Ordinance O23-05-08

ORDINANCE O23-05-08 
 
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL MIRAGE, 
ARIZONA, ADOPTING THE FOLLOWING 2018 INTERNATIOINAL CODES: 
BUILDING, 
RESIDENTIAL, 
FIRE, 
MECHANICAL, 
PLUMBING, 
ENERGY 
CONSERVATION, FUEL GAS, EXISTING BUILDING, GREEN CONSTRUCTION 
CODES; 2017 ICC A117.1 ACCESSIBLE AND USABLE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES, 
PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, THE 2017 NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE AND THE 
CORRESPONDING LOCAL AMMENDMENTS TO THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL 
CODES AND THE 2017 NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE THEREBY ESTABLISHING 
THESE 
ADOPTIONS, 
INCLUDING 
SEVERABILITY 
AND 
REPEALING 
CONFLICTING ORDINANCES. 
 
WHEREAS, City Council wishes to update City codes from time to time to more accurately reflect 
current conditions and realistic needs of the City; and  
 
WHEREAS, the Building Safety and Fire Prevention staff are recommending adoption of the 
International Codes contained in the public records, titled 2018 International Building, 2018 International 
Residential, 2018 International Fire, 2018 International Mechanical, 2018 International Plumbing, 2018 
International Energy Conservation, 2018 International Fuel Gas, 2018 Green Construction, 2018 Existing 
Building, 2017 ICC A117.1 Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities, 2018 International Property 
Maintenance, and the 2017 National Electric Code, of which (3) three copies are on file in the office of 
the El Mirage City Clerk; and  
 
WHEREAS, all the adopted 2012 International Codes are being updated to the 2018 version; and   
 
WHEREAS, Arizona Revised Statutes § 9-802 provides a procedure whereby a municipality may 
enact the provisions of a code or public record by reference, without setting forth such provisions, provided 
that the adopting ordinance is published in full; 
 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Council of the City Of El Mirage, 
Arizona, as follows: 
 
Section 1. 
The International Codes and appendices as published by the International Code 
Council and as contained in the public records entitled 2018 International Building, 
2018 International Residential, 2018 International Fire, 2018 International 
Mechanical, 
2018 
International 
Plumbing, 
2018 
International 
Energy 
Conservation, 2018 International Fuel Gas, 2018 Green Construction, 2018 
Existing Building, 2018 Property Maintenance, 2017 ICC A117.1 Accessible and 
Usable Buildings and Facilities and the 2017 National Electric Code, and the local 
amendments to those codes, as contained in the public record entitled Local 
Amendments to the 2018 International Codes and the 2017 National Electric Code, 
through Resolution R23-05-10, all dated May 16, 2023 are hereby adopted by 
reference, as amended.   
 
 
Section 2. 
All ordinances, resolutions, or codes in conflict with the provisions of this  
 
 
 
Ordinance or Code adopted by this Ordinance are repealed. 
 
Section 3.  
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this Ordinance, or 
any part of these amendments to the city code adopted herein is for any reason held 
to be invalid or unconstitutional by decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, 
such decision will not read to affect the validity of the remaining portions thereof.

Section 4.   
The City Clerk is hereby directed to publish this adopting ordinance in   
 
 
full and will become effective on July 1, 2023, as prescribed by law.   
 
PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the Mayor and Council of the City of El Mirage, 
Arizona this 16th day of May 2023. 
 
 
_____________________________ 
        Alexis A. Hermosillo, Mayor 
 
 
ATTEST: 
APPROVED AS TO FORM: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
____________________________ 
__________________________ 
Sharon Antes, City Clerk 
 
 
 
        Justin Pierce, City Attorney 
 
 
CERTIFICATION OF RECORDING OFFICER 
 
STATE OF ARIZONA 
 
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County of Maricopa 
 
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I, the undersigned Sharon Antes, being the duly appointed, qualified City Clerk of the City of El Mirage, Maricopa County, 
Arizona, certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. _________ is a true, correct and accurate copy of Ordinance No. 
__________, passed and adopted at a Voting Meeting of the Council of the City of El Mirage, Maricopa County, Arizona, 
held on the _____day of ____________ 2023, at which a quorum was present and, by a _______ vote,  _______ voted in 
favor of said ordinance. 
   
 
 
Given under my hand and sealed this _____ day of ____________, 2023. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
_____________________________________ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sharon Antes, City Clerk