Ripon Municipal Code Ch. 15.32 Abatement of Dangerous

The 1994 Edition of the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, published by the International Conference of Building Officials, a copy of which is now on file and open to inspection by the public in the Office of the City Clerk, as well as in the Office of the Building Official of the City is adopted by incorporation in this chapter as the Code for the abatement of dangerous buildings of the City pursuant to the provisions of the Government Code of the State of California relating thereto, and each and every provision therein set forth, except as amended in this chapter, is referred to and made a part of this chapter as fully as if set forth in this chapter, and the amendments thereto set forth in this chapter are enacted as a part thereof. (Ord. 558 § 1, 1996)

and enforcement authority. To provide for the administration and enforcement of this chapter, the office of building official is created. The city council of the city may appoint such assistants to the building official to assist him in the discharge of his office as they shall see fit. (Ord. 296 § 2, 1980)

building official. The office of building official shall be under the jurisdiction of the city administrator. (Ord. 296 § 3, 1980)

A. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of the Code shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the city jail, or in the county jail, for a period of not to exceed ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. B. Each separate day or any portion thereof during which any violation of the Code is continued shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable as provided in this chapter. C. The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of plans and specifications shall not be deemed or construed to be a permit for, or an approval of, any violation of any of the provisions of the Code. No permit presuming to give authority to violate or cancel the provisions of the Code shall be valid, except insofar as the work or use which it authorized is lawful. (Ord. 296 § 4, 1980)

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