Ordinance 1883-92 - Laserfiche WebLink

E!/EJZETT ORDINANCE NO. 1883-92 AN ORDINANCE adopting the 1991 Edition of the Uniform Housing Code and repealing Ordinance No. 1613-89 THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: SECTION 1: The Uniform Housing Code, published by the International Conference of Building Officials, being particularly the 1991 Edition thereof and the whole thereof, save and except such portions as are hereinafter deleted, modified or amended are hereby adopted by reference and incorporated herein as fully as if set out at length herein. SECTION 2 : Amendments Made In The Uniform Housing Code. A. Chapter 1, Section 102 of the Uniform Housing Code, 1991 Edition, which reads as follows: The purpose of this code is to provide minimum standards to safeguard life or limb, health, property and public welfare by regulating and controlling the use and occupancy, location and maintenance of all residential buildings and structures within this jurisdiction. The purpose of this code is not to create or otherwise establish or designate any particular class or group of persons who will or should be especially protected or benefited by the terms of this code. be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: It is expressly the purpose of this Code to provide for and promote the health, safety and welfare of the general public, and not to create or otherwise establish or designate any particular class or group of persons' who will or should be especially protected or benefited by the terms of this Code. It is the specific intent of this Code to place the obligation of complying with its requirements upon any person owning, operating or controlling any building or structure within its scope, and no provision of nor term used in this Code is intended to impose any duty whatsoever upon the City or any of its officers or employees, for whom the implementation or enforcement of this Code shall be discretionary and not mandatory.