(1) The 2021 Oregon Residential Specialty Code and State and local adopted appendices as published and copyrighted by the International Code Council, Inc., as modified and adopted by the Director of the State Department of Consumer and Business Services are hereby adopted and incorporated as an ordinance of the City of Medford to be administered and enforced along with such further amendments contained herein, such code to be referred to as the Residential Code. At least one copy of said code is on file in the City of Medford Building Safety Department.

(2) Section R101.2.2(7) of the 2021 Oregon Residential Specialty Code, pertaining to the design and construction of in-ground swimming pools, is hereby adopted and incorporated as an ordinance of the City of Medford, modified as follows:

A permit is required and the construction standards of the Residential Code shall be applicable to the design and construction of in-ground swimming pools accessory to detached one- and two-family dwellings, and individual townhouse dwelling units, that are located within the city limits.

(3) Residential Permit Fees shall be as shown in Medford Code Section 9.270, Table 9-B, 9-C, 9-E, 9-F, 9-J, and 9-K.

(4) Section 114.5 of the Building Code is modified by adding the following:

“Penalties. Penalties for violations of the Building Code or any other code administered and enforced pursuant to Chapter 9 of the Medford Code shall be as prescribed in Section 9.661 of the Medford Code.”