Ordinance 3434-15 - Laserfiche WebLink

rehabilitation must have been unoccupied for a minimum of twelve months prior to submission of an application and must fail to comply with one or more requirements of the Uniform Building Code or of the City's housing ordinance as set forth in EMC Title 16. Applications for new construction cannot be submitted for vacant property upon which an occupied residential rental structure previously stood, unless a minimum of twelve months has elapsed from the time of most recent occupancy. Be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: D. Project Eligibility. A proposed project must meet the following requirements for consideration for a property tax exemption: 2. Tenant Displacement-Building Code Deficiency. a. Tenant Displacement. If the property proposed to be rehabilitated is not vacant prior to application, an applicant must provide each existing tenant housing of comparable size, quality, and price and a reasonable opportunity to relocate. b. Building Code Deficiency. Existing dwelling units proposed for rehabilitation must fail to comply with one or more requirements of the State Building Code as adopted by the City or the International Property Maintenance Code as adopted by the City as each are set forth in EMC Title 16. Section 2. Severability. Should any section, paragraph, clause or phrase of this Ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance, be declared unconstitutional or otherwise invalid for any reason, or should any portion of this Ordinance be pre-empted by state or federal law or regulations, this shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance or its application to other persons or circumstances. Section 3. Conflict. In the event there is a conflict between the provisions of this Ordinance and any other City ordinance, the provisions of this Ordinance shall control. Section 4. Corrections. The City Clerk and the codifiers of this Ordinance are authorized to make necessary corrections to this Ordinance including, but not limited to, the correction of scrivener's/clerical errors, references, ordinance numbering, section/subsection number and any references thereto. Section 5. General Duty. It is expressly the purpose of this Ordinance to provide for and promote the health, safety and welfare of the general public and not to create or otherwise establish or designate any particular class or group of persons who will or should be especially protected or benefited by the terms of this Ordinance. It is the specific intent of this Ordinance that no provision or any term used in this Ordinance is intended to impose any duty whatsoever upon the City or any of its officers or employees. Nothing contained in this Ordinance is 2