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AN ORDINANCE TO ASCEND THE CODE OF TttE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH~ VIR- <br />GINIA, 1961, BY AMENDING SECTIONS 4-61.1 PERTAINING TO MINIMUM <br />STANDARDS FOR HOUSING, 4-61.5 PERTAINING TO CERTIFICATION OF <br />RENTAL HOUSING, AND SECTION 4-61.8 PERTAINING TO TEMPORARY <br />WAIVER OF CERTAIN STANDARDS FOR RENTAL PROPERTY, AND BY ADDING <br />THERETO SECTION 4-61.11 PERTAINING TO PENALTIES. <br /> <br /> BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Ports- <br />mouth, Virginia: <br /> <br /> 1. That the' Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, <br />be amended by amending Sections ~-61.1, 4-61.57 and 4-61o8, and <br />by adding thereto a new section numbered 4-61.11, such amended <br />and new sections to read as follows: <br /> <br />Section 4-61.1. Southern Standard Housing Code ~ Adoption <br /> by reference. <br /> <br /> There is hereby adopted by the City Council for the <br />purpose of prescribing minimum standards for occupancy, that <br />certain code known as' the Southern Standard Housing Code~ 1969 <br />Edition, and the whole thereof, save and except such portions <br />as are hereinafter deleted, modified or amended, and the same <br />is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at <br />length herein; provided that: <br /> <br /> (1) Where the words "Applicable Governing Body" are <br />used in the Southern Standard HousingCode, 1969 Edition, here- <br />by adopted, they shall be held to mean the City of Portsmouth, <br />Virginia. . <br /> <br /> {2) Where the words "Building Official" are used <br />in the Southern Standard Housing Code, 1969 Edition, hereby <br />adopted, except Section t01 thereof, they shall be held to <br />mean the director of public health, who is hereby designated <br />to enforce said Code. <br /> <br /> (3) Section 101.5 of said Southern Standard Housing <br />Code, 1969 Edition, be amended to read as follows: <br /> <br />101.5 Maintenance. <br /> <br /> Ail buildings or structures, both existing and new, <br />and all parts thereof, shall be maintained in a safe and sanitary <br />condition. All devices or safeguards which are required by <br />this Code in a building when erected, altered, or repaired, <br />shall be maintained in good working order. The owner, and his <br />designated agent, if any, shall be responsible'for the mainten- <br />ance of buildings, structures and premises to the extent set <br /> <br /> <br />