AN ORDINANCE

BY:
NO.
AMENDING SECTION 17-111.4, PROPERTY MAINTENANCE BOARD, OF THE OAKWOOD PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE TO ALIGN THE CITY’S PROPERTY MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS WITH THE OFFICIAL VOTING PRECINCTS OF THE CITY.

WHEREAS, Chapter 17-111.4 of the Oakwood Property Maintenance Code establishes a Property Maintenance Board to adjudicate various matters arising within five (5) property maintenance districts within the city; and

WHEREAS, to promote administrative and operating efficiency, the City Manager has recommended expanding the number of property maintenance districts from five (5) to seven (7), and aligning the boundaries thereof with the seven (7) official voting precincts of the city; and

WHEREAS, because the Property Maintenance Code requires the appointment of three (3) board members from each property maintenance district, this change would also increase the total number of board members from fifteen (15) to twenty one (21); and

WHEREAS, Council accepts the City Manager’s recommendation and desires to amend Section 17-111.4 accordingly;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OAKWOOD, STATE OF OHIO, THAT:
SECTION I.
Section 17-111.4, Property Maintenance Board, of the Oakwood Property Maintenance Code, is hereby amended to read as follows, with new text in bold font and deleted text in strikethrough font:
17-111.4 PROPERTY MAINTENANCE BOARD.

In the International Code, 111.2 created such a board but that section number has been used to provide for appeals from code requirements. This section provides for the creation and membership of a Property Maintenance Board.

A.

Creation and membership: A Property Maintenance Board is hereby created. It shall consist of 15 persons appointed by the City Council as members, three (3) of those members being appointed from persons residing in each of the five districts depicted on the map of the city appended to this code and made a part hereof, marked Appendix B official voting precincts of the city of Oakwood. At the time this Property Maintenance Code is enacted, a Citizens Housing Committee is in existence, having been created under the previous Housing Code of the city. Members of that previous committee shall constitute the original members of the Property Maintenance Board, and that committee is now terminated. At the time this provision is enacted, there are seven (7) voting precincts, meaning the board shall consist initially of twenty one (21) members, three (3) from each precinct. In the event that the number of official voting precincts should increase or decrease, the total number of board members shall change accordingly to reflect a composition of three (3) members from each precinct.

Also at the time this provision is enacted, there is an existing Property Maintenance Board consisting of fifteen (15) members. In the interest of continuity, the existing terms of those members shall carry over to the board created by this provision, and those members shall continue to serve to the extent that their places of residence comport to the precinct distribution described herein.

B.

Term of office: The terms of board members shall be for 5 years. Appointments shall be attempted to be made in such a manner that the term of no more than one member from any one district voting precinct shall