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For the purpose of insuring public safety and for the purpose of ascertaining the suitability of materials, methods, or systems of construction, or arrangements of materials, not permitted by, or varying from, the performance requirements established by the building provisions of this Code but which are claimed to be equally as good as or superior to those permitted thereunder, the mayor shall appoint a committee on standards and tests consisting of ten members, of which one member shall be the building commissioner, who shall be its chairman, one member shall be the chairman of the city council committee on zoning, landmarks and building standards, one member shall be the chief fire prevention engineer, and seven other members, three of whom shall be architects, two members shall be structural engineers and two members shall be mechanical engineers, all of whom shall be licensed by the state, and each shall have been a resident of the city for a period of one year, or maintained his or her principal professional office in the city for a period of five years, preceding the date of appointment.
(Prior code § 41.1-1; Amend Coun. J. 9-13-89, p. 4604; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99026, § 2.8; Amend Coun. J. 11-13-07, p. 14999, Art. II, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-8-12, p. 38872, § 219; Amend Coun. J. 9-6-17, p. 55278, Art. V, § 2)