Clerk-Treasurer , during all regular bu~iness
hours.
Sec tion 3.
Any violation of the Uniform Code for the Abate-
ment of Dangerous Buildings of the City of Englewood,
Colorado , from and after the effective date thereof shall
be punishable by a fine not e xceeding three Hundred ($300)
Dollars, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding ninety
(90) days or both such fi ne and imprisonment.
Section 4 •
That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in
confli t or inco n sistent here with are hereby expressly
repealed.
Introduced , read in full and passed on first
reading on he 17th day of March, 1975.
Published s a Bi ll for an Ordinance on the 20th
da of M rch, 1975.
Read by title and passed on final reading on the
2ls day of pril , 1 75.
Published by title as Ordinance No. d2.0 , Series
of 1975, on the 24th day of April, 1975 .
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ATTEST:
ex officio City Clerk-Treasurer
I, Karl Nollenberger, do hereby certify that the
above and foregoing is a true, accurate and complete copy
of the Ordinance, passed on final reading and published
by title as Ordinance No. c2.0 , Series of 1975.
~oit~ Clerk-Treasurer
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