Sec. 6-33. General duties.

The general duties of the building inspection supervisor are to inspect all buildings and structures erected in or moved into any territorial jurisdiction of the city; to inspect all additions, alterations, repairs, and changes of use or occupancy in all such buildings and structures; to enforce the applicable provisions of the Building Safety Administrative Code of the city and the applicable regulations of the building safety division; to enforce the provisions of the building code of the city and, with respect thereto, to inspect the installation of and approve or condemn all buildings or structures within the jurisdiction of the city, control types and classes of material and the method, manner and workmanship for the construction and repair of buildings and structures, approve or disapprove the use of building materials or devices, inspect public and private premises for violations of the provisions of this chapter 6 and of such other portions of the Tucson Code as the building safety administrator may direct, give notice of defects in construction and repair, alterations or changes of buildings and structures, receive applications for issuing permits or building construction repairs, alterations or changes, collect and account for fees, examine and approve plans and specifications for proposed building construction, repairs, alterations or changes and advise on necessary changes in such plans and specifications, certify to compliance with plans and specifications on building work, make such reports as shall be required from time to time by the building safety administrator, and make any recommendations to the building safety administrator which the building inspection supervisor may deem practical and desirable.

(Ord. No. 5531, § 2, 3-22-82)

Sec. 6-34. Building code adopted.

   The document entitled “International Building Code, 2018 Edition” published by the International Code Council, with local amendments, a copy of which amendments are attached to Ordinance No. 11590 as Exhibit “A” are hereby adopted.

(Ord. No. 5331, § 2, 3-22-82; Ord. No. 5771, § 1, 5-23-83; Ord. No. 6567, § 1, 11-10-86; Ord. No. 7179, § 1, 4-24-89; Ord. No. 7792, § 1, 4-13-92; Ord. No. 8607, § 1, 1-2-96; Ord. No. 9155, § 1, 11-2-98; Ord. No. 9491, § 1, 11-20-00; Ord. No. 9526, § 4, 3-19-01; Ord. No. 10035, § 1, 9-7-04; Ord. No. 10142, § 2, 4-12-05; Ord. No. 10417, § 2, 6-12-07; Ord. No. 10625, § 1, 1-13-09; Ord. No. 11042, § 1, 12-18-12, eff. 1-2-13; Ord. No. 11478, § 1, 8-8-17, eff. 9-7-17; Ord. No. 11590, § 1, 10-9-18, eff. 1-1-19)

   Editor's note – Exhibit A is not printed herein but is on file in the office of the city clerk and available for public inspection during regular business hours.

Sec. 6-35. Clerk to keep copies of building code.

Three (3) copies of the building code adopted in section 6-34 shall be filed in the office of the city clerk and are made public records and shall be available for public use and inspection during regular office hours.

(Ord. No. 5531, § 2, 3-22-82)

Sec. 6-36. Amendments to building code.

The building code adopted in section 6-34 may be amended from time to time by the mayor and council. Three (3) copies of current ordinances amending the building code shall be kept on file by the city clerk as public records and shall be kept available for public use and inspection during regular office hours.

(Ord. No. 5531, § 2, 3-22-82; Ord. No. 10035, § 3, 9-7-04)

Sec. 6-37. Applicability of administrative and building codes.

Every new building and structure erected in or moved into the jurisdiction of the city after June 30, 1992, shall conform to the applicable requirements of the Building Safety Administrative Code adopted in section 6-1 and as amended, and to the requirements of the building code adopted in section 6-34 and as amended. All additions, alterations, repairs, changes of use or occupancy in all buildings or structures within the jurisdiction of the city shall conform to the applicable requirements of the Building Safety Administrative Code adopted in section 6-1 and as amended, and to the requirements of the building code adopted in section 6-34 and as amended, applicable to new buildings, except as specifically provided for therein. Every building and structure existing in the city after June 30, 1992, shall conform to the requirements of the building code adopted in section 6-34 and as amended, which expressly or necessarily require that they apply to such existing buildings and structures, and to the requirements of the Building Safety Administrative Code of the city, adopted in section 6-1 and as amended, applicable to existing buildings.

(Ord. No. 5531, § 2, 5-23-83; Ord. No. 5771, § 2, 5-23-83; Ord. No. 6000, § 1, 4-23-84; Ord. No. 6567, § 2, 11-10-86; Ord. No. 7179, § 2, 4-24-89; Ord. No. 7792, § 2, 4-13-92)

Sec. 6-38. Residential code adopted.

   The documents entitled “International Residential Code, 2018 Edition” published by the International Code Council, with local amendments, a copy of which amendments are attached to Ordinance No. 12009 as Exhibit “B” are hereby adopted.

(Ord. No. 9491, § 2, 11-20-00; Ord. No. 9526, § 5, 3-19-01; Ord. No. 9813, § 2, 2-10-03; Ord. No. 10035, § 2, 9-7-04; Ord. No. 10142, § 1, 4-12-05; Ord. No. 10417, § 3, 6-12-07; Ord. No. 10579, § 2, 9-23-08; Ord. No. 10605, § 1 (Exh. A), 11-25-08; Ord. No. 11042, § 2, 12-18-12, eff. 1-2-13; Ord. No. 11089, § 1 (Exh. A), 7-9-13; Ord. No. 11590, § 2, 10-9-18, eff. 1-1-19; Ord. No. 11844, §§ 1-2, 6-22-21, eff. 7-22-21; Ord. No. 12009, § 2, 6-6-23, eff. 7-6-23)

   Editor's note – Exhibit B is not printed herein but is on file in the office of the city clerk and available for public inspection during regular business hours.