(A) Adoption of Technical Codes. Those certain documents, on file in the office of the Town Clerk, being marked and designated as the Technical Codes including the identified Appendices and amendments, as published by the International Code Council, be and are hereby adopted as the Technical Codes of the town for regulating and governing the conditions and maintenance of all property, buildings and structures; by providing the standards for supplied utilities and facilities and other physical things and conditions essential to ensure that structures are safe, sanitary and fit for occupation and use and the condemnation of buildings and structures unfit for human occupancy and use and the demolition of such structures as herein provided; providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor; and each and all of the regulation, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said Technical Code on file in the town are hereby adopted and made a part hereof, as fully set out in this section, with the additions, insertion, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in division (C) below.
(B) Amendments shall be as follows: the following amendments, additions, and deletions are hereby made to the Technical Codes as adopted in §§ 150.15 et seq. Paragraphs and section numbers refer to the applicable Technical Code numbering system. Code references not amended in this section shall be enforced as published in the reference document.
(1) Insert the words “Town of Quartzsite” as the “name of the jurisdiction” Section 101 of the publications as adopted in §§ 150.15 et seq.
(2) Amend all sections referencing “Fire prevention” in the publications adopted in §§ 150.15 et seq. to read as follows: “The provisions of the current adopted fire code shall apply to matters affecting or relating to structures, processes and premises from the hazard of fire and explosion arising from the storage, handling, or use of structures, materials or devices; from conditions hazardous to life, property or public welfare in the occupancy of structures or premises; and from the construction, extension, repair, alteration or removal of fire suppression, automatic sprinkler systems and alarm systems or fire hazards in the structure or on the premises from occupancy or operation.”
(3) Amend all sections referencing “Creation of enforcement agency” in the publications adopted in §§ 150.15 et seq. to read as follows: “The Community Development Department, Building Safety Division is hereby created and the official in charge thereof shall be known as the building official.”
(4) Amend all sections referencing “Flood hazard areas” in the publications adopted in §§ 150.15 et seq. specifying the adopted Town Flood Damage Prevention ordinance.
(5) Amend all sections referencing “Design flood elevations” in the publications adopted in §§ 150.15 et seq. specifying the adopted Town Flood Damage Prevention ordinance.
(6) Amend all sections referencing “Work commencing before permit issuance” in the publications adopted in §§ 150.15 et seq. by adding to end of section, “An investigation fee, in addition to the permit fee, shall be collected whether or not a permit is then or subsequently issued. The investigation fee shall be determined by the building official, based on the circumstances, nature, and severity of the infraction. The minimum investigation fee shall be $50.00, and the maximum shall be an amount up to the same as the fee set forth in Table 1-A.”
(7) Amend all sections referencing “Refunds or Fee Refunds” in the publications adopted in §§ 150.15 et seq. to read as follows:
“The building official shall authorize the refunding of fees as follows:
a. The full amount of any fee paid hereunder that was erroneously paid or collected.
b. Not more than 80 percent of the permit fee paid when no work has been done under a permit issued in accordance with this code.
c. Not more than 80 percent of the plan review fee paid when an application for a permit for which a plan review fee has been paid is withdrawn or canceled before any plan review effort has been expended.
The building official shall not authorize the refunding of any fee paid except upon written application filed by the original permittee not later than 180 days after the date of fee payment.”
(9) Amend all sections referencing “Violation penalties” in the publications adopted in §§ 150.15 et seq. to read as follows: “Any person who violates a provision of this code or fails to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who erects, constructs, alters or repairs a building or structure in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of the building official, or of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of this code, shall be subject to the penalty and fine described in this ordinance.”
(10) Amend all sections referencing “Unlawful continuance” in the publications adopted in §§ 150.15 et seq. to read as follows: “Any person who shall continue any work after having been served with a stop work order, except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be subject to the penalty and fine described in this ordinance.”
(Ord. 23-06, passed 10-10-2023)