The city building and fire official shall have the authority
and power to enforce all provisions of the International Building
Code, 2021 edition and appendices, as amended; the International Fire
Code, 2021 edition and appendices, as amended; the International Residential
Code, 2021 edition and appendices, as amended; the International Mechanical
Code, 2021 edition and appendices, as amended; the International Fuel
Gas Code, 2021 edition and appendices, as amended; the International
Plumbing Code, 2021 edition and appendices as amended; the International
Energy Conservation Code, 2021 edition and appendices as amended;
the International Property Maintenance Code, 2021 edition and appendices
as amended; the International Swimming Pool Spa Code, 2021 edition
and appendices as amended; the Existing Building Code, 2021 edition
and appendices as amended; ICC-NSSA 500, 2020 edition and appendices
as amended.
(Ordinance 2019-09 adopted 3/19/19; Ordinance
2022-103 adopted 9/13/2022)
It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any provision
of this article, and any person violating or failing to comply with
any provision hereof shall be fined, upon conviction, in an amount
not more than $2,000.00. A separate offense shall be deemed committed
each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
(2004 Code, sec. 151.99(A))
(a)
There
is hereby adopted by the city for establishing rules and regulations
for the construction, alteration, removal, demolition, equipment,
use and occupancy, location and maintenance of buildings and structures,
including permits and penalties, the following codes:
(1)
The International Building Code, being in particular the 2021 edition
and appendices, as amended, except as it may be in conflict with the
provisions of any ordinance of the city.
(2)
The International Fire Code, being in particular the 2021 edition
and appendices B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L and M, appendix of
the 2021 edition of the International Fire Code published by the
International Fire Code Institute and the International Conference
of Building Officials, be particularly the 2021 edition as amended,
except as it may be in conflict with the provisions of any ordinance
of the city.
(3)
The International Residential Code, being in particular the 2021
edition and appendices, as amended, except as it may be in conflict
with the provisions of any ordinance of the city.
(4)
The International Mechanical Code, being in particular the 2021 edition
and appendices, as amended, except as it may be in conflict with the
provisions of any ordinance of the city.
(5)
The International Fuel Gas Code, being in particular the 2021 edition
and appendices, as amended, except as it may be in conflict with the
provisions of any ordinance of the city.
(6)
The International Plumbing Code, being in particular the 2021 edition
and appendices, as amended, except as it may be in conflict with the
provisions of any ordinance of the city.
(7)
The National Electrical Code, being in particular the 2023 edition
and appendices, as amended, as published by the National Fire Protection
Association, except as it may be in conflict with the provisions of
any ordinance of the city.
(8)
The International Energy Conservation Code, being in particular the
2021 edition and appendices, as amended, except as it may be in conflict
with the provisions of any ordinance of the city.
(9)
The International Property Maintenance Code, being in particular
the 2018 edition and appendices, as amended, except as it may be in
conflict with the provisions of any ordinance of the city.
(10)
The International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, being in particular
the 2021 edition and appendices, as amended, except as it may be in
conflict with the provisions of any ordinance of the city.
(11)
The International Existing Building Code, being in particular the
2021 edition and appendices, as amended, except as it may be in conflict
with the provisions of any ordinance of the city.
(12)
The International Code Council - National Storm Shelter Association
500, being in particular the ICC 500 - 2020 edition and appendices,
as amended, except as it may be in conflict with provisions of any
ordinance of the city.
(b)
The building codes adopted by reference in subsection (a) of this section are hereby amended in the following particulars:
(1)
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this section,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Permanent toilet facilities. A room in
an existing building (including a construction trailer) or in the
building being constructed with a water closet installed in such room,
which conforms to the plumbing code, and is continuously available
to all workers involved in a construction project.
Temporary toilet facilities. A portable,
fully enclosed, chemically sanitized toilet which is serviced and
cleaned at least once each week.
(2)
Every construction project requiring a permit within the city shall
have adequate toilet facilities for workers associated with the project.
The following shall be considered adequate facilities:
Commercial and residential construction projects: At least one
toilet facility for every ten (10) workers shall be maintained in
each subdivision for the employees or subcontractors of each builder
holding a permit for a building in that subdivision. Each builder
must provide a toilet facility as long as the builder holds an active
permit in the subdivision.
(3)
The National Electrical Code is hereby amended as follows.[1]
[1]
Editor’s note–The NEC 2023 amendments are included as an attachment to this chapter.
(c)
Authority
to establish policy standards, the building and fire official shall,
have authority to establish certain policy guidelines or standards
regulating various provisions of the residential, building, fire,
plumbing, fuel gas, mechanical, electrical, property maintenance,
swimming pool, spa, existing buildings, abatement of dangerous buildings
and health codes adopted in this chapter that are subject to the standardization
of construction or health methods and/or local interpretation. The
building official shall have the authority to outline conditions and
provide for code consistency to rules, regulations, or laws with county,
state or federal agencies.
(d)
Unless
deleted, amended, expanded or otherwise changed herein, all provisions
of such code shall be fully applicable and binding. Any reference
to the NFPA codes other than the National Electrical Code shall mean
the most current edition available.
(Ordinance 2019-09 adopted 3/19/19; Ordinance 2020-43 adopted 7/14/20; Ordinance
2021-38 adopted 5/11/21; Ordinance 2022-103 adopted 9/13/2022; Ordinance
2023-111 adopted 10/10/2023)
The city council does hereby adopt amendments to the codes adopted in section 3.02.003, a copy of which shall be kept in the office of the building official. Said amendments are attached to Ordinance 2022-103 and incorporated herein by reference.
Editor’s note–At the request of the
city the amendments to the technical and construction codes were not
published but referenced as being on file.
(Ordinance 2019-09 adopted 3/19/19; Ordinance
2022-103 adopted 9/13/2022)
