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Section 23. Amendment to Chapter 212 of the City Code. Chapter 212 of the City Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Chapter 212 - PROPERTY MAINTENANCE ARTICLE I - Lot Junk § 212-1. - County Code amendments. E. Section 19-5(D)(2) shall read: "If the owner is found guilty by the Special meter Magistrate the owner shall pay a $250 fine and will be required to correct the violative condition within three calendar days of the hearing. If the owner does not appeal or if the owner after being found guilty at the hearing does not correct the violative condition in the time frame specified in this section, the Director shall promptly cause the violative conditions to be remedied by the City as described in Section 19-7." § 212-4. - Property maintenance. The owners of all property within the City shall maintain said property, including any building structures (accessory or otherwise) walls, fences, signs, pavement and landscape in good and safe condition, so as to present a healthy, clean and orderly appearance. All property shall be kept free from any accumulation of garbage, trash or litter. All vegetation shall be maintained to minimize property damage and public safety hazards, including removal of dying or dead plant material, removal of low -hanging branches and trimming or removal of plant material obstructing sidewalks, streetlighting and safe sight distance triangles. E. It shall be the responsibility of the property owner to eliminate any rodents, insects, or any other vermin prior to the demolition of any structure, including but not limited to the fumigation and/or the tenting of said structure. No demolition permit shall be issued without providing evidence of the appropriate extermination and elimination of any rodents, insects or any other vermin. The property owner shall submit a signed and notarized affidavit affirming the fact that the appropriate extermination has occurred by a licensed pest control company, along with the receipt for service from such company, at the time of the submission of the application for a demolition permit to the Zening, Planning and Building Department. F. It shall be the responsibility of property owner's to prevent damage to their property by termites as follows: (2) Commencing from and after July 1, 2001, each multicomplex dwelling of ten units or more shall be required to have an annual inspection of the building for termite activity or damage (including activity or damage from Formosan termites). The owner of such building shall be responsible for providing for the inspection and pest control by a state - licensed professional. In the case of cooperative buildings, the cooperative owners association shall be the party responsible for providing for such inspection. In the case of condominiums, the condominium association shall be the party responsible for providing for such inspection. As to buildings for which it has the authority to provide termite 24