§ 10-23. City construction code; amendments.

(a)

Unless otherwise provided for by subsequent ordinance or another provision of this Code, the city construction code shall be comprised of the following documents, including the administration and appendix chapters also contained in those documents, which are hereby adopted by reference and incorporated into this Code, as though they were copied fully in this article, and as amended from time to time. The state minimum codes enumerated under O.C.G.A. § 8-2-20(9), as now or hereafter revised or modified pursuant to state law, are as follows:

(1)

International Building Code, 2012 Edition, with Georgia Amendments 2014.

(2)

International Residential Code, 2012 Edition, with Georgia Amendments 2014.

(3)

International Fire Code, 2012 Edition, with Georgia Amendments 2014.

(4)

International Plumbing Code, 2012 Edition, with Georgia Amendments 2014.

(5)

International Mechanical Code, 2012 Edition, with Georgia Amendments 2014.

(6)

International Fuel Gas Code, 2012 Edition, with Georgia Amendments 2014.

(7)

National Electrical Code, 2011 Edition.

(8)

International Energy Conservation Code, 2009 Edition, with Georgia Supplements and Amendments 2011 and 2012.

(9)

International Property Maintenance Code, 2006 Edition, with Georgia Amendments 2009.

(10)

International Existing Building Code, 2006 Edition, with Georgia Amendments 2009.

(11)

International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, 2012 Edition, with Georgia Amendments 2014.

(b)

If any of the publications listed in subsection (a) of this section are adopted as a state minimum code pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 8-2-20 et seq., then the edition adopted by the state shall control. If any of the publications listed in subsection (a) of this section are less stringent than the state minimum codes promulgated pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 8-2-20 et seq., then the state minimum code shall control.

(c)

A copy of each of the publications listed in subsection (a) of this section, as adopted by the state, is filed in the clerk's office and available for review by the public. The same is adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein and, from the date on which this section shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the city.

(d)

Any matters in the codes incorporated by reference in this article which are less restrictive than the laws of the state, those portions so in conflict are hereby repealed in that respect only; it being the intent not to affect state law.

(e)

Any matters in the codes incorporated by reference in this article which are contrary to existing ordinances of the county, to that extent any existing ordinances to the contrary are hereby repealed in that respect only; except the 1988 development regulations, as amended, shall prevail.

(f)

The county construction code and the county fire prevention and protection code shall be administered and enforced by the department of planning and development and the bureau of fire services as defined in the codes administration procedure titled, Areas of Responsibility Defined.

(Ord. of 7-1-2012, § 14-26)