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October 14, 2002 <br />Page 17 of 35 <br />the nuances; it will take time, especially in the instance of the Building and <br />Standards, for the staff to implement a new ordinance; to follow all the procedures; <br />develop all the forms; go out and find the properties; identify the properties; identify <br />the ownership; give the proper notices; and then prepare the findings and the agenda <br />for your meeting. So, I think, ambition is better served by looking at progress rather <br />than overnight success. I think the biggest overnight success is having these <br />ordinances in place. This is like the fifth or sixth ordinances that have been adopted <br />since I came in that are all part of the larger part of the Keep Paris Beautiful concept. <br />We have adopted new weed and litter ordinance; adopted new junk vehicle <br />ordinance; we adopted an ordinance regulating the hauling of solid waste. With <br />these two ordinances we adopted an ordinance authorizing the issuance of search <br />warrants, administrative search warrants, to obtain entry to some of these buildings. <br />I know I am forgetting one or two. <br />Mr. Malone: I have about five extra copies of each one of these if anybody <br />Mr. Schenk: Which one? These ordinances? <br />Mr. Malone: These two. <br />Mr. Schenk: Oh, I have about thirty-five if anyone wants any extra copies. But again when we <br />started the new, I still refer to it as the new junk and litter and high weed ordinance, <br />it took us awhile to get our feet on the ground and get up and running. I think it has <br />made a measurable success. Made a measurable difference in the community. I <br />have had people tell me they have seen lots that had been mowed that weren't <br />mowed for years. So it is my hope that we will all be talking about this as a success, <br />a successful way. <br />In your first Building and Standards Commission, that is 2002-032 that is the larger <br />up here up at the top, 2002-032, Building and Standards Commission, substandard <br />buildings. I am going to try to make a brief run through on that. <br />Beginning at page 3, just a note to highlight for you, of course this creates a Building <br />and Standards Commission; identifies and recognizes code inspectors under 7-47 <br />definitions. It will also attempt to define in a general sense what constitutes a <br />dangerous building or structure. You will see ten different categories of what that <br />can be. This is always subject to interpretation and implementation. I would suggest <br />to you that you have a number of buildings that will have no difficulty in falling in <br />some of these categories. I think judgment calls are going to be much later on in the <br />process. <br />Subparagraph (d) on page 4 is very important because it clarifies one point and it is <br />very subliminal as to how it does that. But subparagraph (d) says "Vacate or order <br />the vacation of a building or structure means to require or cause individuals other <br />