Town of Hudson, NH Chapter 178 Building Construction

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Hudson as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]

GENERAL REFERENCES

Wood- and coal-burning appliances — See Ch. 164.

Building, planning and zoning civil penalties — See Ch. 181.

Fire prevention standards — See Ch. 210, Art. II.

Flood damage prevention — See Ch. 218.

Site plan review — See Ch. 275.

Subdivision of land — See Ch. 289.

Zoning — See Ch. 334.

Article I Life Safety Standards

[Article 19, voted in the affirmative 3-8-1977 by the Annual Town Meeting, reads as follows: "To see if the Town will vote to adopt the "LIFE SAFETY CODE 101 – 1976" and subsequent amendments as approved and adopted by The Office of Fire Marshall excluding its application to single and duplex residential units.]

Article II Adoption of Residential Building Code

[Adopted 3-9-2004 ATM, Art. 12[1]

[1] Editor's Note: This article replaced former Art. II, Building, Electrical, Plumbing and Architectural Standards, adopted 3-14-1978 ATM, Amendment No. 13; amended 9-17-1999 by Res. No. R90-33A.

§ 178-1 Adoption of Residential Code and enforcement of State Building Code.

A. Adoption of 2003 International Residential Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings. That a certain document, three copies of which are on file in the Community Development Department of the Town of Hudson, New Hampshire, being marked and designated as the 2003 International Residential Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings, including Appendix Chapters A, B, C, E, F, G, H, J, and L, as published by the International Code Council, Inc., be and is hereby adopted as the Residential Building Code for the Town of Hudson, New Hampshire, for regulating and governing the construction, alteration, movement, enlargement, replacement, repair, equipment, location, removal and demolition of detached one- and two-family dwellings and multiple single-family dwellings (townhouses) not more than three stories in height with separate means of egress as herein provided, and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said Residential Building Code are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this article, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in Subsection B of this article.

B. The following sections are hereby revised:

C. Enforcement of State Building Code. Pursuant to RSA 674:51(I), the Town of Hudson hereby declares it will enforce the State Building Code. For structures other than one- and two-family dwellings and multiple single-family dwellings (townhouses) not more than three stories in height, the Town of Hudson will enforce the current provisions of the State Building Code as promulgated pursuant to RSA 155-A:1, as may be amended from time to time.