HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-1617 ADOPTING THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE. ORDINANCE NO. /67'
AN ORDINANCE relating to building regulations; adopting by reference
the Uniform Building Code, 1973 Edition, Copyright 1973
by the International Conference of Building Officials,,
regulating the erection, construction, enlargement,
alteration, repair, moving, removal, conversion, demoli-
tion, occupancy, equipment, use, height, area and
maintenance of buildings or structures in the City
of Yakima; and amending Section 11.04.010 of the City
of Yakima Municipal Code.
WHEREAS, R.C.W. 35.21.180 authorizes cities and towns within
the State of Washington to pass ordinances adopting by reference
compilations and codes relating to the construction of buildings,
and,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Yakima has heretofore
examined and understands the scope and purpose of the regulations
of the Uniform Building Code, 1973 Edition, copyright 1973 by the
International Conference of Building Officials, and deems it in the
best interests of the City that such Uniform Building Code be adopted
411 as the law of the City of Yakima, and
WHEREAS, three copies of such Uniform Building Code have here-
tofore been filed in the office of the City Clerk of the City of
Yakima for use and examination by the public, as required by law,
now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Section 11.04.010 of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"11.04.010 Adoption of Uniform Building Code. The Uniform
Building Code, 1973 Edition, Copyright 1973 by the International
Conference of Building Officials, consisting of the Uniform
Building Code and a separate supplement volume thereto entitled
'Standards', of which not less than three copies each have been
and now are on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City
410 of Yakima, is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set
out in full herein, as the building code of the City of Yakima,
except as hereinafter amended, and the provisions and regulations
thereof are hereby adopted as the provisions and regulations of
the City of Yakima; and the several sections or numbers therein
shall constitute, and may be referred to as, the numbers of
this chapter."
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Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
thirty days after its passage, approval and publication as provided
by law and . by the City Charter
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 2JYday
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Mayor
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