[Amended 12-28-2009 by Ord. No. 78-2009]
A certain document, three copies of which are on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Reading, being marked and designated as the International Residential Code, 2009 Edition, including Appendix Chapters A, B, C, D, E, F, G, I, J and L (see International Residential Code, § R102.5, 2009 edition), as published by the International Code Council, be and is hereby adopted as the Residential Code of the City of Reading, in the State of Pennsylvania, for regulating and governing the construction, alteration, movement, enlargement, replacement, repair, equipment, location, removal and demolition of attached one- and two-family dwelling and multiple single-family dwellings (townhouses) not more than three stories in height with separate means of egress as herein provided; providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor; and each of all of the regulation, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said residential code on file in the office of the Code Official are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this Part, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in § 180-402 of this Part.