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<br /> BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS
<br /> the office of building official. He shall receive applica- Sees. 18-42--18-65. Reserved.
<br /> tions required by the building code, issue pennits and
<br /> furnish the prescribed certificates. He shall examine
<br /> premises for which pennits have been issued and shall
<br /> make necessary inspections to see that the provisions ARTICLE III. ELECTRICAL CODE
<br /> oflaw are complied with and that construction is pros-
<br /> ecuted safely. He shall enforce all provisions ofthe build- Sec. 18-66. Scope.
<br /> ing code. He shall, when requested by proper authority
<br /> - or when the public interest so requires, make investi- (a) No electrical installations, wiring, motors, com-
<br /> gations in connection with matters referred to in the munication systems, signs, cranes, hoists, elevators,
<br /> building code and render written reports on the same. dumbwaiters, escalators, electric welders, sound record-
<br /> To enforce compliance with law, to remove illegal or ers, organs, X-ray equipment, induction and dielectric
<br /> unsafe conditions, to secure the necessary safeguards heat generating equipment, or machine tools, motion
<br /> during construction, or to require adequate exit facili- picture studios, motion picture projectors, or other sim-
<br /> ties in buildings and structures, he shall issue such ilar type of equipment, tools or installations shall be
<br /> notices or orders as may be necessary. installed, placed in operation, used, or otherwise used
<br /> (b) Inspections. Inspections required under the pro- in the city, unless and until same shall have been in-
<br /> visions of the building code shall be made by the build- spected and a pennit issued therefor, upon full compli-
<br /> ing official or his duly appointed assistant. The building ance with all provisions of the electrical code adopted in
<br /> official may accept reports of inspectors of recognized this article and such other codes as may hereafter be
<br /> inspection services, after investigation of their qualifi- adopted by the city applicable to such installation or
<br /> cations and reliability. No certificate called for by any use. No such installation or use shall be made until a
<br /> provision of the building code shall be issued on such pennit therefor shall have been issued by the building
<br /> reports unless the same arc in writing and certified to official and no such pennit shall be issued by the build-
<br /> by a responsible officer of such service. ing official until there shall have been full compliance
<br /> \vith all provisions of the electrical code applicable there-
<br /> (c) Records. The building ollicial shall keep com pre- to. '
<br /> hensive records of applications, of pennits issued, of (b) If, witlún any period of 12 months, alterations or
<br /> certificates issued, of inspections made, of reports ren-
<br /> dered, and of notices or orders issued. He shall retain repairs costing in excess of 50 percen t of the then phys-
<br /> on file copies of required plans and all documents re- ical value of the building are made to an existing build-
<br /> lating to building work so long as any part of the build- ing, such building shall be made to confonn to the re-
<br /> ing or structure to which they relate may be in exist- quirements of this article for new installation.
<br /> ence. All such records shall be open to public inspection (c) If any existing building is damaged by fire or oth-
<br /> for good and sufficient reasons at the stated office hours erwise in excess of 50 percent of its then physical value
<br /> but shall not be removed from the office ofthe building before such damage is repaired, it shall be made to
<br /> official without his written consent. confonn to the requirements of this article for new in-
<br /> (d) Reports. The building official shall make written stallations.
<br /> reports to his immediate superior once each month, or (d) If the cost of such alterations or repairs, or the
<br /> oftener if requested, including statements of pennits amount of such damage, is more than 25 but not more
<br /> and certificates issued, and orders promulgated. than 50 percent of the then physical value of the build-
<br /> (Code 1962, § 5-5) ing, the portions to be altered or repaired shall be made
<br /> to confonn to the requirements of this article for new
<br /> Sec. 18-41. Excluded area. installations to such extent as the building official may
<br /> detennine.
<br /> No provision of this article, nor the Standard Build- (c) For the purpose of this section physical value of
<br /> ing Code, 1991 edition, with 1992 revisions, shall be the building shall be detennined by the building oill-
<br /> deemed to apply to nor be so construed as to require cia!.
<br /> compliance with any of the provisions thereof as to any
<br /> industrial construction in any area ofthe city lying west (0 Repairs and alterations, not covered by the pre-
<br /> of Virginia Street or north ofV.S. Highway No. 82 which ceding subsections of this section, restoring a building
<br /> is zoned either I-L light industrial, I-H heavy industrial to its condition previous to damage or deterioration, or
<br /> or I-PD planned industrial development. altering it in confonnity with the provisions of this ar-
<br /> (Ord. No. A-541, § 3(5-9), 5-17-93) ticle or in such manner as will not extend or increase an
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