Submitting a report and Proposed Ordinance to amend Chapter 9 of the 1984 Detroit City Code, Buildings and Building Regulations; Article I, Detroit Property Maintenance Code; by amending Division 1. In General; by amending Division 2. Administration and Enforcement; and by amending Division 4. Property Maintenance Requirements, Subdivision A. Requirements for Exteriors of Buildings, Premises, and Structures, Part I. General Requirements, in order to amend Section 9-1-3 to add new definitions, revise certain existing definitions, and make miscellaneous technical corrections; to add Sections 9-1-51 through 9-1-54 to establish that a violation of Article I is declared to be a public nuisance, to establish that the City may issue a correction notice before issuing a blight violation notice in certain circumstances, to clarify that a determination of a blight violation for a violation of Article I shall include an order to the violator to cure the violation and abate the nuisance, to establish that the City, through its authorized officers and agents, shall have a right of entry onto the property to abate any nuisance upon the failure of the owner to do so, to clarify that all costs of abatement are the responsibility of the owner, to clarify that the costs of abatement are to be included in the costs assessed for the blight violation, to clarify that the City retains the rights to use all available remedies to secure compliance with the article, abatement of nuisances, and recovery of costs; and to amend Section 9-1-111 to delete subsection (a) regarding defacing the exterior surfaces of buildings (the substance of which is the subject of a companion ordinance amending Section 38-4-4 if this Code), to declare that graffiti is a public nuisance, and to clarify that the owner of premises afflicted with graffiti has the responsibility to remove the graffiti and maintain the premises free of graffiti. (REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDING COMMITTEE ON 1-26-15)

Committee

Public Health and Safety Standing Committee

Introduced

September 21, 2016

On agenda

January 26, 2015