HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 661-92 03-24-1992 ORDINANCE 6 61
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 3 "BUILDING
REGULATIONS" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF
RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, AS AMENDED, BY THE
ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 13 "ABATEMENT OF
DANGEROUS BUILDINGS CODE" THERETO; ADOPTING THE
1988 EDITION OF THE UNIFORM CODE FOR THE
ABATEMENT OF DANGEROUS BUILDINGS AS THE
DANGEROUS BUILDINGS ABATEMENT CODE FOR THE CITY
OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS; ADOPTING CERTAIN
AMENDMENTS TO SAID UNIFORM CODE; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Richland Hills, Texas:
I.
That Chapter 3 "BUILDING REGULATIONS" of the Code of Ordinances, City
of Richland Hills, Texas, as amended, be hereby amended by the addition thereto of
a new Section 13 "ABATEMENT OF DANGEROUS BUILDINGS CODE", which
section shall hereafter be and read as follows:
SECTION 13: ABATEMENT OF DANGEROUS BUILDINGS CODE
(A) UNIFORM CODE FOR THE ABATEMENT OF DANGEROUS BUILDINGS
ADOPTED
The Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, 1988
Edition, as adopted by the International Conference of Building Officials,
a copy of which is on file in the office of the City Secretary, is hereby
adopted by reference and designated as the Abatement of Dangerous
Buildings Code of the City of Richland Hills, Texas, together with the
amendments hereinafter set forth, the same as though such Code were
copied at length herein.
(B) AMENDMENTS
The Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, 1988
Edition, is hereby amended and changed in the following respects:
(1) The phrase "City of as used throughout such
publication shall be deemed to read "City of Richland Hills, Texas."
(2) Section 205 is hereby amended to be and read as follows:
The City Council shall conduct all public hearings required under
this Code and shall hear all appeals provided for hereunder.
Appeals shall be processed in accordance with the provisions
• contained in Section 501 of this Code. The City Council shall be
deemed to be the Board of Appeals as said term is used throughout
this Code.
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(3) Section 905 is hereby amended by the addition of a new Subsection
(d) thereto, which subsection shall hereafter be and read as follows:
(d) Notice of Lien.
If the legislative body of this jurisdiction orders that the
charge shall be assessed against the property, then, in addition
to the requirements set forth above, the City Secretary shall
prepare and file in the Real Property Records of Tarrant
County, Texas, a "Notice of Lien" which shall be in
substantially the following form:
NOTICE OF LIEN
Building Official for the City of Richland
Hills, makes oath and says that the City of Richland Hills has incurred an expense
of $ in improving property known and described
as Such expense was incurred to eliminate violations of
the city's Abatement of Dangerous Structures Code after notices pursuant to
ordinance were served on the record owner thereof,
at ,and after public hearing before the city
council as required by law.
• This assessment shall constitute a first and prior lien, subject only to tax and paving
liens.
No building permit or certificate of occupancy will be issued on this property unless
and until this lien is paid together with eight percent (8%) per annum, interest from
the date such expenses were incurred. No utility service of any kind will be
available to such property until this lien is paid.
Building Official
Richland Hills, Texas
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED before me by the said ,this
day of , 19 , to certify which witness my hand and seal of office.
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(4) Chapter 3 is hereby amended by the addition of a new Section 913
thereto, which new section shall hereafter be and read as follows:
NO UTILITY SERVICE, ETC.
Sec. 913.
No utility service, building permit or certificate of occupancy shall be allowed
or issued upon any property until all liens assessed against the property under
the provisions of this Code shall have been released by the City after payment
of all sums and assessments secwed thereby.
II.
Severability Clause. That it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City
Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this
ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of
this ordinance shall be declared invalid or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or
decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality
shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and
sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City
Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such invalid or
unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
III.
Saving Clause. That Chapter 3 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Richland
Hills, Texas, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect, save and except as
amended by this ordinance.
Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage and publication as provided by the Richland Hills City Charter and the
laws of the State of Texas.
PRESENTED, GIVEN FIRST READING AND APPROVED at a regular meeting
of the Richland Hills City Council on the 24 day of Marsh 1992, by a vote
of ayes, ~ nays, and abstentions.
APP O D:
James R. Truitt, Mayor
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ATTEST:
Pauline Kempe, City Secr tary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Paul F. Wieneskie, City Attorney
68MLIB/bh/031992
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