§ 5-36.101. Purpose.

Over the past several years, various neighborhoods and areas in the City have witnessed a marked decline in the maintenance and appearance of a number of parcels of real property. These deteriorated properties have become eyesores, have adversely affected adjacent property values, and have had a negative impact on the quality of life in the City. This chapter is intended to address egregious cases of inadequate property maintenance while balancing that effort with the rights of the owners of private property. In pursuit of that intent, this chapter is to establish enforceable minimum maintenance standards for single-family residential, multi-residential, commercial, and industrial properties for each of the following purposes:

(a)

To enhance and promote the maintenance of real property, improve the liveability, appearance, and the social and economic conditions of the community;

(b)

To ensure that real properties do not reach a state of deterioration or disrepair so as to cause the depreciation of the value of surrounding property or be materially detrimental to nearby properties and improvements; and

(c)

To establish standards for property maintenance that reasonably relate to the proper exercise of police power to protect the health, safety, and general welfare of the public.

(§ 3 (part), Ord. 921, eff. July 2, 1998)