HomeMy WebLinkAbout06731ORDINANCE NO. 6731
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 7 OF TITLE
IV OF THE PUEBLO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING
TO BOARD -UP OF VACANT AND UNSAFE
BUILDINGS AND CHARGING THE COST THEREOF
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that: (Brackets
indicate matter being deleted; underscoring indicates new matter being added)
SECTION 1.
Subsection (c) of Section 4 -7 -2 of Chapter 7 of Title IV of the Pueblo
Municipal Code, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 4 -7 -2. Board -Up of vacant and unsafe buildings
(c) The City Manager may cause to be repaired, locked and secured or
boarded up all doors, windows and other openings on any vacant and unsafe
building within the City if the owner of the unsafe building or the land upon which
the building is located has failed to repair, lock and secure or board up all such
doors, windows and other openings within twenty (20) days after service of a
notice directing him or her to do so. The cost of such work, together with twenty -
five percent (25 %) thereof, or one hundred dollars ($100.00), whichever is
greater, for administrative and incidental costs plus interest at the rate of ten
percent (10 %) per annum, shall be charged against the owner, and upon
recording with the County Clerk and Recorder of a statement under oath of the
City Manager showing the cost thereof and describing the land and building,
such charge shall be and constitute a perpetual lien on the land and building
having priority over all other liens except those for general taxes, and such lien
shall remain in full force and effect until such charges and interest have been
paid in full.
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This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after final passage
and approval.
INTRODUCED August 27, 2001
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RESIDENT OR CITY COUNCIL
ATTESTED BY:
TY CLERK
PASSED AND APPROVED: September 10, 2001