(a)
Amendments.
The hereinafter set forth amendments to the International Building Code (IBC) 2018 edition and other adopted ICC codes are hereby adopted by the city. When an amendment consists of a revision of an existing article, section, subsection, table or other portion of the International Building Code (IBC) 2018 edition or other adopted ICC code, the language of such amendment shall supersede the language of the respective portion amended. Amendments to the International Building Code (IBC) 2018 edition or other adopted ICC code consisting of the addition of new articles, sections, subsections, tables or other portions shall constitute supplements of such code. Any references to the code, building code, this code, etc., shall mean the code and the adopted appendixes and supplements.
(b)
Scope.
These regulations shall control all matters concerning the construction, alteration, addition, repair, removal, demolition, use, location, occupancy and maintenance of all buildings and structures in the city, except as such matters are otherwise provided for in other ordinances or statutes, or in the rules and regulations authorized for promulgation under the provisions of this code.
(c)
Title.
These regulations shall be known as the Building Code of Monahans, Texas, hereinafter referred to as “this code.”
(d)
Previous approvals.
This code shall not require changes in the plans, construction or designated use of a building for which a lawful permit has been heretofore issued or otherwise lawfully authorized, and the construction of which shall have been actively prosecuted within six (6) months after the effective date of this ordinance and completed with dispatch.
(e)
Matters not provided for.
Any requirement determined by the code official to be essential for structural, fire or sanitary safety of an existing or proposed building or structure or essential of the occupants thereof, and which is not specifically covered by the building code, shall be recommended by the code official and inclusion [included] in said building code by amending ordinance. The code official is authorized to issue a stop-work order in order to prevent the commencement or continuation of construction of any proposed building or structure until the city council has had opportunity to provide for such situation not specifically covered by the building code. Any stop-work [order] issued under the authority of this section shall be effective for no longer than 30 days.
(f)
Effective date.
The herein adopted amended version of the International Building Code (IBC) 2018 edition and other adopted ICC codes shall be in full force after its adoption. On the date that the said amended version of the International Building Code (IBC) 2018 edition and other adopted ICC codes are in full force and effect, then Ordinance No. 1124 as amended and such other and further existing ordinances as are inconsistent and incompatible with any provisions of the herein adopted amended version of the International Building Code (IBC) 2009 [2018] edition shall be wholly repealed. Provided, further, notwithstanding any of the foregoing, all buildings, structures, work, etc., for which a permit has been issued and/or work legally begun prior to the date the said amended version of the International Building Code (IBC) 2018 edition is in full force and effect shall continue to be constructed, repaired, altered, moved, etc., under the provisions of the presently existing building codes of the city.
(g)
Prior violations and rights.
Nothing contained in this article shall in any manner whatsoever change, alter or otherwise affect the commission of or punishment of any offense, crime or act committed or done prior hereto, or any penalty or forfeiture incurred, or any prosecution whatsoever, or any suit or other proceedings pending, or any judgment rendered, on or before the passage and publication of this ordinance, nor shall anything herein change, alter or otherwise affect any cause of action, contract or right established or accruing to the city or to any person, association or corporation, or any contract or obligation by or in favor of the city before same.
(Ordinance 1021, sec. 1, adopted 2/27/01; Ordinance 1124, sec. 1, adopted 10/26/10; 1972 Code, sec. 6-17(1)–(9); Ordinance 1285 adopted 4/27/21)