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Ordinance No. 18-28 amending Sections 102 (Right of Entry), 105 (Appeal of Notice and Order; Hearing), 106 (Failure to Comply with Order to Abate) and 108 (Abatement; Emergency Order); creating Section 110 (Adoption of Rules and Regulations) of Article 5 (Public Health and Sanitation - Enforcement); and repealing Part 2 (Inspections and Enforcement) of Article 12 (Housing Code) of Chapter 6 (Neighborhood Vitality/Community Health) of the Code of the City of Colorado Springs 2001, as amended, pertaining to enforcement of the Housing Code (Legislative)
Presenter:
Peter Wysocki, Director of Planning and Community Development
Mitchel Hammes, Neighborhood Services Manager
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Summary:
This ordinance is the one of three associated ordinances on the same topic.
Together, the proposed ordinances consolidate and clarify the enforcement remedies applicable to violations of the City's Housing Code, strengthen the remedies applicable to repeat and chronic repeat offenders for continued non-compliance with the City's minimum housing standards and focuses on providing improved living conditions and quality of life for tenants. The proposed ordinances also consolidate, clarify and streamline the procedures for the issuance of notice and orders for violations and the appellate process to review notice and orders as well as the assessment of re-inspection fees. By providing for a single level of administrative review, unhealthy and/or unsafe situations can be abated quickly and efficiently with a minimum level of delay while providing a necessary forum for review of enforcement actions.
This ordinance updates City Code to allow the Code Enforcement Administrator to apply for an inspection and abatement warrant in situations when an owner or occupant of a property refuses to permit entry for inspection purposes, as well as provisions to appeal emergency order and assessments of reinspection fees. The ordinance also provides for a "repeat offender" designati...
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