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ORDINANC( NO. AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 17 OF THE CODE OF CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA (1988) BY AMENDING SECTIONS 17-1(c), 17-75(a), AND 17-134(a) PERTAINING TO RENTAL INSPECTION AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL INSPECTION ADMINISTRATIVE FEES. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That Sections 17-1(c), 17-75, and 17-134(a) of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia (1988) be amended and reordained to read as follows: Sec. 17-1. Dangerous buildings. (c) If an owner, agent for the owner or person in control of such building fails, refuses or neglects to comply with the notice provided for in subsection (b) of this section, the code official shall ascertain the cost to demolish and remove the building, structure or portion thereof and shall cause such building, structure or portion thereof to be demolished and removed from the lot or property. The code official shall thereafter transmit to the city treasurer a statement of all costs incurred including a $160.00 fee to cover the administrative expenses of the code official, which costs shall be added to the taxes assessed against the real property on which the nuisance existed and shall be collected with such taxes by any manner prescribed by law for the collection of city taxes. Such costs shall also be docketed in the nuisance abatement lien docket book maintained in the office of the city treasurer as a lien against the real property on which the nuisance existed, and shall rank on a parity with liens for unpaid local taxes, which lien shall exist until removed by payment of such costs in full. In lieu of causing the building, structure or portion thereof to be demolished, the director may institute legal proceedings as may be deemed necessary for the failure, refusal or neglect to comply with his order or notice. Sec. 17-75. Inspection fees. (a) Each applicant for a certificate of compliance required by this division for a dwelling or dwelling unit shall pay a fee of $40.00 for an initial rental inspection conducted prior to occupancy, $60.00 for an initial inspection conducted within five (5) days after occupancy, and $110.00 for an initial inspection conducted after the fifth day of occupancy. A fee of $60.00 shall be charged for each reinspection.