§ 22-86. Adoption of International Building Code; purpose.

There is hereby adopted by the City of Farmers Branch, Texas, for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for the design, quality of materials, erection, construction, installation, alteration, repair, location, relocation, replacement, conversion, addition to, moving, removal, demolition, conversion, occupancy, equipment, use, height, area and maintenance of all building or structures, the 2015 International Building Code , published by the International Code Council, including Appendix E "Supplementary Accessibility Regulations", Appendix F "Rodent Proofing", Appendix G "Flood Restraint Construction" and Appendix J "Grading"; with the exception of such sections thereof as are hereafter deleted, modified or amended by this section, and the same are hereby adopted and incorporated herein, the same as if entirely set out at length herein, and from the date of which this section shall take effect, the provisions hereof shall be controlling within the corporate limits of the City of Farmers Branch, Texas. This code shall be known as the "Building Code" or the "Farmers Branch Building Code."

(Code 1969, § 8-1; Ord. No. 1168, §§ 1—30, 12-19-1977; Ord. No. 1182, §§ 1—5, 3-20-1978; Ord. No. 1243, § 1, 4-16-1979; Ord. No. 1271, § 1, 9-4-1979; Ord. No. 1272, § 1, 9-17-1979; Ord. No. 1278, § 1, 11-5-1979; Ord. No. 1370, §§ 1—3, 12-7-1981; Ord. No. 1442, §§ 1—34, 5-2-1983; Ord. No. 1525, § 1, 9-17-1984; Ord. No. 1631, § 1, 4-21-1986; Ord. No. 1680, § 1, 2-16-1987; Ord. No. 1738, § 1, 12-7-1987; Ord. No. 2012, § 1, 1-4-1993; Ord. No. 2268, § 1, 10-7-1996; Ord. No. 2529, § 1, 7-10-2000; Ord. No. 2644, § 2, 4, 3-4-2002; Ord. No. 2835, § 2, 11-7-2005; Ord. No. 2967, § 2, 8-12-2008; Ord. No. 3265, § 1, 3-3-2014 ; Ord. No. 3405 , § 1, 12-13-2016)