(A) There is hereby adopted by the city, for the purpose of prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property from fire or explosion, that certain code known as the 2018 International Fire Code, regulating and governing the safeguarding of life and property from fire and explosion hazards arising from the storage, handling, and use of hazardous substances, materials, and devices, and from conditions hazardous to life or property in the occupancy of buildings and premises in the city; providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees thereof save and except such portions as are hereinafter deleted, modified, or amended. A copy of the code is on file in the office of the Finance Officer of the city, and the same is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein, and from the date on which this section shall take effect (May 12, 2014), the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the limits of the city.
(B) The following sections are hereby revised: § 101.1 insert: City of Webster; § 109.4 insert: $200, 30 days; § 111.4 insert: $25 and $200, respectively.
(C) That nothing in this legislation or in the Fire 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, nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired, or affected by this legislation.
(Prior Code, § 5-1-1)