A. The provisions of this Subchapter shall apply to all existing buildings of wood-frame construction, or wood-frame portions thereof, where:
1. A permit for construction of a new building was applied for before October 23, 1978, or if no permit can be located, the structure is determined by the Building Official to have been built under Building Code standards enacted prior to October 23, 1978; and
2. The ground floor or basement portion of the structure contains parking or other similar open floor space that causes soft, weak, open-front wall lines, or the majority of the ground floor or basement portion of the structure contains an open floor space, and there exists one or more stories above.
B. Exceptions. The provisions of this Subchapter shall not apply to detached single-family dwelling units and detached single-family dwelling units with an Accessory Dwelling Unit as defined in § 17.400.095.
C. Notwithstanding any provision of the Building Code, compliance with this Subchapter shall not require existing electrical, plumbing, mechanical or fire safety systems to be altered to comply with the current Building Code unless they constitute a hazard to life or property as determined by the Building Official.
(Ord. 2021-013, § 1(part))