The purpose of this chapter is to provide minimum regulations,
provisions and requirements in the City to ensure safety to persons
and property, safe and stable design, good workmanship in the methods
of construction and uses of materials in any buildings constructed,
enlarged, altered, repaired, moved, converted to other uses or demolished;
to regulate the equipment, maintenance, condition, use, occupancy
and safety and general welfare. This chapter shall apply in the City
to new structures and to alterations and additions to existing structures
and, where practical, to existing structures.
This chapter shall be known as the "Construction Standards Code"
of the City and shall encompass the Building Code and any other codes
and special regulations required to promulgate the purpose and intent
of this Code.
If not otherwise defined in this chapter, words used herein
shall have their ordinary and accepted meanings.