Ord 2023-082 amending Chapter 14, Article 8 of the San Marcos City Code by adopting additional local amendments to the international property maintenance code

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(b) Appendix A, Boarding Standard, of the International Property Maintenance Code is amended to add a new section A105.1 to read as follows: A105.1 Securing vacant structures. 1. Owners shall have the responsibility for maintaining all vacant structures, including dwellings units, dwellings, principal buildings, pools or spas, and accessory buildings in a locked or closed condition so that they cannot be entered without an unlawful break- in. If a structure is vacant, the code official may, to assure compliance with this section, order an owner to board additional areas of the structure. 1.1 Owners shall obtain a permit prior to boarding. 1.2 If a structure is vacant, boarding of a structure shall be required for all doors and windows on ground level and those doors and windows accessible to grade by stairs or permanently fixed ladders or within ten feet ofrg ade. 1.3 Boards shall be cut and attached in accordance with standards for securing and artistic board -up. 1.4 At least one door boarded at the grade level shall be maintained with locks or hinges to permit entry for inspection purposes. 1.5 Boards shall be painted in accordance with standards for securing and artistic board -up approved by resolution of the city council. 1.6 Screening or alternate methods of boarding may be permitted when approved by the code official. 1.7 The owner of a structure boarded under this section shall be required, upon notification, to provide entry to the structure to the code official at least once every 12 months, for inspection purposes, or at any time when the structure has been unlawfully entered. 1.8 The owner of a structure boarded under this section shall notify the code official in writing no later than ten days after the sale of the structure or the unboarding of the propertL. 1.9 The owner shall also properly post a no -trespass sign on the property where the vacant structure is located as required by the police department.