[Ord. No. 2018-56, 7-23-2018]
A certain document one (1) copy of which is on file in the office
of the City Clerk of the City of Trenton, Missouri, being marked and
designated as "International Property Maintenance Code, 2015," as
published by the International Code Council, Inc., be and is hereby
adopted as the International Property Maintenance Code of the City
of Trenton, Missouri, for the control of buildings and structures
as herein provided; and each and all of the regulations, provisions,
penalties, conditions and terms of said International Property Maintenance
Code are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof, as if
fully set out in this Chapter, with the additions, insertions and
changes, if any.
[Ord. No. 2018-56, 7-23-2018]
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The code adopted in this Chapter hereby amends by substitution the
following Sections in lieu of those Sections with corresponding numbers
in the code, or, where there is no corresponding Section in the code,
the following Sections shall be enacted as additions to the code:
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101.1 Title. These regulations shall be known as the Property
Maintenance Code of the City of Trenton, Missouri, hereinafter referred
to as "this code."
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103.4 Fees. The fees for activities and services performed by
the department in carrying out its responsibilities under this code
shall be set by the City Council by separate ordinance.
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104.3.1 Search Warrant.
(a) If a complaint, in writing, is filed by the Code Official
with the Judge of the Municipal Division of Grundy County Circuit
Court stating that there is probable cause to believe that a certain
structure or premises, more particularly described therein, is or
may be in violation of this code and is within the territorial jurisdiction
of the City, and if such complaint is verified by oath or affirmation
stating evidentiary facts from which such judge determines the existence
of probable cause, then such judge shall issue a search warrant directed
to the Code Official commanding the Code Official to search the structure
or premises therein described. Such search warrant may be executed
and returned within ten (10) days after the date of its issuance.
The Code Official shall make a return promptly after concluding the
search, and such return shall contain an itemization of all violations
of this code discovered pursuant to such search. The refusal to admit
the Code Official to a structure or premises when the Code Official
is in lawful possession of a search warrant commanding the Code Official
to enter therein is hereby declared to be a violation of this code.
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106.2 Notice of Violation. The Code Official shall serve a notice
of violation or order in accordance with Section 107.
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109.6 Hearing is amended by deleting the last sentence and inserting the following sentence: "Any affected person shall be afforded a hearing as described in Section 505.140 of the Trenton City Code."
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Section 111 Means of Appeal is deleted in its entirety and replaced
with the following:
111.1 Appeals Any aggrieved person shall have the right to appeal a decision of the Code Enforcement Official to the Board of Adjustment. Applications for appeal shall be filed in accordance with Trenton City Code Chapter 400.
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112.4 Failure to Comply. Any person who shall continue any work
after having been served with a stop work order, except such work
as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe
condition, shall be liable to a fine as set forth in the Trenton City
Code.
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201.3 Terms Defined in Other Codes, is amended by deleting the
words "International Zoning Code."
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302.4 Weeds is deleted in its entirety.
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304.14 Insect screens. During the period from April 1 to October
15, every door, window and other outside opening utilized or required
for ventilation purposes serving any structure containing habitable
rooms, food preparation areas, food service areas, or any areas where
products to be included or utilized in food for human consumption
are processed, manufactures, packaged or stored, shall be supplied
with approved tightly fitting screens of no less than sixteen (16)
mesh per inch and every swinging door shall have a self-closing device
in good working condition.
Exception #1: Screen doors shall not be required for out-swinging
doors or other types of openings which make screening impractical,
provided other approved means, such as air curtains or insect repellent
fans are employed.
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602.3 Heat supply. Insert dates as follows: September 1 to June
1.
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602.4 Non-residential structures. Insert dates as follows: September
1 to June 1.
[Ord. No. 2018-56, 7-23-2018]
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The punishment of a violation of this Chapter shall be as set forth in Trenton City Code Section 100.220. Every day any violation of the code adopted in this Chapter or any other ordinance or any such rule, regulation, notice or order shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.
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Whenever any act is prohibited by the code adopted in this Chapter,
by an amendment thereof, or by any rule or regulation adopted thereunder,
such prohibition shall extend to and include the causing, securing,
aiding or abetting of any other person to do said act. Whenever any
act is prohibited by the code adopted in this Chapter, an attempt
to do the act is likewise prohibited.
