(A) Building codes.
(1) State Building Code. The State Building Code, and any amendments and/or supplements thereto, as promulgated by the State Construction Code Commission in accord with Public Act 230 of 1972, Section 8b(6), as amended, shall be administered and enforced by the city, and shall govern and be observed and followed in all buildings and structures throughout the city. Notice is hereby given that complete copies of the State Building Code, and any amendments and/or supplements thereto, are available for public use and inspection at the Clerk’s office for the city.
(2) State Residential Building Code. The State Residential Building Code, and any amendments and/or supplements thereto, as promulgated by the State Construction Code Commission in accord with Public Act 230 of 1972, Section 8b(6), as amended, shall be administered and enforced by the city, and shall govern and be observed and followed in all one- and two-family dwellings throughout the city. Notice is hereby given that complete copies of the State Residential Building Code, and any amendments and/or supplements thereto, are available for public use and inspection in the Clerk’s office for the city.
(3) International Property Maintenance Code. A certain document, a copy of which is on file in the office of the City Clerk, the most recent edition of the International Property Maintenance Code, as published by the International Code Council, be and is hereby adopted as the Property Maintenance Code of the city for regulating and governing the conditions and maintenance of all property, buildings and structures; by providing the standards for supplied utilities and facilities and other physical things and conditions essential to ensure that structures are safe, sanitary and fit for occupation and use; and the condemnation of buildings and structures unfit for human occupancy and use, and the demolition of such 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 Property Maintenance Code on file in the office of the City Clerk are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this section, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, prescribed herein as follows:
(a) Title. These regulations shall be known as the Property Maintenance Code of the City of Inkster, hereinafter referred to as "this Code."
(b) Building Official. The Building Official shall be designated as the code official and shall be the official in charge of the enforcement of this Code.
(c) Fees. The fees for activities and services performed by the Building Official and/or his or her designee in carrying out their responsibilities under this Code shall be approved by resolution of the City Council from time to time and shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk.
(d) Failure to comply. Any person who shall violate a provision of this Code or continue any work after having been served with a stop work order, except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation of unsafe conditions, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be liable for a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500.
(B) Fee schedule. A fee for each plan examination, permit, and/or inspection required by the State Building Code, the State Residential Building Code and/or the 2000 International Property Maintenance Code, as amended, shall be paid in accordance with the fee schedule adopted by resolution of the City Council from time to time and shall be posted in the Building Department.
(C) Violation; penalty. A violation of the provisions of the State Building Code, the State Residential Building Code, and/or the most current edition of the International Property Maintenance Code in the city shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not less than $100 nor in excess of $500, or imprisonment not in excess of 90 days, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court, together with the costs of prosecution. A separate offense shall be deemed committed upon each day during which a violation occurs or continues.
(Ord. 851, passed 2-20-15)