(a) The International Property Maintenance Code, 2021 edition, published by the International Code Council as amended, is hereby adopted as the property maintenance code to provide standards to safeguard life or limb, health, property, and public welfare by regulating, governing, and controlling the use, occupancy, conditions, and maintenance of all property, buildings, and structures within this jurisdiction and to provide for a just, equitable, and practicable method whereby buildings or structures, which from any cause endanger the life, limb, morals, property, safety, or welfare of the general public or their occupants, may be repaired, vacated, or demolished.
(b) The adoption of the International Property Maintenance Code, 2021 edition, will become effective January 1, 2023. The minimum requirements and standards of the 2021 International Property Maintenance Code will become effective after January 1, 2023.
(c) The city shall publish this ordinance, without attachments, after its passage. The attachments are on file and available for inspection at the office of the city clerk.
(1992 Code, § 11-75) (Ord. 14-98, passed 2-2-1998; Ord. 116-01, passed 12-10-2001; Ord. 26-04, passed 3-1-2004; Ord. 32-07, passed 2-20-2007; Ord. 20-10, passed 3-1-2010; Ord. 104-12, passed 12-18-2012; Ord. 129-15, passed 12-15-2015; Ord. 140-22, passed 12-6-2022)