(a) There is hereby adopted by and for the City, for the purpose of establishing standards for the construction, alteration, removal, demolition, equipment, use and occupancy, location and maintenance of buildings and structures, including permits and penalties, the BOCA National Building Code, the current edition, promulgated by Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc., save and except such portions as may be hereinafter deleted, modified or amended, which Code is hereby incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein, and from the date on which this section takes effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling in the construction of all buildings and structures to which it pertains in the City.
(b) As the BOCA National Building Code is updated from time to time and subsequent editions are made available, this Building and Housing Code shall automatically incorporate the most recent and up to date edition of such Code.
(Ord. 1832. Passed 10-27-75; Ord. 1984. Passed 10-26-81.)