All materials, assemblies, appliances, fixtures, equipment, and installations thereof;
all arrangements of occupancies, exits, aisles, stairs, and doors; all parapets wall,
cornices, spires, towers, tanks, statuary, signage, structural members, and all appendages
and appurtenances thereto in buildings and structures regulated by this Code shall
be so arranged, assembled, installed, maintained, and of sufficient size and so protected
as to reduce and minimize all egress, fire, structural collapse, natural gas or chemical
asphyxiation or toxicity or explosion, electrical shock, potable water cross-contamination,
sewerage contamination, and other health and safety hazards.
The quality of all materials, assemblies, appliances, fixtures, and equipment; methods
of connection, assembly and installation; allowable stress, strain, deflection, rate
and volume and velocity of flow, pressure, temperature, and ampacity; and assumed
loads and capacities to be used in the design, construction, and maintenance of all
buildings and structures, plumbing and mechanical installations, and electrical systems
shall be consistent with requirements of this Code and nationally recognized standards
of quality and generally recognized and well-established methods of testing, design,
installation and construction. Testing, listing, and affixed labeling shall be prima
facie evidence of conformity with approved standards for safety to life and limb,
property, and public welfare.
Non-compliance with any of the provisions of this Code, including failure to provide,
obtain or maintain valid approvals, permits, certifications, tests, listing, affixed
labeling, inspection approvals, or other conditions of permitting; failure to repair,
demolish, remove, or rehabilitate unsafe materials, appliances, fixtures, or equipment;
or failure to prevent, restrain, correct, or abate conditions unsafe or hazardous
for occupancy or egress or fire protection or health due to inadequate maintenance,
excess loading, dilapidation, or abandonment is hereby declared to be prima facie
evidence of an existing and continuing hazard to life and limb, property, and/ or
public welfare.
