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PLeA, COpy :)STITUTE FOH /,'1 ,~IT:, OOCKET FO OHOINANCE NO, 42-79 BY: Brockman, Brown, Chinnock, McNally, Salmon, Wendling AN eMEHGeNCY ORDINANCE to enact new Chapter 1327 of the Housing Code of thè Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood .relating to Condominiums and repealing all other ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent therewith. WHEReAS, the City of Lakewood is a home rule municipality, and by authority of the Constitution of Ohio, it has authority to regulate the use of buildings for the protection of the public health, safety and welfare, and WHEREAS, the condominium form of property Dwnership has become in- creasingly popular in the City of Lakewood in recent years, and WHEREAS, growth in the use of the condominium form of property ownership has significant impact on the general welfare and well-being of the citizens of the City of Lakewood, and WHEREAS, prospective purchasers of condominium units have often been unable to obtain full disclosure of all information necessary to make the decision whether to purchase, and WHEREAS, standards for the regulation of the sale and operation of condominiums are necessary for the protection and welfare of the citizens of the City of Lakewood, and WHEREAS, this Chapter constitutes an emergency measure providing for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety anp welfare of the citizens of the City of Lakewood, and for the further reason that s:uch standards should be established at the earliest possible timej now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO, Section I. That the Buildinq Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood be supplemented by enactinq now Chapter 1327 relating to Condominiums which shall read as follows: CHAPTeR 1327 CONDOMINIUMS 1327.01 TITLE AND PURPOSE. (a) Title. This ordinance shall be known and may be cited as thè IILakewood Residential Condominium Ordinance". (b) Purpose, It is the purpose of this ordinance and the policy of the City of Lakewood to establish standards for all future conversion condominium developments within the City in order to protect the tenants of rental ,units designated for condo- minium conversion and the purchasers of conversion condominium units and also to encourage the maintenance and imp-rovement of the housing in the City of Lakewood. 1327.02 CONSTRUCTION; SEVERABILITY; APPLICABILITY. (a) Construction. This ordinance shall be liûerally construed and applied to promote its purposes and policies. (b) Severability, If any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid or uncons~itu- tional by any court Df competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be aeemed a separate, distinct and independent provision, and neither the remainder of this ordinance nor the application - of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall be affected thereby.