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location, occupancy and maintenance of buildings and structures and building service equipment as herein defined. VALUATION or VALUE as applied to a building and its building and/or property service equipment shall be the estimated cost to replace the building and its building and/or property service equipment in kind, based on current labor and material replacement costs. SECTION 104A -CONFLICTING PROVISIONS When conflicting provisions or requirements occur between this code, the technical codes and other codes or laws, the most restrictive shall govern. When conflicts occur between the technical codes, those provisions providing the greater safety to life shall govern. In other conflicts where sanitation, life safety or fire safety are not involved, the most restrictive provisions shall govern. Where in a specific case different sections of the technical codes specify different materials, methods of construction or other requirements, the most restrictive shall govern. When there is a conflict between a general requirement and a specific requirement, the specific requirement shall be applicable. When conflicts occur between specific provisions of this code and administrative provisions in a technical codes which are then applicable within the City of Pleasanton, those provisions becoming the law most recently shall prevail. SECTION 105A- ALTERNATE MATERIALS, METHODS OF DESIGN AND METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION The provisions of the technical codes are not intended to prevent the use of any material, method of design or method of construction not specifically prescribed by the technical codes, provided an alternate has been approved and its use authorized by the Building and Safety Official. The Building and Safety Official may approve an alternate, provided the Building and Safety Official finds that the proposed design is satisfactory and complies with the provisions of the technical codes and that the material, method or work offered is, for the purpose intended, at least the equivalent of that prescribed in the technical codes in suitability, strength, effectiveness, fire resistance, durability, safety and sanitation. The Building and Safety Official shall require that sufficient evidence or proof be submitted to substantiate claims that may be made regarding its use. The details of an action granting approval of an alternate shall be recorded and entered in the files of the Building and Safety Division. SECTION 106A- MODIFICATIONS Whenever there are practical difficulties involved in carrying out the provisions of the technical codes, the Building and Safety Official may grant modifications for individual 12