(1) For the purpose of providing minimum standards to safeguard life or limb, health, property, and public welfare by regulating and controlling the use and occupancy, location, and maintenance of all residential buildings and structures within the City, the entire 1997 edition of the Uniform Housing Code, as formulated by the International Conference of Building Officials, is hereby adopted with such deletions, modifications, exceptions, and other amendments as set forth in Section 16-10-102 below. The Uniform Housing Code, 1997 Edition, as adopted above, is hereby fully incorporated as if set out herein in its entirety, with the amendments as set forth in Section 16-10-102; and, from the effective date of this Chapter, the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the corporate limits of the City.

(2) Pursuant to Section 10-3-711, Utah Code Annotated 1953, as amended, three copies of the Uniform Housing Code, 1997 Edition, have been filed in the Office of the City Recorder for use and examination by the public prior to adoption of this Chapter, and thereafter, at least one copy shall remain in the Office of the City Recorder, for use and examination by the public.