(A) There is hereby adopted by the Common Council for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for the construction, alteration, removal, demolition, equipment, use and occupancy, location, and maintenance of buildings and structures situated within corporate limits of the city that certain building code, being the most current version of the West Virginia State Building Code, dated August 1, 2020, as amended, and the whole thereof, save and except such portions as may hereafter from time to time be deleted, modified, or amended, of which Code not less than one copy, certified by the Mayor, has been and now is filed in the office of the City Clerk, and the same is hereby incorporated and made a part of this section as fully as if set out at length herein, and the provisions thereof shall be controlling in the construction, alteration, removal, demolition, equipment, use and occupancy, location, and maintenance of all buildings and structures located within the corporate limits of the city. The State Building Code, identified as Title 87, Legislative Rules, State Fire Commission, Series 4, State Building Code, with its amendments, as the same may hereafter be modified, deleted, or amended, shall be known and cited as “the Building Code”.
(B) (1) The City Council expressly adopts all provisions of the West Virginia State Building Code as have been promulgated pursuant to W. Va. Code 29-3-5(b), as amended. In the event of any subsequent amendment or modification to the State Building Code’s regulatory provisions, i.e., any amendments or modifications, then the city’s Building Code shall thereby be amended and modified immediately upon the enactment date of any amendments or modifications to the State Building Code by the state, without necessitating the enactment of any further amendatory ordinances by the City Council.
(2) In addition to the regulatory provisions contained and set forth in the State Building Code, all additional regulatory provisions contained and set forth in the city’s ordinance adopted on July 28, 2021, as hereinabove referenced, shall continue to be valid and enforceable and shall be deemed to supplement the provisions of the State Building Code, which are expressly hereby adopted by the City Council.
(C) The State Building Code, and any amendments thereto, is adopted for the benefit, health, and welfare of the people of the city.
(Ord. passed 2-7-1983; Ord. passed 10-4-1993; Ord. passed 7-28-2021)
Charter reference:
Authority to regulate the building of houses and other structures, see Charter § 30
Statutory reference:
Authority to eliminate hazards and to abate public nuisances, see W. Va. Code 8-12-5(23)
Authority to inspect private premises, see W. Va. Code 8-12-15
Authority to provide for the regular building of structures, see W. Va. Code 8-12-5(28)
Authority to regulate dwellings unfit for human habitation, see W. Va. Code 8-12-16
Authority to regulate the construction or alteration of structures, see W. Va. Code 8-12-13
Authority to require permits for construction of structures and equipment, see W. Va. Code 8-12-14