(A) A certain document, two copies of which are on file in the office of the Building and Zoning Department, being marked and designated as the International Building Code, 2012 edition, including Appendix chapters, as published by the International Code Council 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; 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 the Building Code 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 this code.
(B) Any person who shall violate a provision of this Building Code or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect, construct, alter or repair a building or structure in violation of any approved plan or directive of the Building Official, or of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of the Building Code, shall be guilty of a civil offense punishable by a fine as set forth in § 151.999.
(C) Any person who shall continue any work in or about a structure after having been served with a stop work order under this Building Code, except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe conditions, shall be liable to a fine as set forth in § 151.999.
(D) The provisions for fines as described above are cumulative to any other remedies available by law or equity.
(1986 Code, § 7-26) (Ord. 1990-08A, passed 4-2-1990; Ord. 1993-28, passed 10-4-1993; Ord. 1997-08, passed 3-17-1997; Ord. 2001-12, passed 5- 21-2001; Ord. 2006-05, passed 3-6-2006; Ord. 2013–09, passed 8-5-2013) Penalty, see § 151.999