A. Designation; Appointment: There shall be a department of building inspection, the head of which shall be the building official. Unless he appoints the city manager or another to be the building official, the mayor shall himself be ex officio building official. The building official shall have supervision and control of the department, including any inspectors whom the mayor may appoint, subject to confirmation by the city council, such as the building inspector, the plumbing inspector, the electrical inspector, the mechanical inspector and other inspectors of the building and construction trades.
B. Powers And Duties: The department of building inspection shall see that all laws, ordinances and other regulations relating to building, plumbing, electrical and mechanical installations are properly enforced, except as may be otherwise provided by applicable law or ordinance. The building inspector, the plumbing inspector, the electrical inspector, the mechanical inspector and any other such inspectors, under the supervision and control of the building official, shall have such powers, duties and functions as may be prescribed by applicable law or ordinance. (1989 Code § 5-101; amd. 2002 Code)
A certain document, three (3) copies of which are on file in the office of the city clerk of the city of Sayre, being marked and designated as the international building code, 2006 edition (this code shall automatically upgrade every 3 years or as new codes published by the International Code Council become effective), including appendix chapters A through K (see international building code section 101.2.1, 2006 edition), as published by the International Code Council, be and is hereby adopted as the building code of the city of Sayre, in the state of Oklahoma 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 regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said building code on file in the office of the city of Sayre are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this section, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in section 9-1-3 of this chapter. (Ord. 08-11-18A, 11-18-2008)
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