HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976-04ORDINANCE NO. 7f,-11
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING MINIMUM STANDARDS
GOVERNING TIME USE, OCCUPANCY AND MAINTENANCE
OF DWELLINGS, DWELLING UNITS AND ACCESSORY
STRUCTURES; ESTABLISHING MINIMUM STANDARDS
GOVERNING SUPPLIED UTILITIES AND FACILITIES, AND
OTHER PHYSICAL THINGS AND CONDITIONS ESSENTIAL
TO MAKE DWELLINGS SAFE, SANITARY, AND FIT FOR
HUMAN HABITATION; ESTABLISHING MINIMUM STANDARDS
GOVERNING THE CONDITION AND MAINTENANCE OF DWEL-
LINGS AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURES; FIXING CERTAIN
RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF OWNERS AND OCCUPANTS
OF DWELLINGS; CREATING A HOUSING BOARD OF ADJUST-
MENT AND APPEALS AND FIXING THE DUTIES AND RESPON-
SIBILITIES THEREOF; AUTHORIZING THE INSPECTION OF
DWELLINGS AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AND PROVIDING
FOR THE CONDEMNATION OF ALL BUILDINGS AND STRUCT-
URES DEEMED UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION AND'USE;
AND FIXING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS.
WHEREAS, within the area of jurisdiction of Indian River County of
the State of Florida there are or may be dwellings, dwelling units and aces -
sort' structures which are unfit for human habitation and use due to inade-
quate maintenance, obsolescence or abandonment; containing defects which
increase the hazards of fire, accident, or other calamities, and which by
reason of the lack of maintenance, inadequate ventilation, light and sanitary
facilities or other conditions render such dwellings and accessory structures
unsafe, unsanitary and dangerous or detrimental to the health, safety, morals,
and general welfare of the community; and,
WHEREAS, experience and accepted national housing surveys have
clearly demonstrated that such conditions result in a large measure from
improper maintenance, inadequate sanitary facilities, overcrowded conditions
in residential occupancies, buildings and premises and from general neigh-
borhood neglect; and,
WHEREAS, it has now become common knowledge that these conditions
can be relieved, in a measure prevented and often eliminated through planned
and properly enforced minimum housing standards, resulting thereby in the
upgrading of living conditions and an overall enhancement of the general
health, safety and welfare of all residents and property owners of the com-
munity; and,
WHEREAS, the Southern Building Code Congress, a non-profit asso-
ciation, has developed and made available a set of minimum housing standards
which have been recognized as being acceptable as a model housing code; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 125, Section 01 of the General Statutes of the
State of Florida provides that such model codes may be adopted by reference;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED, THAT THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA HERE-
BY ADOPTS THE SOUTHERN STANDARD HOUSING CODE 1973 EDITION
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1, The Southern Standard Housing Code, being particularly
the 1973 edition thereof and the whole thereof, save and except such portions
as may hereinafter be amended, of which not less than three (3) copies have
been and are now filed in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Indian
River County and the same are hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as
if set forth at length herein, and from the date on which this ordinance shall
take effect, the provisions therein shall be controlling in the use, maintenance
and occupancy of all dwellings, dwelling units and/or structures within the
area of jurisdiction of Indian River County.
Section 2. Nothing in this ordinance or in the code hereby adopted
shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding now pending in any court,
or any rights acquired or liability incurred, nor any cause or causes of action
accrued or existing, under any act or ordinance repealed hereby. Nor shall
any right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this
ordinance.
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Section 3. The invalidity of any section or provision of this ordinance
or of the code hereby adopted shall not invalidate other sections or provisions
thereof.
Section 4. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in force at the time
that this ordinance shall take effect and inconsistent herewith are hereby re-
pealed.
Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect on the 23rd day of
March 1976.
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