HomeMy WebLinkAbout4371 ORDINANCE NO. !
AN ORDINANCE establishing the makeup of the Uniform Building Code,
Uniform Plumbing Code, Uniform Fire Code, Uniform Sign Code and
Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings appeals boards, and
adopting a new Chapter to Title 17 of the Bremerton Municipal Code.
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES HEREBY ORDAIN:
Section 1. New Chapter. A new Chapter 17.50, APPEALS BOARDS, is hereby
added to Title 17 to read as follows:
17.50.100 BOARD MAKEUP.
(a) Appeals of the Uniform Building Code, Uniform Plumbing Code, Uniform Fire
Code and the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings shall be heard by
the City of Bremerton Building Appeals Board which shall consist of five (5) regularly
constituted members nominated by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council.
(b) Appeals of the Bremerton Housing Code shall be heard by the City of
Bremerton Appeals and Housing Advisory Board which shall consist of the five members
of the Building Appeals Board, plus four (4) additional members, appointed by the Mayor
and confirmed by Council, representing specialized housing interests and property owners
and whose qualifications shall be as set forth in UBC Chapter 2, Section 204(a) and
Bremerton Housing Code, Chapter 2, Section 203(a).
(C) Length of term of board members shall be four years.
(d) The Council may appoint any member where a vacancy exists for sixty days or
more.
17.50.200 BOARD PROCEDURES. The Building Appeals Board and Appeals and
Housing Advisory Board shall each adopt such procedures as necessary for the hearing of
appeals.
The procedures for the Building Appeals Board shall include those set forth in the
Uniform Building Code, Chapter 2, Section 204 (a) and (b), the Uniform Code for the
Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, Chapter 2, Section 205 (a), Chapters 5 and 6 and the
Brernerton Housing Code, Chapter 2, Section 203(a), Chapters 12 and 13.
17.50.300 BOARD MEMBERS. Members of the boards governed by this chapter
shall be citizens of the United States and residents, property owners or business owners in
the City of Bremerton.
Section 2. Initial Terms. Upon the effective date of this ordinance, members ot' the
boards established under Section 1 shall serve initial terms as follows:
a. Two members of the Appeals Board and one member of the
Appeals and Advisory Board added under 17.50.100(b) shall serve four years.
b. Remaining members of the Appeals Board and the Appeals and
Advisory Board added under 17.50.100 (b) shall serve one, two and three
years respectively.
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APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton this ] day of
.... f~J't.-(-~, , 1992.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton this ~' day of
~NN HORTON, Council President
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LOUIS MENTOR, Mayor
ATTEST:
KATHLEEN McCLUSKEY, City Clerk