Ordinance 2362-99 - Laserfiche WebLink

Nothing contained in this Code is intended to be nor shall be construed to create or form the basis for any liability on the part of this City or its officers, employees or agents, for any injury or damage resulting from the failure of a building to comply with the provisions of this Code, or be reason or consequence of any inspection, notice, order, certificate, permission or approval authorized or issued or done in connection with the implementation or enforcement of this Code, or by reason of any action of the City related in any manner to the enforcement of this Code by its officers, employees or agents. Notwithstanding any language used in this Code, it is not the intent of this code to create a duty and/or cause of action running to any individual or identifiable person but rather any duty is intended to run only to the general public. B. Section 103 of the 1997 Edition of the UBC is amended by the addition of the following language: 1. A violation of the provisions of this Code shall be subject to the City's Civil Enforcement Procedures as set forth in Chapter 1.20 EMC and any person firm or corporation who violates any provision of this Code shall be subject to said enforcement procedures. Provided, however, notwithstanding language to the contrary, any violation citation issued concerning a violation of this Code shall be issued by the Building Official or his/her designee who shall be the Code Compliance Director's designee for the purposes of this Code. 2. Any person, firm or corporation who violates any provision of this Code shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and each such person, firm or corporation shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of this Code is committed, continued or permitted, and upon conviction of any such violation, such person, firm or corporation shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars, or imprisonment in jail not to exceed ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 3. The enforcement provisions and procedures provided in this Code are not exclusive and the City is authorized to pursue any remedy it deems appropriate or as otherwise provided by law. 4. The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of plans and/specifications shall not be deemed or construed to be a permit for, or an approval of, any violation of any of the provisions of this Code or of this Code shall be valid, except insofar as the work or use, which it authorized, is lawful. 5. The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of plans and/or specifications shall not prevent the Building Official or designee from thereafter requiring the correction of errors in said plans and/or specifications or from preventing 2