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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 10, Page 131, No Ordinance Numberti Page 131 AN ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT THE MAINTAINING, USE OCCUPANCY OR LETTING OF D'..ELLINGS NHICH ARE SO INSAIdITARY OR OUT OF REPAIR AS TO BE DANGEROUS OR UEHEALTHY, AND PROVIDING FOR THE ABATEI.IENT THEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF C01'.T'.ISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, IIENTUCKY: SECTION 1. That no building, house, or room, intended or designed for dwelling purposes, which is or may hereafter become so insanitary or out of repair as to render it unfit for habita- tion, or which is or may become unsafe for occupancy, or that may be considered dangerous or detrimental to t18e public, or injurious to the health or morals of the community, shall be rented, leased, let hired out or permitted to be used, either with or without compensation. SECTION 2. That no building, house or room, intended or designed for dwelling purposes, which is or may become so insanitary or out of repair as to render it unfit for habitation, or which is or may become unsafe for occupancy, or may be con- sidered dangerous or detrimer_tal to the public, or injurious to the health or morals of the community, shall be maintained or occupied. SECTION 3. Whenever any building, house or room, intended or designed for dwelling purposes, shall be unfit for habitation foi any of the causes named in sections one and two of this ordinance the occupant or occupants thereof shall vacate within ten days, and the owner or owners shall abate or remove the same within twenty days after receiving from the 1,.ayor or• City Manager notic or notices so to do, which notice or notices shall set forth the grounds therefor. SECTION 4. Upon complaint in writino made to him by the i health officer of the City, or by petition filed with him, signed by three or more persons, pwners of real estate residing in the City, he shall cause to be served, by the chief of police, in writing upon the occupants and owners of any such premises, the notice or notices provided for by section three, to be served by I delivering or offering to deliver a copy to the person to whom it is directed, or if such person cannot be found, by delivering a copy be his agent, or by affixing such copy to the front door Page 132 of the premises sought to be abated. SECTIOD? 5. Upon the failure of the owner or owners to abate or remove any such buildinS, house or room within the time required by section three, he or they shall be subject to a fine of not less than five nor more than twenty dollars, and ten dollars for each succeeding twenty-four hours it remains unabated, and it shall be the duty of the Yayor or City Manager at the expiration of said twenty days, to cause a warrant or summons against such owner or owners to be issued by the police judge, charging a violation of this ordinance, and if upon a trial of the charge the party against whom the said warrant or summons was issued shall be convicted, the judgment of conviction shall order the abatement or removal of the building, house or room designated in said warrant. Provided, that if the owner be a non-resident of the state or county of i::cCracken, he shall be proceeded against by warning order, as prescr'bed by the Civil Code of the state in proceedings against non-residents, and the fine fixed by this section shall not be imposed and the judgment of the Court shall only require the abatement or removal of the structure so designated. SECTION 6. 'Whenever there shall be a conviction under the preceding section, it shall be the duty of the L'ayor or city LranaL;er in the name of the City, to contract with some suitable person or persons to abate and remove the structure designated in the warrant or summons upon vk ich said. conviction %as had, at the cos of the owners or owner thereof, which cost, if not paid by the owner or owners, may be paid by the city, and the amount so expended shall be recovered by the City by suit in any Court of competent jurisdiction. SECTION 7. Any tenant or occupant, not the owner of the premises, who shall violate section three shall be fined not less than two nor more than ten dollars, and each twenty-four hours after ten days notice, as required therein, shall constiture a separate offices. i Pa -c 1"53 SECTION S. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed, and this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its adoption. Mayor Passed by the Board of 00pnissioners, October 23rd, 1939 Recorded by Rudy Steuart, City Clerk, Oct. 1939.