This article shall be known as and may be cited as the building code of the city.
(Ordinance 2019-08-26-02 adopted 8/26/19)
This article provides standards to preserve and promote the health, safety, property and general welfare of the people by regulating and controlling the design, construction, quality of materials, surface water, use and occupancy, location and maintenance of buildings and structures within the city, and certain electrical, plumbing, and mechanical equipment specifically regulated herein.
(Ordinance 2019-08-26-02 adopted 8/26/19)
The provisions of this article, and the adopted City of Lakeway Design Manual, shall apply to the erection, construction, enlargement, alteration, major repair, re-roofing, re-siding, moving, improving, converting, using or occupying of any building or structure in the city. Whenever the standards and specifications in this article conflict with those contained in another ordinance, the most stringent or restrictive provision shall govern. However, the requirements of the design manual shall supersede all conflicting standards and specifications.
(Ordinance 2021-07-26-01 adopted 7/26/21)
For the purposes of this article, the definitions of terms, phrases, words, and their derivations shall have the meaning and effect ascribed to them in section 22.02.001. Words used in this article and not supplied in section 22.02.001 shall be obtained from current editions of the International Building Code, International Residential Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings, International Fire Code, Uniform Plumbing Code, International Mechanical Code for Commercial, National Electrical Code, and International Energy Conservation Code for One- and Two-Family. All other words shall have their ordinarily accepted meaning.
(Ordinance 2019-08-26-02 adopted 8/26/19)
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, partnership, or association to commence any project or activity, in the city, contrary to or in violation of any provisions of this article, or to cause, permit or suffer the same to be done.
(b) 
Any person violating any provision of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to punishment as provided in section 1.01.009.
(c) 
The issuance of a permit based upon plans and specifications shall not prevent the code official or authorized designee from thereafter requiring the correction of errors in said plans and specifications, or from preventing building operations being carried on thereunder when in violation of this article or of any other ordinances of the city.
(d) 
Prosecution or conviction under this provision shall not be a bar to any other remedy or relief for violation of this article.
(Ordinance 2019-08-26-02 adopted 8/26/19)