2023-96 Ordinance Amending City Code Chapter 70 Property Maintenance Code

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• 0 required may be either battery powered, plug-in with battery back-up, or wired into the structure's AC power line with secondary battery back-up. Exemptions: The following residential units shall not require carbon monoxide detectors: (1) a residential unit in a building that: (i) does not rely on combustion of fossil fuel for heat, ventilation, or hot water; (ii) is not connected in any way to a garage; and(iii) is not sufficiently close to any ventilated source of carbon monoxide, as determined by the local building official, to receive carbon monoxide from that source. (2) a residential unit that is not sufficiently close to any source of carbon monoxide so as to be at risk of receiving carbon monoxide from that source, as determined by the local building official. oo {p}: Penalty. That no person, firm or corporation shall erect, construct, alter, extend, repair, remove, demolish, maintain, operate, use or occupy any structure or equipment regulated by the provisions of this chapter or of the Code adopted hereby, or by the rules or directives promulgated or notices issued thereunder, or cause the same to be done, contrary to or in conflict with or in violation of any of said provisions, rules, directive or notices, and any person, firm or corporation violating or found to be in violation thereof shall upon conviction be fined not less than One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) nor more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for each offense, and each day on which a violation occurs or continues shall be considered a separate offense. (Amended, Ordinance No. 2007-21, April 2, 2007) (Amended, Ordinance No. 2018-68,November 5, 2018,Effective January 1, 2019) 8. CERTIFICATE -DEMOLITION EXPENSES—PROPERTY SUSTAINING LOSS. (A) It shall be a violation for any company to pay a claim of an insured property owner for loss to a structure located in the City of Decatur, until the insurance company receives a certificate as required by this Section. (B) A notice to the City of Decatur, of the insurer's intent to pay a claim shall in- clude the name of the property owner, the address of the property, its legal description, the per- manent real estate index number that identifies the property for purposes of taxation, and the amount of the claim to be paid. (C) For purposes of this Section, the definitions set forth in Section 397.1 (b) of the Illinois Insurance Code(215 ILCS 5/397.1 (b), as amended) shall be applicable.