28-93 Amend Chapter 1335 Building Code

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PLEASE SUBSTITUTE FOR ORDINANCE NO. 28-93 PLACED ON 1ST Reading on 5/3/93 and on 2ND Reading on 5/17/93. AMENDED ORDINANCE NO. 28-93 BY: Boscia, Ga~gher, George, Gibbons, Roth, Seelie, Smith AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE to amend Chapter 1335 of the Building Code of the Codified ordinances of the City of Lakewood. WHEREAS, Chapter 1335 of the Building Code, Paint Removal and Exterior Surface Cleaning, was adopted April 3, 1989, in response to developments in technology which promised homeowners a low cost alternative to traditional paint removal and exterior maintenance, and WHEREAS, experience and scientific literature since the enactment of Chapter 1335 indicate unanticipated costs, both financial and environmental, associated with commercial paint remOval methods employing chemicals and/or power equipment, and WHEREAS, the risks, potential liability, and expense associated therewith have driven many commercial operators of power paint removal equipment out of the residential market, and WHEREAS, adequate regulation of power paint removal technology to protect the public safety requires scientific testing and analysis of the paint to be removed and the Building and Health Divisions are not presently prepared to perform universal testing, and WHEREAS, in the present state of scientific knowledge and developing technology, the public interest and safety would be best served by the strict regulation of certain power paint removal procedures under controlled conditions, and WHEREAS, this ordinance constitutes an emergency measure providing for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety, and welfare, and for the usual daily operation of a municipal department for the reason that lead-bearing airborne particles and dust are particularly hazardous to infants'and children; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That Section 1335.01 of Chapter 1335 of the Building Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood now reading as follows: 1335.01 PERMIT REQUIRED. No person shall do any paint removal or exterior surface cleaning of any structure located in the City by sand blasting, steam or high pressure cleaning, power sanding or other similar method without first obtaining a permit therefor from the Building Commissioner. A separate permit is required for each separate job or location at which such activity will be done. shall be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 1335.01 PERMIT REQUIRED. No person shall do any paint removal or exterior surface cleaning of any structure located in the City by sand blasting, steam or high pressure cleaning, chemical Cleaning, open-flame burning, power sanding or other similar method without first obtaining a permit therefore from the Building Commissioner. A separate permit is required for each separate job or location at which such activity will be done. Section 2. That Section 1335.06 of the Building Code of the