Act of Council Oakridge Property Standards Act

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A
BILL
TO

Reestablish the Oakridge Building Regulations​

The citizens of Oakridge, through their elected Representatives in the Town-Council and the force of law ordained to that Town-Council by the people through the constitution of Oakridge, do hereby enact the following provisions into the by-laws:

1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the 'Oakridge Property Standards Act.'
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by Head of Commerce lcn.
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Head of Residence and Mayor Yeet_Boy.

2- Reasons
(1) The current building regulations are incomplete and very cluttered.

3- Jurisdiction
(1) The Oakridge Council shall retain jurisdiction to establish regulations outside of this law and to evict properties in accordance with these laws and regulations. These regulations will be listed under the Town of Oakridge forum page.
(2) This bill rewrites and will override the current building regulations and put them into law.

4- Building Policy
(1) All builds must be 1950's small-town America themed.
(2) All builds on empty plots must be pasted and approved by the Mayor.

5- Residential Plots
(1) Plots beginning with 'or-valley' are Residential plots. Residential plots may only have houses built on them.
(2) Residential plots shall not contain farms unless they are underground or hidden.
(3) Residential plots shall not contain houses with more than two visible floors. Basements and rooftops are an exception to this rule.
(4) Residential plots shall not contain chest shops.
(5) All buildings must be under 20 blocks tall.

6- Main Street Commercial Plots
(1) Main Street Commercial plots are defined as plots 'or-c001' through 'or-c025'.
(2) Main Street Commercial plots may only have businesses, offices, shops, or apartments built on them.
(3) All commercial plots with on-road seating alongside them must have a restaurant or other dining facility on the first floor. (Current plots falling under this are or-c023 and or-c024.)

7- Themed Commercial Plots
(1) or-cinema, or-library, or-restaurant, oakdepot, oakbrewery, oakshop-06, Oakshop-07, and oakgas are all Themed Commercial plots.
(2) Themed commercial plots may only operate businesses within their theme.

8- Orchard Plots
(1) Plots beginning with 'or-orchard' are Orchard plots.
(2) All non-tree farms must be underground and not visible.
(3) All buildings must be under 13 blocks tall.

9- Seaside Promenade Shops
(1) Plots beginning with 'or-sp' are Seaside Promenade Shops.
(2) Seaside Promenade Shops may only operate businesses within their theme.

10- Government Subsidized Commercial Spaces
(1) Government Subsidized Commercial Spaces includes several types of government-owned rentable areas:
(2) Market Stalls. Plots beginning with 'oakstore' and 'oakshop' are Market Stalls, with the exception of 'Oakshop-07'
(a) Some Market Stalls have themes. Themed Market Stalls may only operate businesses within their theme.
(3) Black Market Stalls. Plots beginning with 'or-bm' are Black Market Stalls.
(4) Food Trucks. Plots beginning with 'oaktruck' or 'or-parktruck' are Food Trucks.
(5) Park Stands. Plots beginning with 'or-parkstand' are Park Stands.
(6) Plots beginning with 'oaknews' are Newsstands.
(a) Only journalists can rent Newsstands. Non-journalists will be evicted immediately.
(b) No player shall rent both Newsstands in a single stall. The second one (with a higher number in the region name) will be evicted with no less than 48 hours notice ahead of time.

11- Government Subsidized Residential Spaces
(1) Government Subsidized Residential Spaces includes two types of government-owned rentable areas:
(2) Apartments. Plots beginning with 'oakapt' or 'or-apt' are Apartments.
(3) Campers. Plots beginning with 'Camper' are Campers.

12- Plot Limitations
(1) Residential plots. No player shall own more than 1 Residential plot.
(2) Main Street Commercial plots. No player shall own more than 3 Main Street Commercial plots.
(3) Themed Commercial plots. No player shall own/rent more than 2 Themed Commercial plots.
(4) Orchard plots. No player shall own more than 2 orchard plots.
(5) Government Subsidized Commercial Spaces. No player shall own/rent more than 2 of each type of Government Subsidized Commercial Space.
(6) Government Subsidized Residential Spaces. No player shall own/rent more than 1 of each type of Government Subsidized Residential Space.
(7) Seaside Promenade Shops. No player shall own more than 2 Seaside Promenade Shops.
(8) Realtors may not exceed normal plot limitations.
(9) Going over the plot limitations will result in an eviction, with no less than 48 hours notice, from plots until the limit is reached. Each eviction will also come with a $500 fine. The plot owner may choose which plot(s) is/are evicted in order to meet the plot limits.

13- Beacon Policy
(1) Plots shall not contain activated beacons.
First offense: $500 fine
Second offense: $500 fine + Plot Eviction

14- Historical Buildings
(1) Historical Buildings are approved via the Oakridge Town Council by a majority vote and are protected from unpermitted modification.
(2) Modification of these buildings must gain approval from Oakridge Town council. The punishment for unapproved alterations are:
(a) Minor Alteration: $1000 Fine + Verbal Warning
(b) Major Alteration: $3000 Fine + Plot Eviction
(c) Demolished Building: $5000 Fine + Plot Eviction
(d) The level of alteration shall be decided by the Head of Urban Development.
(3) Historical Buildings must have a sign visible on their front side that says "This build is historically protected by the Town of Oakridge."

15- Building Alteration Policy
(1) The exterior of buildings on plots cannot be altered without approval from the Mayor.
(a) Minor Alteration: $500 Fine + Verbal Warning
(b) Major Alteration: $1500 Fine + Plot Eviction
(c) Demolished Building: $2500 Fine + Plot Eviction
(d) The level of alteration shall be decided by the Head of Urban Development.

16- Merged Plots Policy
(1) Plots can only be merged with approval from the Mayor.
(2) Unauthorized plot merging will result in an eviction from both plots.

17- Breach of Property Standards
(1) Failing to comply with any part of the Oakridge Property Standards Act will incur a penalty unless otherwise provided within this Act.
(a) Per Offense: $250

18- Inactivity Policy
(1) Any player who has no playtime in the last 30 days, or is permanently banned/deported, shall be evicted from their plots.
(2) Any player who owns/rents a plot and has left it empty/unused for 14 days shall be evicted from those plots.
(a) This shall take effect 7 days after this Act is passed.

19- Exemptions
(1) The Head of Urban Development and Mayor have the power to issue and and revoke exemptions and extensions for building regulation and legal compliance when they are satisfied that either of the following criteria is met:
(a) there is a compassionate and compelling reason requiring an exemption/extension
(b) that the exemption/extension does not undermine the intent of the eviction process
(c) that there is significant progress being made to rectify the breach
(d) in the interests of large-scale development