(A) Application of provisions. This chapter shall control all matters concerning the construction, alteration, addition, repair, removal, demolition, use, location, occupancy and maintenance of all buildings and structures, and shall apply to existing or proposed buildings and structures; 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 chapter.
(B) Compliance with provisions. No building or structure shall be constructed, extended, repaired, removed, altered, used or occupied in violation of these provisions except for repairs as defined in division (C) of this section, and except further, that the raising, lowering or moving of a building or structure as a unit necessitated by a change in legal grade or widening of a street shall be permitted, provided the building or structure is not otherwise altered or its use or occupancy changed.
(C) General repairs and maintenance. Ordinary repairs to structures may be made without application or notice to the city, but such repairs shall not include the cutting away of any wall, partition, or portion thereof, the removal or cutting of any structural beam or bearing support, or the removal or change of any required means of egress, or rearrangement of parts of a structure affecting the exit requirements: nor shall ordinary repairs include addition to, alteration of, replacement or relocation of any standpipe, water supply, sewer, drainage, drain leader, gas, soil, waste, vent or similar piping, electric wiring and equipment installation or mechanical or other work affecting public health or general safety.
(D) Conflicting provisions. When the provisions contained in this chapter conflict with any other provision contained in the City Code or in any state or federal statute, the most restrictive or rigid provisions shall control.
(E) In the event a building or structure undergoes a substantial improvement, as defined above, the city shall require that the entire building or portions thereof be brought into compliance with all provisions of included in this Code.
(Ord. 20-24, passed 4-14-2020)