Act of Council Oakridge Property Standards Update and Fixes Act

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A
BILL
TO
Amend the Oakridge Property Standards Act​

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 Update and Fixes Act'.
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by Mayor lcn.
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by (Looking for co-sponsors).

2- Reasons
(1) Because many Oakridge plots use the same naming conventions as federally owned Reveille plots, it can be a legal grey area. This will ensure they are separate, with separate regulations.
(2) To update the naming conventions.
(3) To ensure compliance with federal standards.
(4) To allow for plot owners that make unauthorized exterior changes to have the opportunity to rectify it.
(5) To ensure exemptions are not granted and revoked without good reason.
(6) To make several other fixes and improvements to the law.

3- Amendment
(1) The Oakridge Property Standards Act shall be amended as follows:

5- Oakridge Residential Plots
(1) Plots beginning with 'or-valley' or 'or-r' are Oakridge 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.
(2) Oakridge Residential plots shall not contain chest shops.
(5) All buildings must be under 20 blocks tall.

6- Main Street Oakridge Commercial Plots
(1) Main Street Commercial plots are defined as plots 'or-c001' through 'or-c025'.
(1) Plots beginning with 'or-c' are Oakridge Commercial plots.
(2) Oakridge Commercial plots may only have businesses, offices, shops, or apartments built on them.
(3) All Oakridge 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 Oakridge Commercial Plots
(1) or-cinema, or-library, or-restaurant, oakdepot, oakbrewery, oakshop-06, Oakshop-07, or-dealership, and oakgas are all Themed Oakridge Commercial plots.
(2) Themed Oakridge 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 'oaksp' are Seaside Promenade Shops.
(2) Seaside Promenade Shops may only operate businesses within their theme.

10- Government Town Subsidized Commercial Spaces
(1) Town Subsidized Commercial Spaces includes several types of Oakridge-owned rentable areas:
(2) Market Stalls. Plots beginning with 'oakstore' and 'oakshop' are Market Stalls, with the exception of Oakshop-07 and oakshop-06.

(a) Some Market Stalls have themes. Themed Market Stalls with themes 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.

(a) 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 72 hours notice via /mail 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.

11- Oakridge Apartments
(1) Plots beginning with 'oakapt' or 'or-apt' are Oakridge Apartments.

12- Plot Limitations
(1) Oakridge Residential plots. No player shall own/rent more than 1 Oakridge Residential plot.
(2) Oakridge Commercial plots. No player shall own/rent more than 3 4 Oakridge Commercial plots.
(3) Themed Oakridge Commercial plots. No player shall own/rent more than 2 Themed Oakridge Commercial plots.
(4) Orchard plots. No player shall own/rent more than 2 1 Orchard plot.
(5) Town Subsidized Commercial Spaces. No player shall own/rent more than 2 of each type of Town Subsidized Commercial Space.
(6) Government Subsidized Residential Spaces. No player shall own/rent more than 1 of each type of Government Subsidized Residential Space.
(6) Oakridge Apartments. No player shall own/rent more than 1 Oakridge Apartment.
(7) Seaside Promenade Shops. No player shall own/rent 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
(2) Plots containing activated beacons shall be evicted if it is not fixed by the plot owner within 7 days after being notified via /mail.

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."

14- 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.​

(e) Before evicting a plot with an unauthorized exterior alteration, the Head of Urban Development must notify the plot owner. If the plot owner is able to fix the alteration within 7 days of being notified via /mail, they shall not be evicted, but still fined.​

(i) Alternatively, the Head of Urban Development shall also offer the plot owner the option to have the alteration repaired, for a fee. The fee shall be how much it costs the town to have the alteration repaired. ​

15- Merged Plots Policy
(1) Plots can only be merged with approval from the Mayor and the Head of Urban Development.
(2) Unauthorized plot merging will result in an eviction from both all affected plots if the merge is not fixed by the plot owner(s) within 7 days after being notified via /mail.

16- 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​

17- 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.

17- Exemptions
(1) The Head of Urban Development and Mayor in agreement 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​