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ARTICLE II. BUILDING CODE. Section 1. ADOPTION OF SOUTHERN STANDARD BUILDING CODE. Subject to the foregoing limitations and exceptions and :sub- ject to the following modifications, Indian River County hereby adopts by reference, as a building code for the said county, the Southern Standard Building Code, 1965 Edition, as prepared by the Southern Building Code Congress, three copies of which are filed in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Indian River County. Section 2. MODIFICATIONS OF SOUTHERN STANDARD BUILDING CODE. The following provisions of said Southern Standard Building Code are hereby modified as follows: (1) BUILDING OFFICIAL. Section 102.1(b) is amended to read: "The County Building Official (referred to .herein as the Building Official) shall have had at least ten (10) years' experience as an architect, engineer, building inspector, building contractor or superintendent of building construc- tion for five (5) years of which he shall have been in responsible charge of work. He may be appointed by the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida (referred to herein as the Chief Appointing Authority) or he may be constituted County Building Offi- cial by any contractual agreement or resolution of the Chief Appointing Authority constituting the Building Offi- cial of a municipality the Building Official of the county. If appointed, his employment shall continue during good behavior and satisfactory: service; and: he shall not be removed except for cause after hearing on specific charges before the Chief Appointing Authority. " (2) INSPECTORS. Section 102.2 is amended to read: "With the approval of the Chief Appointing Authority, a building official appointed by the Chief Appointing Author- ity may appoint such number of officers, inspectors, assistants and other employees as shall be: authorized from time to time. No person shall be appointed as inspector of construction who has not had at least five (5) years' experience as a building inspector, builder, engineer, architect or as a superintendent, foreman or competent mechanic in charge of construction. " read: (3) UNSAFE BUILDINGS. Section 103.4(a)(3) is amended to "The owner, agent or person in control shall have the right to appeal from the decision of the Building Official, as provided hereinafter, and to appear before the Indian 3 FEB2'1 1968