(A) The provisions of the Fire Code shall apply to all buildings, structures, premises, and conditions that pose danger of fires, explosions, or related hazards within this jurisdiction, except as provided in Exceptions to Applicability, of the Fire Code. The provisions of this code shall apply equally to existing as well as new buildings, structures, premises, and conditions except that existing buildings, structures, premises, and conditions, which complied with the minimum safety standards of the code in effect at the time of construction or installation and which have been properly maintained shall be deemed as complying with this code. Only those violations to the technical provisions of the code which create an imminent safety to life hazard and/or which may create delays in the exiting of the building's occupants are required to be corrected. When the present building code requires certain safety to life requirements for existing buildings, those requirements shall apply.
(B) If a building is damaged beyond 50% of its pre-incident, replacement value, the replacement building shall be required to comply with all current code requirements.
(Am. Ord. 08-32, passed 11-19-08)