(A) A certain document, three copies of which are on file in the office of the City Clerk-Treasurer, being marked and designated as the Arkansas Fire Prevention Code, be and is hereby adopted as the Building Code of the city 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, are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof, subject to the changes contained within the Arkansas Fire Prevention Code, most current version, with amendments, as if fully set out in this section, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any.
(B) That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this section is, for any reason, held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this section. The City Council of the city hereby declares that it would have passed this section, and each section, subsection, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases to be declared unconstitutional.
(C) That nothing in this chapter or in the Building Code hereby adopted shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding impending in any court, or any rights acquired, or liability incurred, or any cause or causes of action acquired or existing, under any act or ordinance hereby amended, as cited, in this section; nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this section.
(D) That the Building Code herein shall be subject to the modifications contained within the current Arkansas Fire Prevention Code, it being the intention of this section that the Building Code herein adopted be wholly consistent with the current version of the Arkansas Fire Prevention Code, most current version, with amendments.
(E) There is hereby adopted by reference as fully as though set out word-for-word verbatim that certain published technical code known as the National Electrical Code, most current version, with amendments, as adopted and published by the National Fire Protection Association. Three copies of which are now and have been prior to the adoption of the ordinance from which this section is derived on file in the office of the City Clerk-Treasurer, the availability of such code for inspection by the public having been published in a newspaper of general circulation within the city.
(F) There is hereby adopted by reference as fully as though set out word-for-word verbatim that certain published technical code known as the Arkansas Mechanical Code, most current version, with amendments. Three copies of which are now and have been prior to the adoption of the ordinance from which this section is derived on file in the office of the City Clerk-Treasurer, the availability of such code for inspection by the public having been published in a newspaper of general circulation within the city.
(G) The Arkansas State Plumbing Code, most current version, with amendments, as published by the International Code Council for the Arkansas State Health Department. Three copies of which are now and have been prior to the adoption of the ordinance from which this section is derived on file in the office of the City Clerk-Treasurer, the availability of such code for inspection by the public having been published in a newspaper of general circulation within the city.
(H) The Arkansas Energy Code, most current version, with amendments, as adopted by the Arkansas Energy Office pursuant to authority delegated by the Arkansas Legislature, is hereby adopted and is incorporated herein by reference the same as if set out in full.
(Ord. 109, passed 4-2-96; Am. Ord. 161, passed 4-2-02; Am. Ord. 205-4-214, passed 4-5-05; Am. Ord. 2008-08-317, passed 8-5-08; Am. Ord. 2011-03-373, passed 3-1-11; Am. Ord. 2012-02-389, passed 2-7-12; Am. Ord. 2012-11-402, passed 1-7-12; Am. Ord. 2012-11-403, passed 11-7-12; Am. Ord. 2014-06-474, passed 6-3-14; Am. Ord. 2016-08-591, passed 8-3-16)