14 - INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE

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adopted as the Property Maintenance Code of Paris. The 2015 International Property Maintenance Code, as amended, shall regulate and govern the conditions and maintenance of all property, buildings and structures; by providing the standards for supplied utilities and facilities and other physical things and conditions essential to ensure that structures are safe, sanitary and fit for occupation and use; and the condemnation of buildings and structures unfit for human occupancy and use, and the demolition of such existing structures as herein provided; and providing for the issuance of collection of fees therefor. The City Council may adopt additional local amendments to the International Property Maintenance Code and for the administration and enforcement of the International Property Maintenance Code." Section 3. That Section 7 -16, "Building Codes - Adoption," of Chapter 7, "Buildings and Building Regulations," of the City of Paris Code of Ordinances is hereby amended to add the following as Section 7- 16(g): "(g) Copies of the 2006 International Building Code, 2006 International Existing Building Code, 2006 International Residential Code, the 2008 National Electrical Code and the 2015 International Property Maintenance Code will be maintained on file in the office of the city engineering, planning and development department and the city public library, and the provisions thereof shall be controlling as set out herein in the construction of all buildings and other structures within the corporate limits of the City of Paris, Texas." Section 4. That Section 7 -18, "Same- Amendments," of Chapter 7, "Buildings and Building Regulations," of the Paris Code of Ordinances is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 7 -18. - Same — Amendments. The codes adopted by section 7 -16 are hereby amended as set out in this section: "The 2006 International Building Code, the 2006 International Existing Building Code and the 2006 International Residential Building Code, are amended as follows: Section 113 Violations. "Section 113.4 Violation Penalties is hereby amended to read as follows: "Section 113.4 Violation Penalties. A person who shall violate a provision of this Code or who fails to comply herewith or with any of the requirements hereof, or who shall erect, construct, alter or repair, or who has erected, constructed, altered or repaired a building or structure in violation of a detailed statement or plan submitted and approved hereunder, or of a permit or certificate issued hereunder,