15.15.020 Dangerous buildings code – Section 102(a) amended – Purpose.
Section 102(a) of the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings is amended by deleting:
It is the purpose of this Code to provide a just, equitable and practicable method, to be cumulative with and in addition to, any other remedy provided by the Building Code, Housing Code or otherwise available at law, whereby buildings or structures which from any cause endanger the life, limb, health, morals, property, safety or welfare of the general public or their occupants may be required to be repaired, vacated or demolished.
and inserting in its place:
It is expressly the purpose of this Code to provide for and promote the health, safety and welfare of the general public, and not to create or otherwise establish or designate any particular class or group of persons who will or should be especially protected or benefited by the terms of this Code.
It is the specific intent of this Code to place the obligation of complying with its requirements upon any person owning, operating or controlling any building or structure within its scope and no provision nor any term used in this Code is intended to impose any duty whatsoever upon the Town or any of its officers or employees, for whom the implementation or enforcement of this Code shall be discretionary and not mandatory.
Nothing contained in this Code is intended to be nor shall be construed to create or form the basis for any liability on the part of the Town, or its officers, employees or agents, for any injury or damage resulting from the failure of a building to comply with the provisions of this Code, or by reason or in consequence of any inspection, notice, order, certificate, permission or approval authorized or issued or done in connection with the implementation or enforcement of this Code, or by reason of any action or inaction on the part of the Town related in any manner to the enforcement of this Code by its officers, employees or agents.
Notwithstanding any language used in this Code, it is not the intent of this Code to create a duty and/or cause of action running to any individual or identifiable person but rather any duty is intended to run only to the general public.
(Ord. 352 § 2, 1993)