20.02.045 International Building Code.
The provisions of the International Building Code shall apply to the construction, alteration, movement, enlargement, replacement, repair, equipment, use and occupancy, location, maintenance, removal, and demolition of every building or structure or any appurtenances connected or attached to such buildings or structures.
EXCEPTIONS:
A. Detached one- and two-family dwellings and multiple single-family dwellings (townhouses) not more than three stories above grade in height with separate means of egress and their accessory structures not more than three stories above grade plane in height shall comply with the International Residential Code.
B. Roads, bridges, sidewalks, drainage structures, retaining walls, street lighting poles, traffic signal poles, and similar structures regulated, approved, and inspected by the city’s public works department.
C. Electrical transmission towers and telephone poles under the control of a utility. (Ord. 2344 § 1 (Exh. A), 2021; Ord. 2052 § 2 (Exh. B), 2010; Ord. 1986 § 1, 2007; Ord. 1926 § 4, 2004).