2024-09 Ordinance Creating Chapter 70.2 - Registration of at Risk Properties

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request. The Economic&Community Development Director,or designee shall send notice of their decision within seven(7) days of receipt of the request. The filing of a request for reconsideration stays the time required for registration until the Director or designee sends the notice of decision. 11. VOLUNTARY REGISTRATION OF DORMANT PROPERTY Any owner/responsible party may voluntarily register their residential property within this registry for an extended period and for the duration of the period of time that the property remains dormant. The registration shall state and would be for the purpose of informing the City, who the local responsible agent is that the City should contact in lieu of the Owner/Responsible party, should the City become aware of a problem at the premises and shall state the anticipated duration of absence. No fee shall be assessed for this registration, so long as the property is not otherwise required to be registered under this Ordinance. 12.ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY (f) The registration of a property shall not preclude action by the City to take any other action against the property pursuant to other provisions of the City Code,or applicable local, state or federal laws. (g) Nothing herein contained shall prohibit the City from immediately condemning_a property or taking other immediate action upon a determination that the property is apublic nuisance or poses an immediate danger to the public,health, safety or welfare as provided for in the City Code or applicable local, state and federal laws. (h) The City shall have the authori , to require the Mortgagee or Owner affected by this section, to implement additional maintenance and/or security measures as may be reasonably required to help prevent further decline of the property. (i) The City may contract with an enti , to implement this Chapter, and, if so, any reference to the enforcement officer herein shall include the entity the City contract with for that purpose. 0) In order to cause the purpose, intent, and provisions of this Chapter and the Code adopted thereby to be carried out and administered, and to facilitate the same,the Cil, Manager be, and he is hereby authorized to cause directives,interpretations and rules not in conflict with said provisions, to be promulgated and enforced. 13. SEVERABILITY It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City that if the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses,and phrases of this ordinance are severable,and if anyphrase,clause, sentence,paragraph, or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences,paragraphs, and sections of this Ordinance.