The purpose of the HMC is to protect, preserve and promote the public health, safety and the general welfare of the people of the city, to prevent housing conditions that adversely affect or are likely to adversely affect the life, safety, general welfare and health, including the physical, mental and social well being of persons occupying dwellings within the city, and to provide, to the extent permitted by state law, for the enforcement of minimum standards for components or systems of residential structures; to provide for the use and location and amount of space for human occupancy; and to preserve the value of land and buildings throughout the city.
(Ord. 163, passed 7-1-2013)