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Sec. 28-26. - Partially burned multifamily housing buildings.
<br />Whenever any apartment building or other like structure in the city is partially burned, the owner, or
<br />any person in charge or control thereof, shall, within thirty (30) days after notice from the appropriate city
<br />official or designee, remove all refuse, debris, charred and partially burned lumber and material from the
<br />premises, and begin making the necessary repairs to the building. If said building or structure shall be
<br />burned to such an extent that it is rendered incapable of being repaired as required by this or any other
<br />provision of the ordinances of the city, the owner of the property upon which same is located, or person in
<br />charge or control thereof, shall remove all of the remaining portion of the building or structure from the
<br />ground. In this regard, the appropriate city official shall notify the building advisory and appeals board and
<br />other necessary officials of the city for appropriate proceedings under article III of chapter 29.
<br />(Ord. No. 9452-2012, § 1, 11-6-12)
<br />Sec. 28-27. - Multifamily housing inspection fee schedule.
<br />(a) A fee shall be authorized to be charged to the responsible party to provide for inspections to insure
<br />compliance with the requirements of this chapter. The fee shall be twelve dollars and sixty cents
<br />($12.60) per unit per year, for Tier 1, and shall be charged to the ownership of each apartment
<br />community.
<br />(b) Fees for Tier II eighteen dollars and ninety cents ($18.90) and Tier III twenty-five dollars and twenty
<br />cents ($25.20) apartment communities are increased due to the required number of mandatory
<br />inspections. Inspection fees paid more than sixty (60) days after the due date will incur a five (5) per
<br />cent late fee.
<br />(c) A re -inspection fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) will be assessed for any units/buildings requiring a
<br />second and/or subsequent re -inspections due to substandard conditions. Re -inspection fees paid
<br />more than sixty (60) days after being assessed, will incur a five (5) per cent late fee.
<br />(d) All inspection fees including but not limited to, annual and re -inspection fees are subject to the
<br />issuance of citation if not paid within thirty (30) days of issuance.
<br />(e) Upon notification by the housing and neighborhood services director, in March, each apartment
<br />complex will be billed the inspection fees associated with previous year's tier rating.
<br />(f) It shall be unlawful not to pay annual and/or re -inspection fees within thirty (30) days of issuance.
<br />(Ord. No. 9452-2012, § 1, 11-6-12; Ord. No. 9815-2015, § 2,2-3-15)
<br />Sec. 28-28. - Penalty and fines.
<br />(a) Failure to comply. Any person, whether as owner, manager, tenant, or other person in charge of the
<br />property, who shall violate a provision of this chapter, or fail to comply therewith, or with any of the
<br />requirements thereof; who shall erect, construct, alter, demolish or move any structure, without an
<br />appropriate permit; or has erected, constructed, altered, repaired, moved or demolished a building or
<br />structure in violation of a detailed statement or drawing submitted and approved thereunder, shall be
<br />guilty of a misdemeanor. Each such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each
<br />day or portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of this chapter is committed,
<br />continued or permitted, and upon conviction of any such violation, such person shall be punished by
<br />a fine as provided in section 1-8 of the Code of Ordinances. Citations and fines may be issued or
<br />enforced in addition to any civil action or revocation of permit.
<br />(b) Fines. Any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, or agent having primary responsibility
<br />for discharge of a duty imposed by law under this section who violates any of the provisions of this
<br />chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than
<br />five hundred dollars ($500.00), unless such violation is a violation of an ordinance or regulation
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