The township hereby adopts, for the purpose of prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property from fire or explosion, the fire prevention code known as the "Life Safety Code, 1988, Edition," save and except such portions as are hereinafter deleted, modified, or amended, of which three copies have been and now are filed in the office of the township secretary and the same are hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein. From the date on which this part shall take effect (December 31, 1991) the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the corporate limits of the township.