Except as otherwise stated in the third paragraph of this Section 15.08.010, the "BOCA Basic Building Code, 14th Edition" published by the Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc., in 1999, as from time to time supplemented and amended, is hereby adopted as the building code of the City, for the control and regulation of buildings, building improvements, and structures as is in said BOCA Code made and provided; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, terms and conditions of said BOCA Building Code, as from time to time supplemented and amended, is hereby adopted and incorporated herein the same as if same were set forth herein verbatim, as the building code of the City.

        Except as otherwise stated in the third paragraph of this Section 15.08.010, subsequent editions of the BOCA Code that are published hereafter shall be deemed adopted and incorporated in the City's Building Code, as provided above and as they are printed and published, with appropriate ordinances of the City to be enacted as soon as practicable thereafter to supply the additions, insertions and changes required, so that the City Building Code shall be the most recent edition of the BOCA Code as is from time to time published.

        Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 15.08.010 of this building code, the minimum product weight for polyvinyl chloride siding (also known as vinyl) siding to be installed on buildings in the City after the 1st day of August, 2005, shall be a minimum thickness of .046 of an inch.        

(Ord. 1970-07/02/2001; Ord. 1480 § 1, 1996: Ord. 852 § 1, 1990: Ord. 642 § 1, 1987: prior code § 5-3-1)