24-16 Amend 1133.09 Demo or Removal of Residential Structures

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READ 1ST 4/4/16 SECOND READING 4/18/16. ORDINANCE NO. 24 -16 BY: Anderson, Bullock, Litten, Marx, O'Leary, O'Malley." AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest pe- riod allowed by law, to amend Section 1133.09, Demolition or Removal of Residential Struc- tures, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood. WHEREAS, currently, where a demolition permit is sought to remedy conditions imme- diately dangerous to life, health or property, or to remedy a nuisance, a determination is required that the demolition is necessary by the Director of the Division of Health in addition to the Building Commissioner, Fire Chief and City Engineer; and WHEREAS, this portion of the code was drafted when the city still had its own Division of Health; and WHEREAS, the city contracts with Cuyahoga County Public Health District for the pro- vision of public health services and no longer has a Director of the Division of Health; and WHEREAS, Article 18, Section 3 of the Constitution of the State of Ohio permits munic- ipalities to exercise all powers of local self - government and to adopt and enforce within their limits such as local police, sanitary and other regulations as are not in conflict with general laws; and WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five of its members determines that this or- dinance is an emergency measure, and that this ordinance shall take effect immediately, as set forth in Article III, Sections 10 and 13 of the Second Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, and that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public property, health and safety, and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments in that relevant provisions of the zoning code to allow for the efficient issuance of demolition permits where the life, health and safety are immediately at risk; now therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. Section 1133.09, Demolition or Removal of Residential Structures, of the Zoning Code within the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, currently reading as fol- lows: 1133.09 DEMOLITION OR REMOVAL OF RESIDENTIAL STRUC- TURES. (a) Lakewood consists of very distinctive neighborhoods that were settled at different times during its development each with its own distinctive housing patterns, which are reflective of the time period during which these neigh- borhoods were nurtured during the growth of the Cllr. Many of these resi- dential neighborhoods are easily recognizable by their consistency of char-