Chapter 15.20
EXISTING BUILDING CODE
Sections:
15.20.010 Adopted.
That certain code entitled “International Existing Building Code” and amendments thereto, 2018 Edition, as copyrighted by International Code Council, Inc., is hereby adopted as the “Existing Building Code of Huachuca City” for all buildings and structures not covered under the International Building Code, and made a part of this title the same as though said code was specifically set forth in full herein. (Ord. 22-03 § 1, 2022; Ord. 16-05 § 2, 2016; Ord. 08-14, 2009; prior code § 8-1-1-D)
15.20.020 Amendments.
The following provisions of the International Existing Building Code, 2018 Edition, as published by the International Code Council, Inc., are hereby amended as follows:
A. At Section 101.1, Title, revise the wording as follows:
These regulations shall be known as the Existing Building Code of the Town of Huachuca City, hereinafter referred to as “this code”.
B. At Section 101.2, Scope, insert the following wording at the end of the paragraph:
Hereinafter, where the International Building Code is mentioned, it shall include the applicable sections of the International Residential Code, and where the International Residential Code is mentioned, it shall include the applicable sections of the International Building Code.
C. At Section 103.1, Creation of Enforcement Agency, revise wording as follows:
Enforcement Agency. There exists a Building Inspection Department. The code official in charge thereof shall be known as the Building Official.
D. At Section 103.2, Appointment, delete the entire section.
E. At Section 103.3, Deputies, delete the entire section.
F. At Section 112.1, Board of Appeals, insert the following after the first sentence:
In the absence of an appointed board of appeals, all appeals of orders, decisions or determinations made by the building official relative to the application and interpretation of this code shall be heard and decided by the Town Board of Adjustment.
G. At Section 112.3, Qualifications, delete entire section.
H. At Section 115.1, Conditions, insert a second sentence as follows:
Unsafe buildings shall be taken down and removed or made safe, as the Building Official deems necessary and as provided for in the currently adopted Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings and the International Property Maintenance Code.
(Ord. 22-03 § 2, 2022)