(A) Title. This subchapter, and all ordinances supplemental or amendatory hereto, shall be known as the “Building Code of the Town of Bargersville, Indiana”, may be cited as such, and will be referred to herein as “this code”.
(B) Purpose. The purpose of this code is to provide minimum standards for the protection of life, health, environment, public safety and general welfare, and for the conservation of energy in the design and construction of buildings and structures.
(C) Authority. The Building Commissioner (of the Plan Commission) is hereby authorized and directed to administer and enforce all of the provisions of this code. Whenever in this code it is provided that anything must be done to the approval of or subject to the direction of the Building Commissioner or any other officer of the Plan Commission, this shall be construed to give the officer only the discretion of determining whether this code has been complied with; and no provision shall be construed as giving any officer discretionary powers as to what this code shall be, or power to require conditions not prescribed by ordinances or to enforce this code in an arbitrary or discriminatory manner. Any variance from adopted building rules is subject to approval under I.C. 22-13-2-7(b).
(Ord. 1989-5, passed 5-9-1989)