A certain document, three copies of which are on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Metropolis, Illinois, having been placed on file for a period of 15 days prior to adoption of this section, being marked and designated as the BOCA (Building Officials and Code Administrators) National Property Maintenance Code/1996, as the same may hereafter be amended from time to time by the Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc., be and the same is hereby adopted by reference as and henceforth shall be known as the Metropolis Property Maintenance Code; any reference therein to Code shall be deemed to indicate and mean the Metropolis Property Maintenance Code; and each and all of the provisions, terms, conditions, enumerations, and penalties thereof, as the same may hereafter be amended by the Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc., are hereby adopted by reference thereto and made a part hereof as if fully set out in this chapter. In the event that a penalty provision is not completed or is not provided for by the BOCA National Property Maintenance Code in regard to any violation of the Code that may hereafter occur, or if any such penalty is provided but, for any reason, it is determined to be inapplicable, then the terms and provisions of the general penalty provisions of the Revised Code of the City of Metropolis shall be applicable and shall be applied.
(Ord. 2001-1, passed 2-12-2001)