Council passes measure to launch unsafe building ordinance

Berne Tri-Weekly News:

City Attorney James Beitler introduced an ordinance at Monday's board meeting to enact an unsafe building code that would allow for proper measures to rectify unsafe building sites in the city.

Council then initiated emergency legislation steps to adopt the measure and authorize the attorney to fulfill the required publication of the legislation twice in the paper. Beitler stated that under the provisions of state legislation 36-7-9-1 through 36-7-9-28, all proceedings within the City of Berne for inspection, repair and removal of unsafe buildings would be governed.

"All buildings or portions thereof within the city which are determined after inspection by the Building Commission to be unsafe as defined in this subchapter are herby declared to be nuisances shall be abated by repair, rehabilitation, demolition or removal," states the ordinance.