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HomeMy WebLinkAboutordinance.council.004-69RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves ORDINANCE NO.~__~____ (Series of 1969) AN ORDINANCE REPEALING TITLE III, CHAPTER 5 RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND AMENDING THE NAME OF THE DE- PARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING INSPECTION AND PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF BUILDING INSPECTOR AND DEPUTY BUILDING INSPECTOR. BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Aspen, Colorado; Section 1: Chapter 5, Title III of the Official Code of the City of Aspen is hereby repealed. Section 2: Chapter 5, Title III of the Official Code of the City of Aspen is hereby mmended to read as fol- lows: "DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING INSPECTION 3-5-1: CHIEF BUILDING INSPECTOR: (a) Appointment and Removal: There shall be a Chief Building Inspector who shall be ap- pointed by and be responsible to the City Administrator and he shall serve at the pleasure of the City Adminis- trator. The Chief Building Inspector may appoint a Deputy Building Inspector who shall be responsible to the Chief Building Inspector and the City Administrator and whose appointment shall be at the pleasure of the City Adminis- trator. (b) Functions: The Chief Building Inspector shall be ex- officio electrical inspector, plumbing inspector and special hazards inspector, until such positions are specifically filled by the appointment of another person or persons. (c) Duties: The Chief Building Inspector shall be responsible for the enforcement of the Building Code, the Electric Code, plumbing Code, Housing code, all special hazards codes which may now or hereafter be adopted, and the Zoning Code of the City. He shall keep an accurate ac- count of moneys received by him and shall daily pay such moneys over to the City Finance Director. During or before the last week of January of each year he shall submit to the City Administrator a full report of his records and the work of his position for the preceding calendar year. RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves (d) Right of Entry: Upon presentation of his credentials, the Chief Building Inspector,or his duly authorized representa- tive, may enter at any reasonable time any building, struc- ture or premises in the City to perform any duty imposed upon him by this Code. (e) Stop Orders: Whenever any work is being done contrary to the provisions of this Code or of any code adopted by any provision of this Code, the Chief Building Inspector shall order the work stopped by notice in writing served on any person engaged in the doing or causing of such work to be done. It shall be unlawful for any person to fail or re- fuse to obey such order. (f) Electrical Inspections: Periodically, the Chief Building Inspector shall make a thorough examination of the electrical wiring and appliances installed within the City. Whenever he shall find such installations or appliances to be in an unsafe con- dition, he shall order the person owning, using, operating or installing the same in writing to remedy the unsafe con- dition within 15 days or such longer time as may be deemed reasonable by the Inspector. It shall be unlawful for any person to fail or refuse to obey such order. The Chief Building Inspector is hereby empowered to order the dis- connection of electrical service to any defective installa- tion or appliance if the same shall constitute an i~m~e- diate hazard to the public health, safety and welfare." INTRODUCED, READ AND ORDERED published as provided by law by the City Council of Aspen, Colorado at its regular meetingoh~ld at the City of Aspen on the /~_ _day of ~.~~.~ , 1969. ATTEST: ~ CITY CLERK YOR %'~o T~ day of ~L~, adopted and approved on the t--~.f/ , 1969. ATTEST: CITY CLERK -2- MAYOR N.o 23 STATE OF COLORADO ) ) ss COUNTY OF PITKIN ) CEKTIFICAT~ I, Lorraine Graves, City Clerk of Aspen, Colorado, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing ordinance was tntroducted, read in full, and passed on first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Aspen on February 10 ,196_~_9, and publish- ed in the fspen Times a weekly newspaper of general circul- ation, published in the City of Aspen, Colorado, in its issue of February 13 ,1969, and was finally adopted and approved at a regular meeting of the City Council on February 24 Ordinance No. provided by law. 4 ,196 9 , and ordered published as , Series 196 9 , of said City, as IN WITNESS WREREOF, the seal of said City of Aspen, Colorado, this day of February , 196 .~. I have hereunto set my hand and 25th SEAL ~_~aine Graves, City Clerk