It is hereby declared that the purpose of this Code is to protect, preserve and promote the physical and mental health and social well-being of the public, to prevent and control incidence of communicable diseases, to regulate privately and publicly owned dwellings for the purpose of maintaining adequate sanitation and public health to protect the safety of the people and promote the general welfare through provisions which shall be applicable to all dwellings now in existence or hereafter constructed and provides for the administration and enforcement thereof. It is further declared that the purposes of this Code is to encourage adequate housing conditions for protection of public health, safety and general welfare through the establishment of minimum guidelines for basic furnishings, for light, heat and ventilation conditions, for safety from fire and accidents and for the use and location of space for human occupancy.
(Ord. 147-77. Passed 12-19-77.)