§ 16-20.011. Further provisions.

(a)

Inspections: The director shall from time to time inspect, in cooperation with a designee of the director, bureau of buildings, work undertaken pursuant to decisions of the commission. The director shall take all necessary and legal steps to assure conformity to the requirements thereof. In any cases where the director of the commission becomes aware of work being undertaken on any designated property without or in violation of a certificate of appropriateness, the director of the commission shall immediately notify the director, bureau of buildings, who shall issue an immediate stop-work order. Further, the director, bureau of buildings shall furnish the director of the commission a quarterly report concerning all designated properties, number and nature of inspections made, number of correction notices issued, and steps being taken to remedy violations.

(b)

Maintenance and Enforcement: The owner or owners, or the owner's agent, of each building or site designated to a category of protection pursuant to this chapter shall keep in good repair all of the exterior portions of such building or site and all interior portions thereof which, if not so maintained, may cause or tend to cause the exterior portion of such building or site to deteriorate, decay, or become damaged or otherwise to fall into a state of disrepair. Further, said owner or owners shall keep in good repair all portions of the building or site which, if not so maintained, may cause or tend to cause such portions to deteriorate, decay, or become damaged or otherwise fall into a state of disrepair. The provisions of this section shall be in addition to all other provisions of law requiring any such building or site to be kept in good repair. The director, bureau of buildings shall be responsible for the enforcement of the maintenance provisions contained within this section.

(c)

Interpretation: In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this chapter shall be construed to be the minimum requirements or maximum limitations, as the case may be, commensurate with promotion of the purpose of historic preservation. Whenever the requirements of these regulations are at a variance with the requirements of any other governmentally adopted statute, rule, regulations, ordinance or code, the most restrictive or that imposing the higher standard shall govern.

(d)

Penalties: Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of an offense and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as provided in section 1-8 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Atlanta, as amended. Each day's continuance of a violation may be considered a separate offense. The owner of any building, structure or site, or part thereof, where anything in violation of this chapter exists, and any architect, builder, contractor or agent of the owner, or any tenant, who commits or assists in the commission of any violation, shall be guilty of a separate offense.

(e)

Separability of Provisions: Should any section or provision of this chapter be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of this chapter as a whole or any section thereof other than the section or provision specifically declared to be invalid.

(Code 1977, § 16-20.011)