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AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR FIRE LIMITS, AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, REMOVAL, DEMOLITION, EQUIPMENT, USE AND OCCUPANCY, LOCATION AND MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES. (NOTE: THIS ORDINANCE WAS AMENDED BY ORD-71:2485 ON OCTOBER 18, 1971; ORD-71:2478 ON DECEMBER 20, 1971; ORD-74:2375 ON OCTOBER 22, 1974; ORD-74:2402 ON FEBRUARY 18, 1974; ORD-76:2210 ON MAY 3, 1976)
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BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
SECTION 1: Adoption of Building Code.
There is hereby adopted by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for the construction, alteration, removal, demolition , equipment, use and occupancy, location and maintenance of buildings and structures, including permits and penalties that certain building code known as the National Building Code recommended by the American Insurance Association, successor to the National Board of Fire Underwriters, being particularly the 1967 edition thereof and the whole thereof, save and except such portions as are hereinafter deleted, modified or amended, of which not less than three (3) copies have been and now are filed in the office of the Clerk of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, and the same are hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein, and from the date on which this ordinance shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling in the construction of all buildings and structures therein contained within the corporate limits of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas.
SECTION 2: Establishment of Office of Building Official.
(a) The office of building official is hereby created and the executive official in charge shall be known as the building official.
(b) The building official shall be appointed by the Mayor with concurrence of the City Council. His appointment shall continue during the good behavior and satisfactory service of said official. He shall n...
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