ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL 

Sec. 7.1-4. International Property Maintenance Code.

(a) There is hereby adopted and amended as part of this chapter the following sections and articles of the International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC), adopted reference in Part III of the USBC, “Maintenance of Existing Structures”, and all Virginia Administrative Amendments-Accumulative Supplements thereto in being as of July 1, 1992, or subsequently issued: Section 403.3 (“Cooking Facilities") which shall apply to any rooming or dormitory unit; Chapter 6 in its entirety (“Mechanical and Electrical Requirements”) which shall apply to all existing buildings, except single family residential private dwellings which are not rented, leased or let; and Chapter 7 in its entirety (“Fire Safety Requirements”) which shall apply to all buildings except those in use group R-3 and R-5.

(b) From and after the effective date of this chapter, the provisions of the “International Property Maintenance Code” adopted in subsection (a) above shall be enforced by the building code official and/or the fire code official when an unsafe condition is discovered by the building code official. The building code official and/or fire code official shall have authority to enforce those sections of the International Property Maintenance Code adopted above, with all those duties, powers, and immunities as specified in the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code. Enforcement shall be in accordance with Article VI of this chapter.

(c) The Board of Building Code Appeals is hereby designated as the appeals board to hear appeals arising from the application of the provisions of the International Property Maintenance Code adopted above.
(Ord. No. 04-18(R), 7/13/04)