Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3(k) of Act No. 279 of the Public Acts of Michigan
of 1909 (MCL 117.3(k), as amended, and section 8 of Act No. 230 of the Public Acts
of Michigan of 1972 (MCL 125.1501 et seq.) (State Construction Code Act of 1972),
as amended, the Uniform Building code, 1994 Edition, volumes 1, 2 and 3, published
by the International Conference of Building Officials, including the generic fire-resistive
assemblies listed in the Fire Resistance Design Manual, Thirteenth Edition, dated
April 1992, published by the Gypsum Association as referenced in Tables 7-A, 7-B and
7-C, and in Appendix chapter 12, division II, of the Uniform Building Code, including Appendix chapters 3, 4, 9,
10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 23, 29, 30, 31, 33 and 34, and ANSI/ASME A17.1, 1987, Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, including Supplements
A17.1a 1988, A17.1b 1989, and ANSI/ASME A17.3a 1986, Safety Code for Existing Elevators
and Escalators, including Supplements A17.3a 1989, published by the American Society
of Mechanical Engineers as referenced in Appendix chapter 30 of the Uniform Building Code, and Structural Welding Code—Reinforcing Steel, AWS
D.1-92 (UBC Standard 19-2) and the American National Standard for Accessible and Usable
Buildings and Facilities, A117.1-1992 (see UBS section 1101.2), published by the Council
of American Building Officials as modified or amended in the Uniform Building Code,
are hereby adopted by reference as the code of the city for regulating the erection,
construction, enlargement, alternation, repair, moving, removal, demolition, conversation,
occupancy, equipment, use, height, area and maintenance of all buildings or structures
in the city and providing for issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor.
Each and all of the regulations, provisions, conditions and terms of such Uniform
Building Code, current edition, volumes 1, 2 and 3, published by the International
Conference of Building Officials, and the secondary publications referenced in this
section, all of which are on file in the office of the city clerk, are hereby referred
to, adopted and made a part of this article as if fully set out in this article.
