Consistent with the provisions of the State Construction Code Act, Act No. 230 of the Public Acts of 1972, as amended, the city hereby adopts the 2000 Edition of the Michigan Building Code and the 2000 Edition of the Michigan Residential Code, as amended from time to time, as the Building Code for the city, except such portions as are hereinafter deleted, modified or amended, to provide minimum requirements for the protection of life, limb, health, property, safety, and welfare of the general public and the owners and occupants of residential buildings; fix responsibilities and duties of owners and occupants; authorize the inspection of buildings or premises and the issuance of orders to repair or demolish buildings declared to be substandard; providing penalties for violations thereof; and the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of the code on file in the office of the City Clerk are referred to, adopted and made a part hereof as if fully set out in this subchapter.
(1990 Code, § 6.1) (Ord. 535, passed 1-24-2005)