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ORDINANCE NO. 8097-25 |
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND REORDAIN CHAPTER 13, BUILDING
REGULATIONS, OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA, BY
ADDING THERETO A NEW ARTICLE, NAMELY: ARTICLE XIII. DERELICT
BUILDINGS AND SPOT BLIGHT ABATEMENT.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Newport News,
Virginia:
1. That Chapter 13, Building Regulations, of the Code of the City of Newport News,
Virginia, be, and the same hereby is, amended and reordained by adding thereto a new Article, |
namely Article XIII. Derelict Buildings and Spot Blight Abatement, as follows:
CHAPTER 13
BUILDING REGULATIONS |
ARTICLE XIN. DERELICT BUILDINGS AND SPOT BLIGHT ABATEMENT
DIVISION 1. IN GENERAL.
Sec. 13-201. Purpose.
The purpose of this article is to provide for the repair or demolition, or the acquisition
and repair or demolition, by the city of derelict or blighted property.
See. 13-202. Definitions.
For purposes of this article, the following word and phrases shall have the meanings given
below, except where context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Blighted property. Any individual commercial, industrial, or residential structure or
improvement that endangers the public’s health, safety, or welfare because the structure or
improvement upon the property is dilapidated, deteriorated, or violates minimum health and
safety standards, or any structure or improvement previously designated as blighted pursuant to
Section 36-49.1:1 of the Code of Virginia, under the process for determination of “spot blight.”
Derelict building, A residential or nonresidential building or structure, whether or not
construction has been completed, that might endanger the public’s health, safety, or welfare and
for a continuous period in excess of six months, it has been (i) vacant, (ii) boarded up in
accordance with the building code, and (iii) not [awfully connected to electric service from a
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