There is hereby adopted by reference by the City of Mt. Vernon, Illinois for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for the construction, alteration, removal, demolition, equipment, use and occupancy, location, and maintenance of buildings and structures, including permits and penalties, that certain Building Code known as International Building Code, 2006 Edition, International Existing Building Code, 2006 Edition, International Residential Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings, 2006 Edition, International Mechanical Code, 2006 Edition, International Fuel Gas Code 2006 Edition and International Energy Conservation Code, 2006 Edition, each of which are issued by the International Code Council, Inc.; except which portions of such Codes as are hereinafter deleted, modified, or amended, of which not less than one copy of each has been and is now filed in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Mt. Vernon, and the same are hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein; and from the date on which this Ordinance shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling in construction of all buildings and structures therein contained within the corporate limits of the City of Mt. Vernon.
(Prior Code, Art. 5, § 5.1)