Chapter 15.09 - Unsafe Structures
Chapter 15.09 - Unsafe Structures15.09.010 Adoption of the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings.
The following code section was adopted by Resolution No. 25-303 by the Pueblo County Board of County Commissioners on December 22, 2025, with an effective date of December 31, 2025 and pursuant to C.R.S. 30-28-201 hereby adopts the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, 1997 Edition and providing penalties and remedies for the violation thereof.
The ordinance and code adopted in this resolution shall be a part of and cited as the "the Pueblo County Abatement Code" and may be referred to in this Chapter as “the Code”.
The purpose of the Code is to provide minimum standards to protect the public health and safety by controlling and regulating buildings, structures, and equipment including but not limited to electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilation, comfort cooling, refrigeration systems; signs and sign structures; elevators, dumbwaiters, and escalators; boilers and pressure vessels; plumbing and drainage systems; single and multiple dwellings; business and commercial buildings and structures; electrical conductors and equipment; and the storage and handling of hazardous materials in the County of Pueblo.
The provisions of the Code and the other codes adopted by reference shall apply to the construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, moving, removal, conversion, demolition, occupancy, use, storage, height, area, maintenance, installation, inspection, design, operation, testing, handling, erection and fabrication of equipment, structures, and buildings within the County of Pueblo: except work located in a public way, public utility towers and poles, mechanical equipment not specifically regulated in the Code, and hydraulic flood control structures. Where in any specific case, different sections of the Code, the County zoning resolution, or any other resolution of the County or other governmental body specify different requirements, the most restrictive provision shall govern.
As provided in C.R.S. § 30-28-201(1), buildings or structures used for the sole purpose of providing shelter for agricultural implements, farm products, livestock, or poultry are exempted from the Code. All other provisions of the Code shall apply to agricultural buildings and structures.
The Code shall apply to all unincorporated areas in Pueblo County.
The adoption of this resolution shall not create any duty to any person, firm, corporation, or other entity with regard to the enforcement or nonenforcement of this resolution or the Code. No person, firm, corporation, or other entity shall have any private right of action, claim or civil liability remedy against the County of Pueblo, or their commissions, boards of review, or officers, employees or agents of such bodies or entities, for any damage arising out of or in any way connected with the adoption, enforcement or nonenforcement of this resolution or the Code. Nothing in this resolution or in the Code shall be construed to create any liability, or to waive any of the immunities, limitations on liability, or other provisions of the Governmental Immunity Act, C.R.S. §24-10-101, or to waive any immunities or limitations on liability otherwise available to the County of Pueblo or their commissions, boards of review, or officers, employees or agents of such bodies or entities.
If any part, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this resolution or the Code is held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this resolution or the Code.
All ordinances, resolutions, regulations and building codes of Pueblo County are repealed and superseded to the extent the same are inconsistent or in conflict with any term or provision of the Code. However, if the Code, this resolution, or any part of either is declared invalid, so that after such declaration of invalidity a building code for any matter covered in the Code shall not be in effect, the previous building or plumbing code covering the same matter shall not be deemed to have been repealed and shall be deemed reenacted and in effect.
As provided in C.R.S. § 30-28-209, any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of the Code is guilty of a civil infraction. Each day during which such illegal erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, maintenance, or use continues shall he deemed a separate offense. In case any building or structure is or is proposed to be erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, or remodeled, used, or maintained in violation of any provision of the Code, or amendment thereto and enacted or adopted by the Board of County Commissioners under the authority granted by C.R.S. §30-28-209, the Pueblo County Attorney, in addition to other remedies provided by law, may institute an appropriate action for injunction, mandamus, or abatement to prevent, enjoin, abate, or remove such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, remodeling, maintenance, or use.
15.09.110 Declaration of nuisance; inspection; abatement required.
If any building or structure within the County, from any cause, is found or reported as being dangerous to public health, life, safety or property, or in such a dilapidated and/or unsanitary condition as to be unfit for use or to constitute a nuisance, from whatever cause, it shall be the duty of the Lead Building Inspector, together with the Chief Fire Official, or both, as the situation may require, or their authorized representatives, to make an inspection of such building or structure. If as a result of such inspection it is found that such building or structure is unsafe or a menace to public life, health, safety, property or welfare, or in such a dilapidated or unsanitary condition as to be unfit for use or to constitute a nuisance or fire hazard, or a hazard to public health or welfare or to adjacent property, such building or structure is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, which nuisance shall be abated by repair, rehabilitation, demolition or removal in accordance with the procedure of this Chapter.
15.09.120 Board-up of vacant and unsafe buildings.
(a) As used in this Section, the term vacant and unsafe building shall mean any vacant building or other permanent structure, except accessory structures, which exhibits both of the following characteristics:
(1) Has broken or missing doors or windows, or doors or windows which may be readily opened from the outside; and
(2) Exhibits signs of unauthorized entry, vandalism, accumulation of rubbish or trash or any infestation of rodents, insects or birds. For purposes of this Section, the term vacant includes structures used as warehouses or storage facilities unless a guard or other person is routinely present on the premises during regular operating hours.
(b) Whenever the Building Official or their designee shall encounter and find any vacant and unsafe building within the County, he or she shall cause to be served upon the owner of the building and land upon which the building is located a notice ordering such owner to: (1) lock, secure and board up all doors, windows and other openings thereof within twenty (20) days of the date of service of the notice; and (2) remove the boards from any windows facing any street and replace any broken glass in any such windows with intact and unbroken glass, within sixty (60) days of service of the notice. The notice may be served by personal service upon the owner or by certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the owner and mailed to the owner's last known address. A copy of such notice shall also be posted in a conspicuous place upon the vacant and unsafe building. Service shall be complete ten (10) days from the date of posting and mailing such notice.
(c) The Building Official or their designee may cause to be repaired, locked and secured or boarded up all doors, windows and other openings on any vacant and unsafe building within the County, if the owner of the unsafe building or the land upon which the building is located has failed to comply with Subsection (b) of this Section within twenty (20) days after service of a notice directing him or her to do so. The cost of such work, together with twenty-five percent (25%) thereof, or one hundred dollars ($100.00), whichever is greater, for administrative and incidental costs plus interest at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum, shall be charged against the owner and, upon recording with the County Clerk and Recorder of a statement under oath of the Building Official showing the cost thereof and describing the land and building, such charge shall be and constitute a perpetual lien on the land and building having priority over all other liens except those for general taxes, and such lien shall remain in full force and effect until such charges and interest have been paid in full.
(d) It shall be unlawful and a civil infraction for any owner to fail or refuse to repair, lock and secure or to board up all doors, windows and other openings within twenty (20) days after service of the notice upon him or her ordering such action. Each day or portion thereof during which the owner fails or refuses to comply with said order shall constitute a separate violation. Upon conviction, the owner shall be punished as provided in this Code.
(e) This Section and the remedies provided herein are intended to be supplementary to and not in lieu of any and all other rights and remedies available to the County or the public, whether in law or equity, or available under the provisions of this or any other chapter or title of this Code or any secondary code adopted therein.
15.09.130 Adoption of the Uniform Code for Abatement of Dangerous Buildings.
(a) The Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, 1997 edition, published and promulgated by the International Conference of Building Officials, 5360 South Workman Mill Road, Whittier, California, 90601-2298, herein referred to as the Uniform Dangerous Buildings Code or U.D.B.C., as amended by this Code, is hereby adopted and enacted by reference and made a part hereof as if set out herein in full, and all references and footnotes to the Uniform Building Code contained in the Uniform Dangerous Buildings Code shall be construed to be and shall be references and footnotes to as the International Building Code, 2003 edition, as amended and adopted by Chapter 2, Title 15 of this Code.
(b) Copies of the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, all certified to be true copies, shall be on file in the office of the Pueblo County Department of Planning and Development.
(a) Section 201.2 entitled "Inspections" of the U.D.B.C. is amended to read as follows:
"Inspections. The Building Official, the Chief Fire Official, and the Director of the Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment and their respective authorized representatives are hereby authorized to make such inspections and to take such actions as may be required to enforce the provisions of this Code."
(b) Section 201.3 entitled "Right of Entry" of the U.D.B.C. is amended by the addition of the following paragraph:
"The County Court or any judge thereof shall have power, upon complaint made before it by the Building Official or the Building Official's authorized representative that any person has refused the Building Official or the Building Official's duly authorized representative entrance into or upon the building or premises owned or occupied by such person for the purpose of inspecting the same to determine the condition thereof, to issue a warrant commanding such building or premises to be inspected in the daytime, upon any day of the week except Sunday."
(c) Section 201 of the U.D.B.C. is amended by the addition of a new Section to read as follows:
"201.3.1 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 201.3 of this Code to the contrary, neither the Building Official nor the Building Official's authorized representatives shall enter any building or structure occupied by the owner thereof without the consent of said owner except pursuant to a search warrant issued by a Judge of competent jurisdiction upon affidavit made by:
"a. A person over eighteen (18) years of age that has personally observed conditions inside said building or structure which make such building or structure a dangerous building as described in Section 302 of this Code, or
"b. The Building Official or the Building Official's authorized representative that the exterior of said building or structure or the area adjacent to said building or structure is in such poor repair and condition that he has reasonable cause to believe that there exists in said building or structure conditions which make such building or structure a dangerous building as defined in Section 302 of this Code."
(d) Section 205 entitled "Board of Appeals" of the U.D.B.C. is amended to read as follows:
"The authority and power to provide for final interpretation of the provisions of this Code and to hear appeals provided for hereunder is vested in the Board of Review of the Pueblo Pueblo County Building Division (herein "Board"). The Building Official shall be an ex officio member of said Board. The Board may adopt reasonable rules and regulations for conducting its business and shall render all decisions and findings in writing to the appellant with a copy to the Building Official. Appeals to the Board shall be processed in accordance with the provisions contained in Title 15 of the Pueblo County Code. Copies of all rules or regulations adopted by the Board shall be delivered to the Building Official who shall make them freely accessible to the public."
(e) Section 203 entitled "Violations" of the U.D.B.C. is amended to read as follows:
"No person, firm or corporation, whether as owner, agent, lessee, sublessee or occupant, shall erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve, remove, demolish, equip, rent, use, occupy or maintain any building or premises, or cause or permit the same to be done, contrary to or in violation of any of the provisions of this Code or any order issued by the Building Official hereunder. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this Section shall be punished as prescribed Title 15 of the Pueblo County Code."
(f) Section 301 entitled "General" of the U.D.B.C. is hereby amended by the addition of the following new definitions:
"'Building Official' means and includes the director of the Pueblo County Department of Planning and Development the Building Official appointed by the Director, and the Building Official's authorized representatives.
"'Misdemeanor' means and includes a Civil Infraction offense.
"'Health officer' means and includes the Director or Acting Director of the Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment and the health officer's authorized representatives.
"'Fire Marshal' means and includes the Chief of the Pueblo Rural Fire Department and his authorized representatives.
"'Legislative body of this jurisdiction' means the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Pueblo.
"'This jurisdiction' means the County of Pueblo."
(g) Section 302 entitled "Dangerous Building" of the U.D.B.C. is hereby modified by amending the first and introductory paragraph thereof to read as follows and by the addition of the following subsection 19:
"For purposes of this Code, any building or structure which has any or all of the conditions or defects hereinafter described shall be deemed to be a dangerous building, provided that such conditions or defects exist to the extent that the life, limb, health, safety, property, or general welfare of the public, neighborhoods, or adjoining property, or its occupants are endangered or injuriously affected:
"19. Whenever any building or structure because of inadequate maintenance, dilapidation, decay, damage, lack of compliance with building or housing codes, or other cause, tends to depress adjoining property values."
(h) Subsection 3.1 of Section 401.2 entitled "Notice and Order" of the U.D.B.C. is hereby amended to read as follows:
"If the Building Official has determined that the building or structure must be repaired, the order shall require that (i) all required permits be secured therefor and the work physically commenced within such time (not to exceed sixty [60] days from the date of the order) and completed within such time as the Building Official shall determine is reasonable under all of the circumstances, and (ii) if the repairs are not commenced and/or completed within the times specified in the order, the building or structure must be demolished within ninety (90) days after the expiration of the applicable times specified in the order."
(i) Section 401.3 entitled "Service of Notice and Order" of the U.D.B.C. is hereby amended to read as follows:
"The notice and order, and any amended or supplemental notice and order, shall be served upon the record owner or, if unknown or unable to be served within the County, the order and notice shall be posted on the property and a copy thereof mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, to the record owner at his last known address as shown in the records of the Pueblo County Assessor; and one (1) copy thereof shall be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, to each of the following if known to the Building Official or disclosed from the Pueblo County Assessor's records: the occupant of the property; the holder of any mortgage or deed of trust or other lien or encumbrance of record; the owner or holder of any lease of record; and the holder of any other estate or legal interest of record in or to the building or the land on which it is located. The failure of the Building Official to serve any person required herein to be served shall not invalidate any proceedings hereunder as to any other person duly served or relieve any such person from any duty or obligation imposed on him by the provisions of this Section or any other Section of this Code."
(j) Section 401.4 entitled "Method of Service" of the U.D.B.C. is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Method of Service. Service of the notice and order shall be made upon all persons entitled thereto either personally, or by mailing a copy of such notice and order by certified mail, postage prepaid, to each such person at their address as it appears on the records of the Pueblo County Assessor. If no address of any such person so appears or is not known to the Building Official, then a copy of the notice and order shall be so mailed, addressed to such person, at the address of the building involved in the proceedings. The failure of any such person to receive such notice shall not affect the validity of any proceedings taken under this Code. Service by certified mail in the manner herein provided shall be effective on the date of mailing."
(k) Section 402 entitled "Recordation of Notice and Order" of the U.D.B.C. is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 402 - RECORDATION OF NOTICE AND ORDER
"If the repairs described in the order are either not commenced or not completed within the time specified therein, or no appeal has been properly and timely filed within thirty days of the effective date of service of the order, the Building Official shall file in the office of the County Recorder a certificate describing the property and certifying (i) that the building is a dangerous building and (ii) that the owner has been so notified. The Building Official may record a copy of the order as such certificate.
Whenever the repairs ordered shall thereafter have been completed or the building demolished so that it no longer exists as a dangerous building on the property described in the certificate, the Building Official shall file a new certificate with the County Recorder certifying that the building has been demolished or all required corrections have been made so that the building is no longer dangerous, whichever is appropriate."
(l) Section 403 entitled "Repair, Vacation and Demolition" of the U.D.B.C. is amended to read as follows:
"The following standards shall be followed by the Building Official (and by the Board of Review if an appeal is taken) in ordering the repair, vacation or demolition of any dangerous building or structure:
"1. Any building or structure declared a dangerous building or structure under this Code shall be made to comply with one (1) of the following:
"1.1 The building or structure shall be repaired in accordance with the current building code or other current code applicable to the type of substandard conditions requiring repair; or
"1.2 The building shall be demolished either at the option of the owner, or by order of the Building Official (or by the Board of Appeals if an appeal is taken) if the owner has failed within a reasonable time (not to exceed one hundred eighty [180] days after service of the notice and order) to repair the building or structure.
"2. If the building or structure is in such condition as to make it immediately dangerous to life, limb, property or safety of the public, the neighborhood, adjacent property, or its occupants, it shall be ordered to be vacated."
(m) Section 404.2 entitled "Compliance" of the U.D.B.C. is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Whenever such notice is posted, the Building Official shall include a notification thereof in the notice and order issued by him under Section 401.2, reciting the emergency and specifying the conditions which necessitate the posting. No person shall remain in or enter any building which has been so posted, except that entry may be made to repair, demolish or remove such building under permit. No person shall remove or deface any such notice after it is posted until the required repairs, demolition or removal have been completed and a Certificate of Occupancy issued pursuant to the provisions of the International Building Code. Any person who shall be convicted of a violation of this Section shall be punished as prescribed in the Pueblo County Code."
(n) Section 601.3 entitled "Reporting" of the U.D.B.C. is hereby amended to read as follows:
"The proceedings at the hearing shall also be reported by a certified reporter if requested by any party thereto in writing delivered to the Secretary of the Board at least five (5) days prior to the hearing. A transcript of the proceedings shall be made available to all parties upon request and upon payment of the fee prescribed therefor. Such fees may be established by the Board, but shall in no event be greater than the direct cost involved plus fifteen percent (15%) for expenses directly incurred."
(o) Section 603.3 entitled "Penalties" of the U.D.B.C. is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Any person who refuses without lawful excuse to attend any hearing or to produce material evidence in his or her possession or under his or her control as required by any subpoena served upon such person as provided for herein shall be deemed to have violated this Code and upon conviction shall be punished as prescribed in the Pueblo County Code."
(p) Section 605.8 entitled "Effective Date of Decision" of the U.D.B.C. is hereby amended to read as follows:
"The effective date of decision shall be stated therein. The decision may be reviewed by the District Court, Tenth Judicial District, under Rule 106(a)(4), Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure. Petition for review shall be filed within twenty-eight (28) days after the effective date of the decision."
(q) Section 701.1 entitled "General" of the U.D.B.C. is hereby amended to read as follows:
"After any order of the Building Official or the Building Board of Review made pursuant to this Code shall have become final, no person to whom any such order is directed shall fail, neglect or refuse to obey any such order. Any person who shall be convicted of violating this Section shall be punished as prescribed in the Pueblo County Code."
(r) Item 1 of Section 701.3 entitled "Failure to Commence Work" of the U.D.B.C. is hereby amended to read as follows.
"1. The Building Official shall cause the building described in such notice and order to be vacated by posting at each entrance thereto a notice reading:
"DANGEROUS BUILDING DO NOT OCCUPY
"It is a violation of the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings to occupy this building or to remove or deface this notice.
Building Official"
- Section 801.1 entitled "Procedure" of the U.D.B.C. is hereby amended to read as follows:
"When any work of repair or demolition is to be done pursuant to Section 701.3, Item 3 of this Code, the Building Official may issue a request therefor to the Director of Public Works, and the work may be accomplished by County personnel or by private contract under the direction of said Director. Plans and specifications therefor may be prepared by said Director, or he may employ such architectural and engineering assistance on a contract basis as he may deem reasonably necessary. If any part of the work is to be accomplished by private contract, standard Public Works contractual procedures shall be followed."
(t) Section 801.2 entitled "Costs" of the U.D.B.C. is hereby deleted.
(u) Section 802.1 entitled "General" of the U.D.B.C. is hereby amended to read as follows:
"The Pueblo County Board of County Commissioners may annually, out of the General Fund of the County, budget funds to defray the costs and expenses which may be incurred by the County in doing or causing to be done the necessary work of repair or demolition of dangerous buildings. Said funds shall be designated Repair and Demolition Funds and shall be expended and paid upon the request of the Director of Public Works."
(v) Section 802.2 entitled "Maintenance of Funds" of the U.D.B.C. is hereby deleted.
(w) Section 905.1 entitled "General" of the U.D.B.C. is hereby amended to read as follows:
"The Pueblo County Board of County Commissioners may thereupon order that said charge shall be made a personal obligation of the property owner, or assess said charge against the property involved, or order that said charge be both a personal obligation and assessment. Upon recording in the Pueblo County Clerk and Recorder's office a statement under oath of the County Manager or the County Manager's designee showing the cost of repairs or demolition and describing the land, such costs and interest thereon at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum shall be and constitute a perpetual lien on the land having priority over all other liens except general tax liens. Such lien shall remain in full force and effect until such costs and interest have been paid in full. The remedies of the County hereunder shall be cumulative."
(x) Section 909 entitled "Report to Assessor and Tax Collector: Addition of Assessment to Tax Bill" of the U.D.B.C. is hereby amended to read as follows:
"After confirmation of the report, certified copies of the assessment shall be given to the Director of Finance."
(y) Section 910 entitled "Filing Copy of Report with County Auditor" of the U.D.B.C. is hereby amended to read as follows:
"The Director of Finance shall file a certified copy of the assessment with the Pueblo County Treasurer with his warrant for the collection of same. The description of the parcels reported shall be those used for the same parcels on the Pueblo County Assessor's map books for the current year."
(z) Section 911 entitled "Collections of Assessment: Penalties for Foreclosure" of the U.D.B.C. is hereby amended to read as follows:
"The amount of the assessments, penalties and interest shall be collected in the same manner as a tax lien and shall be subject to the same penalties, procedure and sale in case of delinquency as a tax lien. All ordinances applicable to the collection and enforcement of County property taxes shall be applicable to such assessments."
(aa) Section 912 entitled "Repayment of Repair and Demolition Fund" of the U.D.B.C. is hereby amended to read as follows:
"All money collected in payment of the charge or assessment or from the sale of the property at foreclosure sale shall be paid to the Director of Finance who shall credit same to the General Fund."
15.09.150 Conflict with other Resolutions.
In any case where a provision of the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings or this Chapter is found to be in conflict with any other provision of this Code, or any secondary code adopted thereby, that provision which establishes the higher or more restrictive standard for the promotion and protection of the health, safety and welfare of the people shall prevail.
If any part, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Chapter or of the Uniform Dangerous Building Code is for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Chapter or of the Uniform Dangerous Building Code.
15.09.170 Offenses; criminal penalties; permit revocation; civil liability; other enforcement.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly violate, disobey, omit, neglect, refuse or fail to comply with or resist the enforcement of any provision of this Chapter or the Uniform Dangerous Building Code.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to refuse or fail to timely comply with any order issued by the Building Official or other designated building inspector pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter or the Uniform Dangerous Building Code.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly make any false statement, representation or certification in any application, record, report, plan or other document filed or required to be maintained pursuant to any requirement of this Chapter or the Uniform Dangerous Building Code.
(d) Any permit issued pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter or the Uniform Dangerous Buildings Code may be suspended, terminated or revoked by the Building Official for:
(1) Any of the reasons stated in Subsection 105.6 of the International Building Code, or
(2) Any material violation of the terms of said permit or requirements applicable thereto.
(e) In the event that any owner or occupant of premises within the County shall refuse entry to the Building Official or any building inspector, or if any premises are locked and the Building Official or any building inspector has been unable to obtain permission of the owner or occupant to enter, the County Court is authorized to issue a search warrant authorizing such entry in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Colorado Court Rules.
(f) In the event that any owner or occupant of premises within the County, or any licensed contractor or any permittee, shall fail or refuse to comply with any provisions of this Chapter, the Uniform Dangerous Building Code or any permits issued thereunder, the County may initiate an action for injunctive relief in any court of competent jurisdiction to compel compliance with this Chapter, the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings or permit.
(g)The County may also seek and obtain a money judgment against any owner, occupant, contractor, or permittee for the actual and/or estimated costs to repair or demolish any structure and recover damages, if any, resulting from the failure or refusal to comply with any provisions of this Chapter, the Uniform Abatement of Dangerous Building Code or any permits issued thereunder. The members, officers and/or directors of any entity which is the record owner of a premises subject to an order issued hereunder may be joined in the action and be held jointly and severally liable upon any monetary judgment obtained in favor of the County, upon showing that such member, officer and/or director knew or should have known of the order and the entity failed to comply. It shall be an affirmative defense for a member, officer and/or director that the member, officer and/or director lacked the ability to cause the entity to comply or that compliance by the entity was impossible.
(h) A dangerous building is hereby declared to be a public nuisance. It shall be unlawful for any person to own, keep, maintain, use or occupy a dangerous building.
(i) The enforcement remedies set forth in this Section and in this Code, the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, the Uniform Housing Code and the International Building Code are hereby expressly declared to be cumulative, and the exercise of any one (1) or more of them is not dependent upon the exercise of any other remedy, nor does the exercise of any one (1) or more of them constitute any bar or limitation to the exercise of any other. (Res. 25-303)