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Ordinance No. 18-27 amending Section 106 (Notice and Order Appeal Hearings), 107 (Appeal Hearing Decision), and repealing section 108 (Appeal to City Council; Notice and Order Appeal Hearing) all of Article 5 (Municipal Court Referee) of Chapter 11 (Municipal court) of the Code of the City of Colorado Springs 2001, as amended, pertaining to Municipal Court Appeal Hearings (Legislative)
Presenter:
Peter Wysocki, Director of Planning and Community Development
Mitchel Hammes, Neighborhood Services Manager
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Summary:
This ordinance is 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 multiple sections of City Code to include an option for the owner or occupant of a property who is assessed a reinspection fee to appeal that assessment to the Municipal Court referee and for the results of that appeal to be final agency action, and specifies the notification requirements for that appeal.
Previous Council Action:
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Background:
Currently, City Code permits a property owner or occupant to appeal a "Notice and Order to Abate City Code violations" to the Municipal Court Referee, but does not provid...
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