HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd.5072.04-16-2018 BILL NO. 18-42 ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 17 OF THE CODE
OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CAPE GIRARDEAU,
MISSOURI, REGARDING CHRONIC NUISANCE
PROPERTIES
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE
GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:
ARTICLE 1 . Section 17-300 (c) (1) entitled, "Administrative
procedures" of Article XII of Chapter 17 of the City Code,
regarding "Chronic Nuisance Properties", reading as follows:
(c) Administrative procedures .
(1) Whenever the city police department or other
law enforcement agency has responded to a property
for any of the activities described in subsection
(b) of this section and filed an incident report for
said response three (3) times within twelve (12)
months, except for the illegal manufacturing,
delivery or distribution of drugs which only
requires one (1) reported incident, the city
attorney may declare the property to be a chronic
nuisance and cause written notice to the property
owner declaring such and which: identifies the
property, states that the property may be designated
as a chronic nuisance property which may necessitate
the closing of the property, and describes the
activities that have occurred on the property.
is hereby repealed in its entiret and a new Section 17-300 (c)
(1) entitled "Administrative procedures", is hereby enacted in
lieu thereof, in words and figures, to read as follows, to-wit:
(c) Administrative procedures.
(1) Whenever the city police department or other law
enforcement agency has responded to a property for any
of the activities described in subsection (b) of this
section and filed an incident report for said response
three (3) times within twelve (12) months, except for
the illegal manufacturing, delivery or distribution of
drugs or for the illegal use or sale of firearms or
weapons, either of which only requires one (1)
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reported incident, the city attorney may declare the
property to be a chronic nuisance and cause written
notice to the property owner declaring such and which:
identifies the property, states that the property may
be designated as a chronic nuisance property which may
necessitate the closing of the property, and describes
the activities that have occurred on the property.
ARTICLE 2 . If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held
invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct
and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions hereof.
ARTICLE 3. It is the intention of the governing body and
it is hereby ordained that the provisions of this ordinance
shall become and be made a part of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and the sections of this Code
may be renumbered to accomplish such intention.
ARTICLE 4 . This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect ten days after its passage and approval .
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PASSED AND APPROVED THIS / ' DAY OF 49Z( , 2018 .
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