(a) Advisory and monitoring functions. The committee shall hear, review, and make recommendations to the elected officials of the city regarding, amendments being studied for adoption to the latest: Building Code, Residential Code, Existing Building Code, Electrical Code, Energy Conservation Code, Mechanical Code, Plumbing Code, and any swimming pool and/or spa code or any code that may be adopted by the City of Tucson in the future and made the purview of the committee by separate ordinance. The committee shall act as standing committee between the time of adoption of a new code and the time a newer edition of the code is under review. The standing committee shall monitor the performance of the code in effect and shall record and recommend changes in future codes. In the event that a conflict in the newest adopted code becomes evident, and can only be resolved by code amendment, the standing committee may convene in order to prepare such amendment for adoption by the governing bodies.
(b) Board of appeals. The committee shall also act as the board of appeals, in order to determine the suitability of alternate materials or alternate types or methods of construction and of installation of building service equipment under the provisions of the building, residential, existing building, electrical, energy conservation, fire, outdoor lighting, mechanical, plumbing, solar system and spa/pool codes of the city, or any code that may be adopted by the City of Tucson in the future and made the purview of the committee by separate ordinance and to provide for reasonable interpretations of the provisions of such codes.
(Ord. No. 10950, § 2, 12-20-11, eff. 1-20-12)