(A) Building Code adopted. Pursuant to authority granted by Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 6-54-501 through 6-54-506, and for the purpose of regulating the construction, alteration, repair, use and occupancy, location, maintenance, removal and demolition of every building or structure, the International Building Code 2012, except for § 113 (Means of Appeal), to the extent that said sections conflict with Tenn. Code. Ann. §§ 6-54-1001 et seq., the Administrative Hearing Officer Act, and except for Ch. 27, but including Appendices B, C, E, F, G, H, I, J and K-8, and the International Residential Code 2012 with Appendices E, G, H, J, K and M, as prepared and published by the International Code Council, are hereby adopted and incorporated by reference as a part of the code and are hereinafter referred to as the “Building Code”.
(1994 Code, § 12-101)
(B) Modifications.
(1) Whenever the Building Code refers to the Chief Appointing Authority or the Chief Administrator, it shall be deemed to be a reference to the City Manager. When the Building Official or Codes Enforcement Officer is named it shall, for the purposes of the Building Code, mean such person as the City Manager shall have appointed or designated to administer and enforce the provisions of the Building Code.
(2) The exceptions provided in Tenn. Code Ann. § 62-2-102(b) shall apply to the requirements for construction documents as found in § 106-1. The provisions of Tenn. Code Ann. § 62-2-102(b) are:
(b) It is unlawful for any person other than a registered architect or engineer to prepare plans and specifications for any building or structure other than the following:
(1) Structures classified as business, factory-industrial, hazardous, mercantile, residential, and storage occupancies, as such occupancies are defined in the 2012 edition of the International Building Code, which are:
(A) Less than three (3) stories in height; and
(B) Less than five thousand square feet (5,000 sq. ft.) in total gross area;
(2) One-family and two-family dwellings and domestic outbuildings appurtenant thereto; or
(3) Farm buildings not designed or intended for human occupancy.
(c) Nothing in this section shall prevent any awarding authority, public or private, from requiring the services of a registered architect, engineer or landscape architect for any project.
(3) The schedule of permit fees shall be set by resolution of the City Commission as from time to time is necessary.
(1994 Code, § 12-102)
(C) Available in Recorder’s office. Pursuant to the requirements of the Tenn. Code Ann. § 6-54-502, one copy of the Building Code has been placed on file in the Recorder’s (Finance Director’s) office and shall be kept there for the use and inspection of the public.
(1994 Code, § 12-103)
(D) Limitation on demolition permits. The required length of demolition permits shall be 60 days for residential structures and 90 days for commercial structures.
(1994 Code, § 12-104)
(Ord. 355, passed - -; Ord. 469, passed 9-19-1991; Ord. 494, passed 9-2-1993; Ord. 497, passed 11-4-1993; Ord. 748, passed 12-16-2013)