A. Adoption Of International Building Code: For the purpose of providing minimum standards to safeguard life or limb, health, property and public welfare by regulating and controlling the design, construction, quality of materials, use and occupancy, location and maintenance of the buildings and structures and certain equipment within the City, the entire 2015 edition of the International Building Code, including any amendments, is hereby adopted. As subsequent editions and amendments of this Code are enacted by the State Legislature, in Utah Code Annotated section 15A-2-101 et seq., or otherwise, said subsequent editions and amendments shall be deemed to be automatically adopted by the City. The International Building Code, as adopted above, is hereby fully incorporated as if set out at length herein, and the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the corporate limits of the City.
B. Adoption Of Appendices: The following appendices, or subsequent equivalent provisions, of the 2015 (or subsequent) edition of the International Building Code, are adopted and made part of this Code as though set forth in their entirety:
1. Appendix B, Board of Appeals;
2. Appendix J, grading; and
3. Appendix K, administrative provisions.
C. Substitution Of Terms: The words and phrases used in the International Building Code shall be construed to be consistent with this title.
D. Filing With City Recorder: Pursuant to Utah Code Annotated section 10-3-711, as amended, one copy of the International Building Code has been filed for use and examination by the public in the City Recorder's Office, with an additional copy available with the Development Department Secretary.
E. Jurisdiction Defined: Whenever the word "jurisdiction" is used in the International Building Code, it shall mean the City of West Jordan, Utah. (2001 Code §§ 18-2-101 and 18-2-102; amd. 2009 Code; Ord. 10-16, 6-23-2010; Ord. 13-25, 7-31-2013; Ord. 17-59, 10-25-2017; Ord. 21-11, 3-24-2021)