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<br />1997 UNIFORM BUILDING CODE, VOLUME 1
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<br />Chapter 1
<br />ADMINISTRATION
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<br />SECTION 101 - TITLE, PURPOSE AND SCOPE
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<br />101.1 Title. These regulations sball be known as tbe Uniform
<br />Building Code, may be cited as such and will be referred to herein as
<br />,.this code:'
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<br />101.2 Purpose. The purpose of tbis code is to provide minimum
<br />standards to safeguard life or limb, health, property and public wel-
<br />fare by regulating and controlling the design, construction, quality
<br />of materials, use and occupancy, location and maintenance of all
<br />buildings and structureS within this jurisdiction and certain equip-
<br />ment specifically regulated herein.
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<br />The purpose oftbis code is not to create or otherwise establish or
<br />designate any particular class or group of persons who will or
<br />shl'uld be especially protected or benefited by the terms afthis code.
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<br />101.3 Scope. The provisions of tbis code shall apply to tbe
<br />construction, alteration, moving, demolition, repair, maintenance
<br />and use of any building or structure within this jurisdiction, except
<br />work located primarily in a public way, public utility towers and
<br />poles. mechanical equipment not specifically regulated in this code,
<br />and hydraulic flood control structures.
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<br />For additions, alterations, moving and maintenance of buildings
<br />and structures, see Chapter 34. For temporary buildings and struc-
<br />tures see Section 3103 and Appendix Chapter 31.
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<br />\Vhere, in any specific case, different sections afthis code specify
<br />different materials, methods of construction or other requirements,
<br />the most restrictive shall govern. Where there is a conflict between a
<br />general requirement and a specific requirement, the specific re-
<br />quirement shall be applicable.
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<br />\Vberever in this code reference is made to the appendix, the pro-
<br />visions in the appendix shall not apply unless specifically adopted.
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<br />SECTION 102 - UNSAFE BUILDINGS OR
<br />STRUCTURES
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<br />All buildings or structures regulated by this code that are structural-
<br />ly unsafe or not provided with adequate egress, or that constitute a
<br />fire hazard, or are otherwise dangerous to human tife are, for the
<br />purpose of this section, unsafe. Any llse of buildings or structures
<br />constituting a hazard to safety, bealth or public welfare by reason of
<br />inadequate maintenance, dilapidation, obsolescence, fire hazard,
<br />disaster, damage or abandonment is, for the purpose of this section,
<br />an unsafe use. Parapet walls, cornices, spires, towers, tanks, statu-
<br />ary and other appendages or structural members that are supported
<br />by. ,mached to, or a part of a building and that are in deteriorated
<br />conditlon or otherwise unable to sustain the design loads that are
<br />spel..'itied in this code are hereby designated as unsafe building ap-
<br />pend:lgcs.
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<br />All such unsafe buildings, structures or appendages are hereby
<br />declared to be public nuisances and shall be abated by repair, reha-
<br />bilitation, demolition or removal in accordance with the procedures
<br />set forth in the Dangerous Buildings Code or such alternate proce-
<br />dures as may have been or as may be adopted by this jurisdiction. As
<br />an alternative, the building official, or other employee or official of
<br />this jurisdiction as designated by the governing body, may institute
<br />any olher appropriate action to prevent, restrain, correct or abate the
<br />viC'lation.
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<br />SECTION 103 - VIOLATIONS
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<br />Ir sh:Iil be unlawful for any persoll, firm or corporation to erect,
<br />construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve. remove, convert or
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