[Ord. No. 2018-54, 7-23-2018[1]]
A certain document one (1) copy of which is on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Trenton, Missouri, being marked and designated as "International Building Code, 2015," including Appendices C, E, G, I, and J as published by the International Code Council, Inc., be and is hereby adopted as the International Building Code, for the control of buildings and structures as herein provided; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said International Building Code are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this Chapter, with the additions, insertions and changes, if any.
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Editor's Note: Former Article II of Chapter 500, International Building Code, containing Sections 500.050 through 500.065, was repealed and replaced 7-23-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-54.
[Ord. No. 2018-54, 7-23-2018]
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The code adopted in this Chapter hereby amends by substitution the following Sections in lieu of those Sections with corresponding numbers in the code, or, where there is no corresponding section in the code, the following Sections shall be enacted as additions to the code:
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101.1 Title. These provisions shall be known as the Building Code of the City of Trenton, and shall be cited as such and will be referred to herein as "this code."
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101.2 Scope. Add the following exception: Where the adopted building code references means and methods of construction, that part shall be stricken.
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101.2.2 Appendices C, E, G, I and J are hereby adopted as published.
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103.1 is deleted in its entirety and replaced with a new Section 103 as follows:
103.1 Enforcement agency. The Code Enforcement Official, or his/her designee, is responsible for enforcement of this code. The Code Enforcement Official is referred to as the "building official" in this code.
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104.7 Department records is amended to read:
104.7 Department records. The City Clerk, as otherwise provided by ordinance, will keep official records of applications received, permits and certificates issued, fees collected, reports of inspections, and notices and orders issued. Such records shall be retained in the official records for the period required for retention of public records.
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104.8 Liability. Any officer or employee charged with the enforcement of this code, while acting on behalf of the City, shall not thereby render such individual personally liable, and is hereby relieved from all personal liability for any damage accruing to persons or property as a result of any act performed in the discharge of official duties. Any suit instituted against any officer or employee because of an act performed by that officer or employee in the lawful discharge of duties and under the provisions of this code shall be defended by the legal representative of the jurisdiction until the final termination of the proceedings. The officer or employee shall not be liable for costs in any action, suit or proceeding that is instituted pursuant to the provisions of this code; and any officer or employee acting within the scope of employment and in good faith and without malice, shall be free from liability for acts performed under any of its provisions or by reason of any act or omission in the performance of official duties in connection therewith. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed a waiver of the immunities and protection afforded to the City or officers and employees pursuant to State and Federal law.
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105.1.1 Annual permit is deleted in its entirety.
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105.1.2 Annual permit is deleted in its entirety.
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107.1 General. Add the following sentence after exception paragraph: The application for the permit shall be accompanied by not less than three (3) sets of construction documents, and if practical an electronic copy, drawn to scale, with sufficient clarity and detail dimensions to show the nature and character of the work to be performed including general construction, special inspections, construction observation programs, structural, mechanical and electrical work and calculations. For construction costing in excess of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00), each sheet of each set of plans, each set of specifications, calculations and other data shall be legally sealed by a registered design professional as required by the State of Missouri Statutes. Where special conditions exist, the building official is authorized to require additional documents, information or calculations that are to be prepared by a registered design professional licensed in the State of Missouri. Legally sealed may include a "wet seal" with original signatures or other approved methods.
Buildings or structures exempt from these requirements are:
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One-family dwellings.
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Two-family dwellings.
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113 Board of Appeals, including 113.1, 113.2 and 113.3, is deleted in its entirety and amended to read as follows: Any aggrieved person shall have the right to appeal a decision of the Code Enforcement Official to the Board of Adjustment. Applications for appeal shall be filed in accordance with Trenton City Code Chapter 400.
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1809.5 Frost protection. Add to 1 (Frost depth is thirty-six (36) inches.)
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3202.3.3 Encroachments fifteen (15) feet or more above grade. Delete.
[Ord. No. 2018-54, 7-23-2018]
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The punishment of a violation of this Article shall be as set forth in Trenton City Code Section 100.220. Every day any violation of the code adopted in this Chapter or any other ordinance or any such rule, regulation, notice or order shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.
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Whenever any act is prohibited by the code adopted in this Chapter, by an amendment thereof, or by any rule or regulation adopted thereunder, such prohibition shall extend to and include the causing, securing, aiding or abetting of any other person to do said act. Whenever any act is prohibited by the code adopted in this Chapter, an attempt to do the act is likewise prohibited.