[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Waverly
as Ch. 14 of the 1973 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
There is hereby adopted by the City for the purpose of prescribing
regulations establishing the minimum acceptable standards for places
of human habitation, that certain code known as the International
Residential Code, 2018 Edition, published by the International Code
Council. A copy of such code is now and shall in the future be on
file and available to all citizens upon request in the office of the
City Clerk. Such residential code is hereby adopted and incorporated
as fully as if set out at length herein, and the provisions thereof
shall be controlling within the corporate limits of the City.
In the event of any conflict between the provisions of the code
adopted by this chapter and applicable provisions of this Code of
Ordinances, state law or City ordinances, rules or regulations, the
provisions of this Code of Ordinances, state law or City ordinances,
rules or regulations shall prevail and be controlling.
Any person who shall violate any provision of the code adopted by the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished as provided in Chapter 1, Article III, Penalties and Enforcement, of the City Code. Any person who violates the provisions of such code shall be required to correct or remedy such violation or defect within a reasonable time; and when not otherwise specified, each 10 days that prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate offense.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
The City Attorney of this City.
The City of Waverly, Illinois.
The Building Official, with the ratification of the City Council,
shall have the authority to modify any of the provisions of the housing
code upon application in writing by the owner or lessee or his duly
authorized agent when there are practical difficulties in compliance
with the provisions of the code; provided, however, that the spirit
of the code shall be observed, public safety secured and substantial
justice done. The particulars of any such modifications when granted
or allowed and the decision of the Building Official thereon shall
be entered upon the records of the Building Department. A signed copy
of the modification shall be furnished to the applicant.[1]
