The current owner of a URM building has recently passed away. As an heir (or heirs) am I responsible for and obligated to comply with the City’s URM Ordinance?
Yes. If the heir(s) is now the legal owner of the URM building, he/she is now responsible for and obligated to comply with the City’s URM Ordinance. All URM building owners, whether individually or collectively, are mandated to comply with the seismic retrofit regulations of the City of San Diego as stated in the URM Ordinance. Failure to comply with this Ordinance will result in a violation. 30. I just received a URM building as a gift/inheritance. The donor/building owner did not retrofit the URM building as was required by the Ordinance. Do I have five years after the day which I have received the URM building as a gift / inheritance to comply with the URM seismic retrofit regulations? No. The five-year time limitation began to run from the original “Date of Service”. All owners of URM buildings were notified by certified mail and were served of this “Date of Service” as required by the Ordinance, which set to be January 1, 2001.
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