A. The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to all structures, buildings, or portions thereof used, or designed or intended to be used, for human habitation. Such occupancies in existing buildings may be continued as provided in Section 104(c) of the Uniform Building Code (1985), except such structures as are found to be substandard as defined in this Code.
Where any building or portion thereof is used or intended to be used as a combination apartment house-hotel, the provisions of this Code shall apply to the separate portions as if they were separate buildings.
Every rooming house or lodging house shall comply with all the requirements of this Code for dwellings.
B. Alteration. Existing buildings which are altered or enlarged shall be made to conform to this Code insofar as the new work is concerned and in accordance with Section 104(a) and (b) of the Uniform Building Code (1985).
C. Relocation. Buildings or structures moved into or within this jurisdiction shall comply with the requirements in the Building Code for new buildings and structures.
(Supporting authority for Article I: Chapter 1 of Uniform Housing Code of 1988, International Conference of Building Officials, Whittier, California (U.H.C.); Minn. Stat. Section 368.01 (1989).)
[CHAPTER 16A, ARTICLE I, § 16A-102, amended by Ord. No. 89-17, effective December 8, 1989.]