CHAPTER 4
ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE
ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE
10-4-1 Short Title | 10-4-9 Building Official |
10-4-2 Purpose | 10-4-10 Inspection |
10-4-3 Warning | 10-4-11 Stop Work Order |
10-4-4 Interpretation | 10-4-12 Conflicting Provisions |
10-4-5 Adoption | 10-4-13 Site Maintenance |
10-4-6 Scope | 10-4-14 Street Protection |
10-4-7 Indemnification | 10-4-15 Violations |
10-4-8 Permit Requirements, Conditions, and Fees | 10-4-16 Appeals |
It is the purpose of this chapter to require architects, builders, contractors, property owners, their agents, and others to meet their responsibilities with respect to proper construction, construction techniques, and premises safety, and to provide for inspection as a means of compelling compliance therewith. It is not the purpose of this chapter to create any duty on the part of the City, its officers, agents, or employees, owing to any individual member of the public or to protect any particular or circumscribed class of persons. Specifically, it is not the intent of this chapter to create any duty or liability by the City, its officers, agents, or employees, to premises occupants, owners, tenants, or any other person.
No person shall place reliance upon this chapter, any inspections performed, or certificates issued pursuant to this chapter, as indicating the safety of or quality of construction of any particular premises. Neither this chapter nor inspections made pursuant thereto nor certificates issued are intended to assume the duty of any person to adequately construct and maintain a premises or provide a safe premises or to, in any way, indicate a decrease in the risk associated with the use or occupancy of any premises. A certification that a premise has been inspected pursuant to this chapter shall not in any way constitute a warranty or guarantee of the safety or quality of that premises.
Pursuant to State published notice and public hearing, as required by State law, the International Energy Conservation Code, published by the International Code Council Inc., year and edition as amended and adopted by the State Building Code Bureau, is adopted in full and shall constitute the “Energy Code of the City of Clive, Iowa.” The use of the term “energy code” in this chapter shall be interpreted to refer to the International Energy Conservation Code, year and edition as adopted by the State. An official copy of the International Energy Conservation Code, as adopted, and a certified copy of this chapter, can be viewed in the Community Development Department.
This Code shall establish thermal energy efficiency standards for the design of new buildings and structures, or portions thereof, additions to existing buildings, and renovation and remodeling of existing buildings.
1. Exception. The renovation and remodeling of residential buildings of one and two dwelling units, which are intended for human occupancy, and which are heated or cooled by regulating their exterior envelopes and selection of their heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems, service water heating systems and equipment for the efficient use of energy, and lighting efficiency standards for buildings intended for human occupancy which are lighted.
The applicant for any permit under this Code, by making such application, assumes and agrees to pay for all loss or damage to property whatsoever, and injury to or death of any person or persons whomsoever, including all costs and expenses incident thereto, however arising from or in connection with or related to the issuance of such permit, or the doing of anything thereunder, or the failure of such applicant, or the agents, employees, or servants of such applicant, to abide by or comply with any of the provisions of this Code or any other ordinance of the City; and such applicant, by making such application, forever indemnifies the City, its officers, and employees and agrees to save it and them harmless from any and all claims, demands, lawsuits, or liability whatsoever for any loss, damage, injury or death, costs and expenses, by reason of the foregoing even though acts or omissions of the City, its officers, or employees may have caused or contributed thereto. The foregoing provisions shall be deemed to be a part of any permit issued under this Code whether expressly recited therein or not.
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