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<br />Approved by City Council on July 16, 2001
<br />AN ORDINANCE
<br />AMENDING AND REORDAINING CHAPTER 5 (BUILDINGS AND BUILDING
<br />REGULATIONS), AND CHAPTER 17 (OFFENSES - MISCELLANEOUS)
<br />OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1990,
<br />AS AMENDED, RELATING TO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE AND UNSAFE STRUCTURES.
<br />BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, that:
<br />I. Sections 5-1, 5-26, 5-27, 5-28, 5-56, 5-146 through 5-154, 5-161, 5-162, and 5-163 of Chapter 5, of
<br />the Charlottesville City Code, 1990, as amended, are hereby amended and reordained; and
<br />2. Sections 5-4, 5-161, 5-162, 5-163, 5-171, 5-172, 5-173, 5-174, 5-1,75, 5-181 through 5-185, and 5-
<br />191 through 5-198, of Chapter 5 are hereby added to the Charlottesville City Code, 1990, as
<br />amended; and
<br />3. Sections 17-22, 17-23, and Sections 17-30 through 17-36 of Chapter 17 of the Charlottesville City
<br />Code are hereby repealed; all as follows:
<br />Chapter 5. RWLD4PI4'� BUILDING REGULATIONS; PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
<br />ARTICLE I. In General
<br />5-1.Violations of chapter.
<br />Except as otherwise specifically provided, a violation of any provision of this chapter, including any
<br />provision of the codes adopted in Article II, shall constitute a Class 1 misdemeanor punishable by a fine
<br />of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00). In addition, a person guilty of such
<br />violation shall make good all damages arising by reason of the violation and shall be subject to revocation
<br />of his license to do business in the city. For the purposes of this chapter, the word "person" shall include
<br />any individual. corporation. partnership. association, company, business, trust, ioint venture or other legal
<br />5-4. Abatement by City; assessment of costs.
<br />as otherwise provided herein, wherever this chapter authorizes the city to take action to
<br />ate, repair, remove or take other action to correct a condition which exists on property I
<br />within the city, in violation of a provision of this chapter, the costs and expense
<br />taking such action shall be assessed and billed to, and paid by, the owner of the
<br />take such action through any employees or agents, subject to applicable public
<br />(b) Amounts assessed and billed to a property owner which remain unpaid for t
<br />constitute a lien against such property ranking on a priority with liens for unpai
<br />same manner as provided in Articles 3 (§58.1-3940 et sc
<br />e 58.1 of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended. The
<br />order to facilitate a sale of such property; however, such liens i
<br />• is unrelated by blood or marriage to the owner and who has no
<br />roperty. The city r
<br />rocurement laws.
<br />rty (30) days shall
<br />local taxes and
<br />and 4 (§58.1-3895 et seq.
<br />y may waive such liens in
<br />only as to a purchaser wh
<br />ation with the owner. Al
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