[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 Building Code, 2009 Edition, including Appendix Chapters A, B, E, G and J (see International Building Code, § 101.2.1, 2009 Edition), as published by the International Code Council, be and is hereby adopted as the Building Code of the City of Reading in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 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 building 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 regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said Building Code on file in the office of the Code Official are hereby referred to, adopted, and made part hereof, as if fully out in this Part 8, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in § 180-802 of this Part 8.