55-10 Amend Chpt 1306, Property Maintenance & Safety Code

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(Placed on first reading July 19, 2010, second reading Sept.. 8, 2010; referred out of Housing Committee and to Committee of the Whole Oct.. 4, 2010 Please substitute for the original..) ORDINANCE NO. 55-10 BY: enderson, Bullock, Juris, Madigaz;, Nowlin, Powers, Smith. AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five (5) members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force at the earliest pe- riod allowed by law, amending certain provisions of Chapter 1306, Property Maintenance and Safety Code, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood for the purpose of updating housing license requirements. WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood has in place a housing license program for occupied residential dwelling units; and WHEREAS, the City has decided to augment the current housing license program to cap- ture all residential rental units, whether occupied or not; and WHEREAS, the City has also decided to also augment the current housing license pro- gram to include the required registration of vacant property, whether residential or commercial; and WHEREAS, the City has decided to further augment the housing and vacant property li- cense program by placing additional requirements to obtaining an housing or vacant property license that aze designed to encourage responsible property ownership; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Constitution of the State of Ohio and the Ohio Revised Code municipalities have the power to enact laws that are for the health, safety, welfare, comfort and peace of the citizens of the municipality; and WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five (5) members thereof determines that this ordinance is an emergency measure and that this ordinance shall take effect at the earliest date possible as set forth in ARTICLE III, SECTONS 10 and 13 of the SECOND AMENDED CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD and that it is necessary for the immediate preser- vation of the public property health and safety and to provide for the usual daily operafion of municipal departments in that certain license applications aze to be sent June 1, 2011 and are due by July 1, 2011; now therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That Section 1306.43 of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances, Housing Li- cense, currently reading as follows: