§ 18-651. Residential code adopted.

(a)

The 2015 edition of the International Residential Code, including Appendices E, H, I, J and M, as amended in section 18-652, is adopted and incorporated as fully as if set forth at length in this section and the provisions therein shall be controlling in the design, construction, quality of materials, erection, installation, alteration, repair, location, relocation, replacement, addition to, use or maintenance of one- and two-family dwellings and townhouses in the city. The official copy of the residential code is on file in the office of the chief building official.

(b)

If a section of this article is found to be in conflict with a provision of any zoning, building, fire, safety or health ordinance or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto or any other ordinance or code or regulation of the city, the provision which establishes the higher standard for the promotion of the health and safety of the people shall prevail.

(c)

Any person who shall violate any provision of the standards adopted or established in this article shall upon conviction be punished as provided in section 1-14.

(Code 1967, § 7-5; Ord. No. 897, §§ 1, 5, 10-26-67; Ord. No. 9278, § 6, 12-12-01; Ord. No. 9337, § 20, 3-28-02; Ord. No. 9760, § 9, 4-8-04; Ord. No. 10,663, § 7, 7-26-07; Ord. No. 11,515, § 17, 12-9-10; Ord. No. 13,654 , § 39, 12-14-17)