63-85 ORDINANCE NO. 63-85
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY
BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 9, "BUILDINGS AND CON-
STRUCTION", ARTICLE XVII, "BOARD OF CONSTRUCTION APPEALS", BY
AMENDING SECTION 9-568, ~RIGHTS, POWERS, PRMLEGES AND DUTIES",
SUBSECTION (a), ~APPEALS", TO PROVIDE THAT APPEALS OF ARTICLE
XI]I, ~ELIMINATION OR REPAIR OF UNSAFE BUILDINGS", SHALL BE MADE
TO THE BOARD OF CONSTRUCTION APPEALS; PROVIDING THAT A
NOTICE OF AN APPEAL UNDER ARTICLE XIII NEED ONLY BE FILED WITH
THE CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE; PRO-
VIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Section 9-568, "Rights, powers, privileges and duties", subsection (a),
"Appeals", be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
(a) Appeals. Appeals to the board of construction appeals may be taken by any person
aggrieved, or by any officer or bureau of the governing body of the city. affected by any decision of
the chief building official concerning interpretation, administration, or enforcement of the provisions
of the following provisions of this chapter:
Article I, In General;
Article II, Building Code;
Article III, Gas Code;
Article IV, Mechanical Code;
Article V, Plumbing, Division 1, Generally;
Article VI, Electricity;
Article VII, Housing; ~
Article XIII~ Elimination or repair of Unsafe Buildings~
Article XIV, Moving Buildings;
It is the intent of this article that all questions of interpretation, administration and
enforcement shall first be presented to the chief building official, and that said questions shall be
presented to the board of construction appeals only on appeal from the chief building official. Said
appeals shall be taken within a reasonable period of time, not to exceed thirty (30) days by filing with
the chief building official and with the city clerk a notice of appeal (except that appeals, from Article
XFII need only be filed with the chief building official) specifying the grounds therefor. The chief
building official shall forthwith transmit to the board all papers constituting the record on which the
action appealed from was taken.
Section 2. That should any section or provision of this ordinance or any portion thereof,
any paragraph, sentence, or word be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remainder hereof as a whole or part thereof other than the
part declared to be invalid.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall become effective ten (10) days after its passage on
second and ~'inal reading.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on second and final reading on this the 25th
day of June .. ,1985.
ATTEST:
Cit~lerk
First Reading June 11, ~1985
Second Reading June 25. 1985