6034 REGULATING PREFABRICATED BUILDINGS AND BUILDING COMPONENTS

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. ' "t ' � rF i �� - '.r.� ,�, �•-� � :J i ORD INANCE NO. l0 6 �� ORDINANCE REGULATING PREFABRICATED BUILDINGS AND BUIUDING COMPONENTS. Wf-IEREAS, the various building and mechanical codes and ordinances in force within the City of Decatur, Illinois, are structured so as to contemplate construction, erection and in stallation at and on the build- � ing site of the var ious stxuctures, components and mechanical systems to which tl�e satne apply; and, WE�R&AS, the administrat ion of the requirements of said Codes and ordinances is based upon a system of regulation which is dependent upon licensing of various trades and contractors, on site inspections and testing, and othe r elements of control locally e xercised; and, WHEREAS, such administration and system of regulation, although it is adequate and workable for the purposes and processes traditionally contemplated by it, the same does not contemplate, or admit of, the ap- plication, use and approval of newer techniques and efficiencies now avail- able in the construction, ma rnxfacture and equipping of buildings; and, WHEREAS, such newer techniques and efficiencies are of considerable moment in efforts to provide lower cost housing, particularly of the de- tached single family type for which there is much need in this City, said techniques and efficiencies being those used to construct, manufacture and equip housing uni�s �iich, though sometimes otherwise designated, are regularly and commonly known as modular homes; and,