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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0500_494494 �a SECTION 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF A HOUSING BOARD OF APPEALS. (a) There is hereby created a Board of Housing Appeals which shall consist of five (5) members appointed by the Mayor subject to confirmation of the City Council. One member shall be appointed to serveone(1year, two members to serve two (2) years, and two members to serve three 3> years. (b) This Board shall act by majority vote of the members present. (c) Said Board shall have the power and be required to hold public hearings in deciding appeals where it is alleged there is an error in law or fact in any order or decision of the Housing Enforcing Official in the enforcement of this ordinance. SECTION 4. DUTIES OF THE HOUSING ENFORCING OFFICIAL. It shall be the duty of the Housing Enforcing Official to enforce all laws and provisions specified in the 1965 Edition of the Southern Standard Housing Code. SECTION 5 RIGHT OF ENTRY. The Housing Enforcing Official, in the discharge of his official duties, and upon proper identification, shall have authority to enter any building, structure, or premises at any reasonable hour. SECTION 6. VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES In addition to the violations and penalties provided for in the 1965 Edition of Southern Standard Housing Code, it is hereby further provided that violations of said Code shall be punishable by a fine of not less than Ten Dollars ($510.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) or by imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months, or by both fine and imprisonment. SECTION 7. SAVING CLAUSE 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 right acquired, or liability incurred, nor any cause or causes of action accrued or existing, under any act or ordinance repealed hereby.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. SECTION S. VALIDITY The invalidity of any section or provision of this ordinance or of the code hereby adopted shall not invalidate other section or provisions thereof. SECTION 9. INCONSISTENT ORDINANCES REPEALED. Ordinances or parts thereof in force at the time that this ordinance shall take effect and inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed. SECTION 10. DATE OF EFFECT The provisions of this Code shall take effect on the 15th day of April, 1966. Jay C. Sloan, Mayor y City of Georgetown, T xas Date Passed: April 11, 1966 ATTFST: Claud Eads, City Secretary