(a) 
There is hereby adopted as the city life safety code that certain National Fire Protection Association Life Safety Code, 1981 edition, including each successive revision thereof, as adopted by the National Fire Protection Association, Inc., which is adopted for the purpose of providing requirements for safeguarding persons and property and promoting the welfare of the public.
(b) 
The National Fire Protection Association Life Safety Code shall be maintained as a separate special code apart from this general code, and the original adoptive ordinance (Ordinance No. 83-369), as amended in this section, and all amendments thereto, shall remain in full force and effect. All future amendments thereto shall be made by ordinance amending such special code and shall not be recorded as a part of this general code.
(1999 Code, sec. 18-27)