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AN ORDINANCE TO ~2[END TEE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 196!, BY ~[ENDING SECTIONS 4-73 THROUGH 4-~79 THEREOF, PERTAINING TO CLOSURE OF VACD~.~T OR UNOCCUPIED BUILDINGS AND REGISTRATION AND pEEi~ITS THEREFOR. Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That the code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1961, be amended and reordained to read as follows: ARTICLE V. Vacantor Unoccupied Buildings. Section 4-73. Definitions. ,,Owner'~. Owner shall mean theholder of title in fee simple and any person, group of persons, company, association or corporation in whose name tax bills on the property are submitted. It shall also mean any person who alone or jointly or severally with others: (a) shall have legal title to any dwelling or dwelling unit with or without accompanying ac- tual possession thereof; (b) shall have charge, care or control of any dwelling or dwelling unit as ovmer, executor, executrix, administrator, trustee, guardian of the estate of the owner~ mortgagee, or vendee in possession, assignee of rents, lessee or other person~ firm Sr corporation in control of a building; or their duly authorized agents. Any such person, group of persons, company, association or corporation shall have joint and several responsibility for com- pliance with the provisions of this article. "Vacant or unoccupied building". A vacant or unoccupied building shall be any building or structure which zs not occupied, used or inhabited on a regular and continuing basis by some person with a valid claim of right to possession or a fee simple title. The intrusion of trespassers or squatters into such buildings on any basis shall not render such building occupied or non-vacant within the meaning of this article. Section 4-74. Closure of vacant or unoccupied buildings. The owner of any building shall, whenever the same is or becomes vacant or unoccupied, remove therefrom all paper or other