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ORDINANCE NO.33 -72
AN ORDINANCE FOR TEE REGULATION OF BUILDINGS
AND STRUCTURES IN THE TOWN OF ESTES PARK,
COLORADO:ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE UNIFORM
BUILDING CODE,VOLUME IV,1970 EDITION,KNOWN
AS THE UNIFORM CODE FOR REPAIR,VACATION OR
DEMOLITION OF DANGEROUS BUILDINGS;AMENDING
SECTION 11.1 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE
TOWN OF ESTES PARK,COLORADO;AND PROVIDING
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAIHED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN
OF ESTES PARK,COLORADO:
Section 1.Adoption.---Pursuant to Chapter 139,
Article 3l,Colorado Revised Statutes 1963,as amended,that
the Uniform Building Code,Volume IV,1970 Edition,known as
the “Uniform Code for Repair,Vacation or Demolition of
Dangerous Buildings,1’issued by the International Conference
of Building Officials,36O South Workman Mill Road,Whittier,
California 90601,at least three (3)copies of which have
been certified as true copies by the Mayor and the Clerk of
the Town of Estes Park,Colorado,and which are now on file
in the office of the Town Clerk,is hereby adopted by reference.
Section 2.Additions or Modifications:Section 201
(c)3 is hereby deleted from the Uniform Building Code,
Volume IV,1970 Edition,and has no application to any
provisions of said Code.
Section 3.Penalties.The following penalties,here
with set forth in full,shall apply to this Ordinance:
(a)It is unlawful for any person to violate any of
the provisions stated or adopted in this Ordinance.
(b)Every person convicted of a violation of any
provision stated or adopted in this Ordinance shall be
punished by a fine not exceeding Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00),
or by imprisonment not exceeding ninety (90)days or by both
such fine and imprisonment.
(c)Where any violation is a continuing offense,each
day that the violation continues shall be considered and held
to be a separate and distinct offense.
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Section L1...Application.This Ordinance shall apply
to all dangerous buildings and structures,as defined in the
Uniform Building Code,Volume IV,1970 Edition,either exist
ing or hereafter erected in the Town of Estes Park,Colorado.
Section 5.Validity.If any part or parts of this
Ordinance are for any reason held to be invalid,such decision
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of
this Ordinance.The Board of Trustees hereby declares that
it would have passed this Ordinance and each part or parts
thereof,irrespective of the fact that any one part or parts
be declared invalid.
Section 6.Interpretation.This Ordinance shall be
so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general
purpose of providing a just,equitable and practicable method
whereby buildings or structures,either existing or hereafter
erected,which from any cause endanger the life,limb,health,
morals,property,safety or welfare of the general public or
their occupants,may be required to be repaired,vacated or
demolished.Article and section headings of the Ordinance and
the adopted Uniform Building Code,Volume IV,1970 Edition,
shall not be deemed to govern,limit,modify or in any manner
affect the scope,meaning or extent of the provisions of any
article or section thereof.
Section 7.That Section 11.1 of the Municipal Code of
the Town of Estes Park,Colorado,be and the same is hereby
amended by adding thereto the following:
Any dangerous building or structure,either existing
or hereafter erected,as defined in the Uniform Building Code,
Volume IV,1970 Edition,known as the TtUniform Code for Repair,
Vacation or Demolition of Dangerous Buildings,11 issued by the
International Conference of Building Officials,5360 South
Workman Mill Road,Whittier,California 90601,shall be
repaired,vacated or demolished in conformity with the require
ments of said Code which said Code is incorporated herein and
adopted by reference.
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Section 8.Publication.The Town Clerk shall certify
to the passage of this Ordinance,cause notice of its contents
and passage to be published,and make not less than three (3)
copies of adopted Code available for inspection by the public
during regular business hours.
Section 9.Effective Date.The Board of Trustees
herewith finds,determines and designates that this Ordinance
is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace,health and safety for the regulation of dangerous
buildings has a bearing upon the public peace,health and
safety,and whereas in the opinion of the Board of Trustees
an emergency exists,this Ordinance shall take effect and be
in force five (5)days after its final passage,adoption and
publication.
PASSED BY THE HOARD OF TRUSTEES AFTER PUBLIC HEARING
AND SIGNED THIS //DAY OF AUGUST,1972.
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TOWN OF ESTES PARK,COLORADO
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Town Clerk
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