The duties and purposes of the committee are as follows:
(A) To make suggestions and recommendations to the Twin Falls building inspection department on issues relating to the international building code, other city adopted building codes, such as the fire, plumbing, mechanical, and electrical codes, and other related matters as requested by the building official of the building inspection department or the applicant for a building permit.
(B) To hear and decide appeals of orders, decisions, or determinations made by the building official relative to the application and interpretation of the international building code and other city adopted building codes, such as the fire, plumbing, mechanical, and electrical codes.
1. An application for appeal shall be based on a claim that the true intent of the building code(s) or the rules legally adopted thereunder have been incorrectly interpreted, the provisions of the building code(s) do not fully apply, or an equally good or better form of construction is proposed.
2. This committee shall have no authority to waive requirements of the building code(s). (Ord. 2968, 5-4-2009)