SECTION 748:3-1-1. Context and Interpretation

(a)   Unless the context otherwise requires, singular words shall be deemed to include the plural, and masculine words to include the feminine, and vice versa.

(b)   These rules and the codes adopted herein are not intended to displace, inhibit or restrict the authority of permitting agencies or code enforcement jurisdictions from their administrative responsibilities to consider and interpret the spirit and intent of any adopted codes, including administrative sections of the adopted codes which address the duties and powers of building officials and administrative authorities. With respect to code provisions which are ministerial as opposed to those containing building or construction standards or requirements, the Commission adopts such provisions only to the extent that the Commission is authorized to do so and to the extent that any such provision is not contrary to any valid law of the State of Oklahoma or local ordinance.

[Source: Added at 27 Ok Reg 665, eff 1-12-10 (emergency); Added at 27 Ok Reg 2364, eff 7-11-10]