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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />8.16.010— Purpose <br />8.16.020— Definitions <br />8.16.030— <br />Property Owner Responsibilities <br />8.16.040— <br />Bonding and Fencing Requirements for Vacant Commercial or <br />Industrial Buildings <br />8.16.050— <br />Registration Requirements for Vacant Property <br />8.16.060— <br />Registration Fees <br />8.16.070— <br />Monitoring Program & Purpose <br />8.16.080— <br />Monitoring Program Procedures <br />8.16.090— <br />Local Property Management Requirement <br />8.16.100— <br />Enforcement <br />8.16.110— Joint and Several Liability <br />Section 8.16.010 — Purpose. <br />Vacant buildings are a major cause and source of blight in both residential and <br />nonresidential neighborhoods, especially when the owner of the building fails to actively maintain <br />and manage the building to ensure that it does not become a liability to the neighborhood. Vacant <br />buildings (whether or not those buildings are boarded), substandard, or unkempt buildings, and <br />long-term vacancies discourage economic development and retard appreciation of property values. <br />Vacant buildings are potential fire hazards and can jeopardize the ability of owners of neighboring <br />property from securing or maintaining affordable fire insurance. It is the responsibility of property <br />ownership to prevent owned property from becoming a burden to the neighborhood and community <br />and a threat to the public health, safety, or welfare. One vacant building which is not actively and <br />well maintained and managed can be the core and cause of spreading blight. It is the purpose and <br />intent of the city council, through the adoption of this chapter, to define the responsibilities of <br />owners of, and to establish registration and monitoring programs for, vacant commercial, and/or <br />industrial buildings and properties. <br />23152.06000\24600698.2 <br />