(a) Chapter 1446 is applicable to every residential and nonresidential building and the premises on which it is situated in the City, used or intended to be used for dwelling, retail, commercial, or business purposes, shall comply with the provisions of these sections, whether or not such building has been constructed, altered, or repaired before or after the enactment of these sections, and irrespective of any permits which shall have been issued for the use or occupancy of the building or for the installation or repair of equipment of facilities prior to the effective date of these sections. These sections establish minimum standards for the initial and continued occupancy and use of all such buildings and do not replace or modify standards otherwise established for the construction, repair, alteration, or use of buildings.
(b) In any case, where the provisions of these sections impose a higher standard than set forth in any other ordinances of the City or under the laws of the State of Ohio, then the standards as set forth herein shall prevail, but if the provisions of these sections impose a lower standard than any other ordinances of the City or of the laws of the State of Ohio, then the higher standard contained in any such ordinance or law shall prevail.
(Ord. 68-97. Passed 6-17-97.)