§ 6-1. Building, fire and utility regulations.

The county is hereby authorized and empowered in all unincorporated areas to prevent the erection, maintenance or occupancy of buildings, structures or premises dangerous to persons or property and to remove them when erected without their consent; to regulate the manner of building buildings, structures, signs, or parts thereof, whether of a permanent or temporary nature; to regulate the construction, repair and maintenance of stovepipes, flues, gas pipes and other like works in all buildings and on all premises, for the purpose of preventing fires and the spread thereof; to regulate the business of electricians and electrical work, and to enforce efficiency in the same, and to that end to pass all regulations necessary to carry out and enforce the powers hereby delegated; to regulate waterworks and water systems whether publicly or privately owned; to regulate the disposition of sewage and waste so as to preserve the public health; to regulate and control plumbers and plumbing works, and to enforce the efficiency of the same, and to that end to pass all regulations necessary to carry out and enforce the powers hereby delegated.

(Code 1992, § 7-131; Priv. Acts 1935, ch. 724, § 1)

Cross reference

Fire prevention code, ch. 22, art. II; utilities, ch. 42; unified development code, part III.