A. In interpreting and applying the provisions of this chapter, such provisions shall be held to the minimum requirements for the promotion of the public health, safety, and welfare. These regulations shall be construed broadly to promote the purposes for which they are adopted.
B. These regulations are not intended to interfere with, abrogate, or annul any other ordinance, rule or regulation, statute, private covenants or other provision of law except as provided in these regulations. If a conflict between requirements appears within this chapter, the most restrictive requirement shall prevail.
C. Information erroneously presented by any official or employee of the City does not negate or diminish the provisions of this chapter pertaining thereto.
D. Whenever a number of days is specified in this chapter, or in any permit, condition of approval or notice issued or given as set forth in this chapter, such number of days shall be deemed to be consecutive calendar days, unless otherwise specified.
E. Whenever application of this chapter results in standards being expressed in fractions of whole numbers, such fractions are to be rounded to the next higher whole number.
F. No action of the City, its City Council, Community Development Department staff or the Building Code Appeals Board shall be deemed invalid by reason of failure to comply with or conform to the provisions of this chapter, provided that the procedural requirements of the Code of Iowa have been met.
G. It is the intent of this chapter that all questions of interpretation and enforcement shall be first presented to the Construction Services Administrator, and that such questions shall be presented to the Building Code Appeals Board only on appeal from the decision of the Construction Services Administrator and that recourse from the decision of the Building Code Appeals Board shall be as provided by law. (Ord. 1060, 9-13-2018)