There is hereby incorporated by reference for the purpose of providing for the abatement of dangerous buildings within the corporate limits of the City of Lake Quivira, Kansas, that certain standard building code known as the “Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings”, Edition of 1988, prepared and published in book form by the International Conference of Buildings Officials, Whittier, CA, save and except such sections as are hereinafter modified or changed. Not less than three (3) copies of said Uniform code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings shall be marked “Official Copy as Adopted by Ordinance No. 159,” and filed with the City Clerk to be open to inspection and available to the public at all reasonable hours. The Planning Commission, Board of Zoning Appeals and all other administrative departments of the city charged with enforcement of this article shall be supplied, at the cost of the city, such number of official copies of such Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings similarly marked, as may be deemed expedient.
(Ord. 159; Code 2022)
The following sections of the aforementioned
code are amended as follows:
Section 205(a) of Chapter 2 of said
Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings is hereby changed to read
as follows:
Sec. 205. (a) General. In order to
hear and decide appeals of orders, decisions or determinations made by the
Building Official relative to application and interpretations of this code,
there shall be and is hereby created a Board of Appeals consisting of those
persons who are also members of the Planning Commission of the City of Lake
Quivira, Kansas. The Building Official shall be an ex officio member of such
Board of Appeals and shall act as secretary but shall have no vote upon any
matter before the Board. The Board shall adopt rules of procedure for
conducting its business and shall render decisions with a duplicate copy to the
building official. Appeals to the Board shall be processed as in Section 501 of
this Code. Copies of all rules or regulations adopted by the Board shall be
delivered to the Building Official, who shall make them freely accessible to
the public.
Section 301 of Chapter 3 of said
Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings is hereby changed to read
as follows:
Sec. 301. For the purpose of this
Code, certain terms, phrases, words and their derivatives shall be construed as
specified in either this chapter or as specified in the Building Code or the
Housing Code. Where terms are not defined, they shall have their ordinary
accepted meanings within the context with which they are used. Webster’s Third
New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged, copyright
1981, shall be construed as providing ordinary accepted meanings. Words used in
the singular include the plural and the plural the singular. Words used in the
masculine gender include the feminine the masculine.
Building Code is the Uniform Building Code promulgated by the International
Conference of Building Officials, as adopted by this jurisdiction.
Dangerous Building is any building or structure deemed to be dangerous under the
provisions of Section 302 of this Code.
Housing Code is the Uniform Housing Code promulgated by the International Conference
of Building Officials, as adopted by this jurisdiction.
Building Official is any person who under a contract with the City of Lake Quivira,
Kansas, serves as a building inspector for said City, or such person as
designated by the Governing Body.
(Ord. 159; Code 2022)
Any violation of this article shall be deemed a public offense and any person convicted of such violation shall be punished by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each such violation; each day’s violation shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ord. 159; Code 2022)