Bill: Draft Aventura Property Standards Act

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BILL
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Establish the Aventura Building Regulations​

The citizens of Aventura, 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 Aventura, do hereby enact the following provisions into the by-laws:

1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the Aventura Property Standards Act.'
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by Office of Commerce lcn.
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by (Looking for co-sponsors).

2- Reasons
(1) To establish building regulations as their own thread under the Town of Aventura forum page.
(2) To reorganize the building regulations to be more clear.
(3) To add regulations to plots where there weren't regulations previously.

3- Jurisdiction
(1) The Aventura Council shall retain jurisdiction to establish regulations outside of this law and to evict properties and fine landlords in accordance with these laws and regulations. These regulations will be listed under the Town of Aventura forum page.

4- Repealed By-Laws
(1) The following by-laws are hereby repealed:
(a) The Plot Limit Act
(b) The Subletting Permissions Act
(c) The Exterior Act
(d) The Residential No Commerce Act
(e) The Market Stall Act
(f) The I'm The Captain Now Act
(g) The Boat Renting Limitation Act

5- Aventura Residential Plots
(1) Plots beginning with 'av-r' are Aventura Residential plots.
(2) Aventura Residential plots shall only have houses built on them.
(3) Aventura Residential plots shall not contain farms unless they are underground or hidden.
(4) Aventura Residential plots shall not contain chest shops or rentable regions.

6- Aventura Commercial Plots
(1) Plots beginning with 'av-c' are Aventura Commercial plots.
(2) Aventura Commercial plots shall only have businesses, offices, shops, or apartments built on them.

7- Aventura Boat Plots
(1) Plots beginning with 'ab' or 'av-y' are Aventura Boat plots.
(2) Every Captain must go down with their ship.

8- Aventura Island Plots
(1) Plots beginning with 'av-i' are Aventura Island plots.

9- Aventura Market Stalls
(1) Plots beginning with 'av-m' are Aventura Market Stalls. 'av-brewery1' is also an Aventura Market Stall.
(2) Aventura Market Stalls shall only contain shops.

10- Aventura Black Market Stalls
(1) Plots beginning with 'avbm' are Aventura Black Market stalls.
(2) Any item may be sold on Aventura Black Market stalls without legal prosecution.

11- Aventura Apartments
(1) Plots beginning with 'av-apt' are Aventura Apartments.
(2) Aventura Apartments shall not contain chest shops.

12- Plot Limits
(1) Aventura Residential plots. No player shall own/rent more than one Aventura Residential plot.
(2) Aventura Commercial plots. No player shall own/rent more than one Aventura Commercial plot.
(3) Aventura Boat plots. No player shall own/rent more than one Aventura Boat plot.
(4) Aventura Island plots. No player shall own/rent more than one Aventura Island plot.
(5) Aventura Market Stalls. No player shall own/rent more than four Aventura Market Stalls.
(6) Aventura Black Market Stalls. No player shall own/rent more than one Aventura Black Market Stall.
(7) Aventura Apartments. No player shall own/rent more than one Aventura Apartment.
(8) Owning more plots than is allowed in the plot limits will result in evictions by reason of Plot Fairness.
(9) Realtors, like any other citizen, may not exceed plot limits without an exemption.

13- Building Alteration Policy
(1) The exterior of buildings on non-island plots cannot be altered without approval from the Mayor or majority vote of the Aventura Town Council
(a) Minor Alteration: $100 Fine + Verbal Warning
(b) Major Alteration: $1000 Fine + Plot Eviction
(c) Demolished Building: $2500 Fine + Plot Eviction
(d) The level of alteration shall be voted on by the Aventura Council.

14- Aventura Historical Buildings
(1) Aventura Historical Buildings are approved via the Aventura Town Council by a majority vote and approval from the Mayor and are protected from any alteration not approved by the Aventura Town Council by majority vote and approval from the Mayor.
(2) The punishment for unapproved alterations are:
(a) Minor Alteration: $1500 Fine + Verbal Warning
(b) Major Alteration: $5000 Fine + Plot Eviction
(c) Demolished Building: $10000 Fine + Plot Eviction
(d) The level of alteration shall be voted on by the Aventura Council.
(3) Historical Buildings must have a sign visible on their front side that reads "This build is historically protected by the Town of Aventura."

15- Merged Plots Policy
(1) Plots can only be merged with approval from the Mayor.
(2) Unauthorized plot merging shall result in a $500 fine and all alterations shall be reversed.

16- Beacon Policy
(1) Non-island plots shall not contain activated beacons.
First offense: $500 fine
Second offense: $500 fine + Plot Eviction

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

18- Exemptions
(1) The Aventura Council, by a unanimous vote, and approval from the Mayor, has 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
(2) Plots or buildings granted exemptions shall have a sign visible on their front saying so.

19- Evictions
(1) Evictions shall be processed as outlined here.

Building regulations are subject to DCT's Policy which you learn about here.