HomeMy WebLinkAbout3288 Creating AMC 15.04.270 to Prohibit Permits When Code Violations are Outstanding ORDINANCE NO. 3288
AN ORDINANCE CREATING 15.04.270 TO PROHIBIT PERMITS WHEN CODE
VIOLATIONS ARE OUTSTANDING
Annotated to show deletions and additions to the Ashland Municipal Code sections being
modified. Deletions are bold lined thr-ottgh, and additions are bold underlined.
WHEREAS,Article 2. Section I of the Ashland City Charter provides:
Powers of the City. The City shall have all powers which the constitutions, statutes, and
common law of the United States and of this State expressly or impliedly grant or allow
municipalities, as fully as though this Charter specifically enumerated each of those
powers, as well as all powers not inconsistent with the foregoing; and, in addition thereto,
shall possess all powers hereinafter specifically granted. All the authority thereof shall
have perpetual succession.
WHEREAS, in order to incentivize compliance for outstanding code violations when a project is
ongoing and to reduce hazards associated with that project, the City wishes to provide a
mechanism to delay permits until previous violations are resolved.
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
15.04.270 - Permit Issuance Prohibited When Violations Are Outstanding
A. No building permit shall be issued for any property with an active code compliance case
or outstanding violation of the Ashland Municipal Code, except for permits that are solely
and directly necessary to correct that violation.
B. For purposes of this section, an "active code compliance case" includes any notice of
violation, citation, or enforcement action issued pursuant to Title 15 (Buildings and
Construction) or Title 18 (Land Use).
C. The Building Official may authorize issuance of a permit when necessary to abate
hazardous or unsafe conditions, or when the permit is required to achieve full compliance
with applicable provisions of the Ashland Municipal Code.
D. No other construction, building, mechanical, electrical, or plumbing permits shall be
issued until the violation has been corrected to the satisfaction of the City and the
associated enforcement case has been closed.
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SECTION 2. Severability. Each section of this ordinance, and any part thereof, is severable,
and if any part of this ordinance is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction,the
remainder of this ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 3. Codification. Provisions of this Ordinance shall be incorporated in the City Code
and the word "ordinance"may be changed to "code", "article", "section", "chapter" or another
word, and the sections of this Ordinance may be renumbered, or re-lettered,provided however
that any Whereas clauses and boilerplate provisions (i.e. Sections 3-5) need not be codified and
the City Recorder is authorized to correct any cross-references and any typographical errors.
The foregoing ordinance was first read by title only in accordance with Article X, Section
2(C) of the City Charter on the day of , 2026, and duly
PASSED and ADOPTED this day of , 2026.
PASSED by the City Council this��day of Ma,t�C, , 2026.
ATTEST: &�/
li o s i, City Recorder
SIGNED and APPROVED this [ day of aIG 2026.
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Tonya Gr am,Mayor
Reviewed as to f,
ha 'etila, City Attorney
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