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ORDINANCE NO. 634
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
AZUSA AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 589 AND THE LOS
ANGELES COUNTY BUILDING LAWS ADOPTED THEREBY
RELATING TO THE ABATEMENT OF UNSAFE BUILDINGS.
The City Council of the City of Azusa does ordain as
follows:
SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 589, passed and approved the
3rd day of November, 1958, is hereby amended by the addition thereto
of a new Section 4.3 reading as follows:
"Section 4.3. Subsection (b) of Section 203 of said
Building Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
(b) Notice to Owner. The Building Official shall examine
or cause to be examined every building or structure or portion
thereof reported as dangerous or damaged and, if such is found
to be an unsafe building as defined in this Section, the
Building Official shall give to the owner of such building or
structure written notice stating the defects thereof and giving
notice that a public hearing will be held before the City
Council at a date, hour and place specified in said notice at
which time and place the City Council will hear the owner and
any other person interested and will determine whether or not
said building or structure is an unsafe building as defined
by this Section and whether the same shall be abated by repair,
rehabilitation, demolition or removal in accordance with the
procedure prescribed in this Section. Such notice shall be
served in the manner hereinafter specified and shall also be
published once in the official newspaper of the City, and such
service and publication shall be completed at least ten days
before the hearing. The City Council shall conduct a public
hearing at the time and place specified at which it shall
afford the owner and all persons interested in such building or
structure an opportunity to be heard, and shall determine from
the evidence and declare by resolution whether or not said
building or structure is an unsafe building as herein defined
and whether the same shall be abated by repair, rehabilitation,
demolition or removal in accordance with the procedure prescribed
in this Section.
If the City Council determines and declares by resolution
that the building or structure is an unsafe building as herein
defined, the Building Official shall serve upon the owner of
such building or structure written notice of such determina-
tion by the City Council which notice shall require the owner
or person in charge of the building or premises, within 48
hours, to commence either the required repairs or improvements
or demolition and removal of the building or structure or portions
thereof, and all such work shall be completed within 90 days from
date of notice, unless otherwise stipulated by the Building
Official. If necessary, such notice shall also require the
building, structure, or portion thereof to be vacated forthwith
and not reoccupied until the required repairs and improvements
are completed, inspected, and approved by the Building Official.
Proper service of the notice required by this subsection
shall be by personal service upon the owner of record, if he
shall be found within the city limits. If he is not found
within the city limits such service may be made upon said owner
by registered mail; provided, that if such notice is by registered
mail, the designated period within which said owner or person in
charge is required to comply with the order of the Building
Official shall begin as of the date he receives such notice. "
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SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of
this ordinance and shall publish the same as required by law.
Passed and approved this 6th day of June , 1960.
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Mayor
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS.
CITY OF AZUSA
I, JAMES MITJ.FR, City Clerk of the City of Azusa, do le reby
certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. was regularly intro-
duced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the
City Council on the 16thday of May , 1960. That, there-
after, said ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting
of the City Council on the 6th day of June , 1960, by the
following vote, to-wit:
AYES: Councilmen: Paul, McLees , Johnson, Teasley, Ortuno
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT:Councilmen: None
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City Clerk
I do further certify that I caused said Ordinance to be
published prior to the expiration of fifteen days from the passage
thereof in the Azusa Herald and Pomotropic, a newspaper of general
circulation, printed, published and circulated in the City of Azusa,
on the 13th day of June , 1960, and that the same was pub-
lished in accordance with law.
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City Clerk
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