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Chapter 5 BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION AND RELATED ACTIVITIES*
Section 5-31 Adopted.
There is hereby adopted by the City 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, including permits and penalties, that certain building code known as the Standard Building Code, 2000 Edition with State Amendments, as revised and the whole thereof, and such code is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length in this article, and the provisions thereof shall be controlling in the construction of all buildings and other structures therein contained within the corporate limits of the City. In addition to any other requirements established by this section for the issuance of a building permit by virtue of the adoption of the Standard Building Code, each owner of property for which such building permit is sought will execute a hold harmless and indemnity agreement as specified in subsection (c) of Section 5-31.
There is hereby also adopted, for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations pertaining to the accessibility of buildings and structures to the handicapped and disabled, that certain building code known as the O.C.G.A. Georgia Accessibility Code, 1997 edition and the whole thereof, and such code is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length in this article, and the provisions thereof shall be controlling in the construction of all buildings and other structures therein contained within the corporate limits of the City.
(Code 1958, 7-1; Ord. of 3-23-92, II(a); Ord. of 10-23-95, I)
(2002-5-31, Amended, 01/30/2002, Prior Text)
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