That a certain document, copies of which are on file in the Offices of the Housing and Community Development Department, being marked and designated as the International Property Maintenance Code, 2021 edition, as published by the International Code Council, be and is hereby adopted as the Dubuque Property Maintenance Code, for regulating and governing the conditions and maintenance of all property, buildings, and structures; by providing the standards for supplied utilities, facilities, and other physical things and conditions essential to ensuring that structures are safe, sanitary, and fit for occupancy and use; and the condemnation of buildings and structures unfit for human occupancy and use, and the demolition of such existing structures as herein provided; providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions, and terms of said Dubuque Property Maintenance Code are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this legislation, with the additions, insertions, deletions, and changes, if any, prescribed in section 14-1J-2 of this article. (Ord. 45-19, 9-3-2019; amd. Ord. 25-23, 5-15-2023)