[Ord. No. 18-12, 3-26-2018]
A. A certain document, one (1) copy of which has been on file in the office of the City Clerk of City of Oronogo for a period of ninety (90) days prior to the adoption of this Section, being marked and designated as the International Residential Code, 2018 Edition, including Appendix Chapters E, F, H, J, K, M, AND U (see International Residential Code Section R102.5, 2018 Edition), as published by the International Code Council, be and is hereby adopted as the Residential Code of the City of Oronogo, in the State of Missouri, for regulating and governing the construction, alteration, movement, enlargement, replacement, repair, equipment, location, removal and demolition of detached one- and two-family dwellings and multiple single-family dwellings (townhouses) not more than three (3) stories in height with separate means of egress as herein provided; providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said Residential Code on file in the office of the City of Oronogo are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this Section, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in Subsection
(B) of this Section.
B. The
following sections are hereby revised:
Section R101.1 Insert: City of Oronogo, Missouri
Table R301.2(1) Insert: [Appropriate Design Criteria]
Section P2603.6.1 Insert: twenty-four (24) inches
[CC 1994 §45.050; Ord. No. 94.10, 5-16-1994]
There shall not be less than one (1) copy of the code as adopted
by this Article kept in the office of the City Clerk and said copy
shall be marked "Official Copy of the City of Oronogo Residential
Code".
[CC 1994 §45.060; Ord. No. 94.10, 5-16-1994]
This Residential Code shall not be construed to relieve from
responsibility or to lessen the responsibility of any person, firm
or corporation owning, controlling or constructing buildings, nor
shall the City be held as assuming any liability of any nature by
reasons of the inspection authority hereby issued to the City Building
Inspector for inspection of buildings.
Any person who shall violate a provision of the Residential
Code adopted herein or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements
thereof or who shall erect, construct, alter or repair a building
or structure in violation of an approved plan of or directive of the
Code Official, or of a permit or certificate issued under the provision
of this code, shall be guilty of an ordinance violation, punishable
by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment
not exceeding ninety (90) days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Each day that a violation continues after due notice has been served
shall be deemed a separate offense.
[Ord. No. 16-16 §1, 6-13-2016; Ord.
No. 23-16, 5-8-2023]
Notwithstanding anything contained within the International
Residential Code, footings for all residential structures shall be
at least twenty-four (24) inches below final grade and shall be a
minimum of sixteen (16) inches wide.