The purpose of this title is to provide minimum standards to safeguard life or limb, health, property and public welfare by regulating the design, construction, quality of materials, use and occupancy, location and maintenance of buildings, equipment structures and grading within the city, the electrical, plumbing, heating, comfort cooling and certain other equipment specifically regulated herein; and the moving of buildings within, into, from and through the city. (Ord. 217 § 2 (part), 2000; Ord. 156 § 2 (part), 1995)