For the purpose of providing minimum standards to safeguard life or limb, health, property, and public welfare by regulating and controlling the design, construction, quality of materials used, use and occupancy, location and maintenance of all buildings and structures within the town and certain equipment specifically regulated herein, the International Building Code, 2021 edition, copies of which, are on file in the town secretary’s office, and is hereby adopted as the building code of the town as fully as if copied at length in this article, but with the changes therein and additions thereto provided in this article. Also, adopted are the following appendices of the 2021 edition of the International Building Code:
(1) 
Appendix E, Supplementary accessibility requirements.
(2) 
Appendix F, Rodent proofing.
(3) 
Appendix G, Flood-resistant construction.
(4) 
Appendix J, Grading.
(5) 
Appendix K, Electrical administrative provisions as amended in the electrical code.
(Ordinance 19-05, sec. 3(3.201), adopted 2/25/19; Ordinance 2022-03 adopted 2/28/22)
When approved by the building official, third-party organizations may be permitted to perform the plan review and/or field inspection provisions of this code. When authorized to perform services, the third-party organization shall comply with the provisions set by and established by the office of the building official.
(Ordinance 2022-03 adopted 2/28/22)
The construction codes of the town shall be administered and enforced by the office of the building official, to provide standards regulating the erection, construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, moving, demolition, conversion, occupancy, equipment, use, height, area and maintenance of all buildings or structures in the town, providing for the issuance of permits and the collection of fees therefor and the inspection of all operations by the office of the building official.
(Ordinance 2022-03 adopted 2/28/22)