[Ord. No. 3817, 11-20-2018[1]]
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An ordinance of the City of Sullivan adopting the 2018 International Building Code.
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The City of Sullivan, by and through its Board of Aldermen, had determined that the Building Codes of the City of Sullivan need to be updated so as to promote the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Sullivan, Missouri, and
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Section 67.280, RSMo., allows Cities to incorporate by reference certain technical codes.
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Editor's Note: Former Article I, Building Code, containing Sections 500.010 through 500.030 was repealed 11-20-2018 by Ord. No. 3817.
[Ord. No. 3817, 11-20-2018]
Three (3) copies of the 2018 International Building Code, including Appendix J, are on file with the City Clerk of the City of Sullivan, Missouri, at City Hall, 210 West Washington, Sullivan, Missouri, 63080, and are hereby adopted by reference and made a part of the Code of Ordinances as fully as if set forth in its entirety.
[Ord. No. 3817, 11-20-2018]
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The code adopted by this Article is hereby amended by substituting the following Sections or portions of Sections for and in lieu of those Sections or portions of Sections with corresponding numbers in the 2018 International Building Code or where there is no corresponding Section in the code, the following Sections shall be enacted as additions to the code.
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101.1 Title. These regulations shall be known as the Building Code of the City of Sullivan, herein after referred to as "this code."
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105.2. Work exempt from permit.
Building:
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One-story detached accessory structures used as tool and storage sheds, playhouses and similar uses, provided the floor area does not exceed two hundred (200) square feet.
Electrical:
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Minor repair work, including the replacement of lamps or the connection of approved portable electrical equipment to approved permanently installed receptacles as long as the existing branch circuit is not lengthened or added on to.
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105.5 Expiration. Every permit issued shall become invalid unless the work on the site authorized by such permit is commenced within one hundred eighty (180) days after its issuance, or if the work authorized on the site by such permit is suspended or abandoned for a period of ninety (90) days after the time the work is commenced. The Building Official is authorized to grant, in writing, one or more extensions of time, for a period not more than ninety (90) days each. The extension shall be requested in writing and justifiable cause demonstrated.
Exceptions (regarding demolition permits only):
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Any person, firm, company or corporation desiring to demolish, wreck, raze, dismantle or otherwise destroy any structure or building within the City shall obtain a permit from the Building Department authorizing the work to be performed. Said permit shall be valid for a period of ninety (90) days, and no demolition, wrecking, razing or dismantling shall take place until the Building Official has executed the permit. The permit will be valid for ninety (90) days and the demolition shall be completed thirty (30) days after the demolition is started. One (1) extension of thirty (30) days beyond the ninety-day permit period may be granted with a written request by the applicant, based on inclement weather or some other undue hardship on the applicant, provided such hardship is not one self-imposed by the applicant. The Building Official is to determine if the request for extension is warranted and shall issue a separate extension permit in writing to the applicant.
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A fee as shall be paid to the City for each such permit, and each separate structure or building on any one tract of land shall require a permit. The fee schedule is identified in Title I, Chapter 160, Article VI of the Municipal Code. Such person, firm, company or corporation shall be further required to post, for each such application for permit, a cash bond in an amount of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for a residential permit and ten cents ($0.10) for each gross square foot of building for commercial permits. The above required bond shall be held, without interest, and shall not be released by the City until restoration of the site is complete or construction of a replacement structure or building has commenced as hereinafter provided.
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Complete restoration of the site including the planting of grass seed or sod shall occur within ninety (90) days of the issuance of the permit unless written permission is granted by the Building Official. Unless within the period of the demolition permit, or any extensions a building permit for the construction of a new structure or building on the same site has been obtained from the Building Department. Demolition will not be considered complete until all demolition materials are removed from the site, the footings and foundations have been removed, all dumpsters removed, all demolition equipment removed from the site and the lot graded and seeded.
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109.2 Schedule of permit fees. On buildings, structures, electrical, gas, mechanical, and plumbing systems or alterations requiring a permit, a fee for each permit shall be paid as required, in accordance with the schedule as established by the applicable governing authority. See Section 160.130: Building Code — Fee Schedule of the City's Code.
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Board Of Adjustment.
[A] 113.1 General. In order to hear and decide appeals of orders, decisions or determinations made by the Building Official relative to the application and interpretation of this code, there shall be and is hereby created a Board of Adjustment. The Board of Adjustment shall be appointed by the applicable governing authority and shall hold office at its pleasure. The board shall adopt rules of procedure for conducting its business.
[A] 113.2 Limitations on authority. An application for appeal shall be based on a claim that the true intent of this code or the rules legally adopted thereunder have been incorrectly interpreted, the provisions of this code do not fully apply or an equally good or better form of construction is proposed. The board shall not have authority to waive requirements of this code.
[A] 113.3. Delete in its entirety.
Chapter 2 Definitions
Chapter 3 Occupancy Classification and Use
Chapter 4 Special Detailed Requirements Based on Occupancy and Use
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406.3.2.1 Dwelling unit separation. The private garage shall be separated from the dwelling unit and its attic area by means of gypsum board, not less than five-eighths (5/8) inch in thickness, applied to the garage side. Garages beneath habitable rooms shall be separated from all habitable rooms above by not less than a five-eighths (5/8) inch (15.9 mm) Type X gypsum board or equivalent and five eighths (5/8) inch gypsum board applied to structures supporting the separation from habitable rooms above the garage. Door openings between a private garage and the dwelling unit shall be equipped with either solid wood doors or solid or honeycomb core steel doors not less than one and three-eighths (1 3/8) inches (34.9 mm) in thickness, or doors in compliance with Section 716.2.2.1 with a fire protection rating of not less than twenty (20) minutes.
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406.3.2.2 Ducts. Ducts in a private garage and ducts penetrating the walls or ceilings separating the dwelling unit from the garage, including its attic area, shall be constructed of sheet steel of not less than nineteen-thousands (0.019) inch (0.48 mm) in thickness and shall not have openings into the garage unless a fire damper is installed in the openings and approved by the Building Official.
Chapter 5 General Building Heights and Areas
Chapter 6 Types of Construction
Chapter 7 Fire and Smoke Protection Features
Chapter 8 Interior Finishes
Chapter 9 Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems
Chapter 10 Means of Egress
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1015.4 Opening limitations. Required guards shall not have openings that allow passage of a sphere four (4) inches (102 mm) in diameter from the walking surface to the required guard height.
Exceptions:
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From a height of thirty-six (36) inches (914 mm) to forty-two (42) inches (1,067 mm), guards shall not have openings that allow passage of a sphere four (4) inches (102 mm) in diameter.
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The triangular openings at the open sides of a stair, formed by the riser, tread and bottom rail shall not allow passage of a sphere six (6) inches (152 mm) in diameter.
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At elevated walking surfaces for access to and use of electrical, mechanical or plumbing systems or equipment, guards shall not have openings that allow passage of a sphere twenty-one (21) inches (533 mm) in diameter.
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In areas that are not open to the public within occupancies in Group I-3, F, H or S, and for alternating tread devices and ships ladders, guards shall not have openings that allow passage of a sphere twenty-one (21) inches (533 mm) in diameter.
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In assembly seating areas, guards required at the end of aisles in accordance with Section 1029.17.4 shall not have openings that allow passage of a sphere four (4) inches (102 mm) in diameter up to a height of twenty-six (26) inches (660 mm). From a height of twenty-six (26) inches (660 mm) to forty-two (42) inches (1,067 mm) above the adjacent walking surfaces, guards shall not have openings that allow passage of a sphere eight (8) inches (203 mm) in diameter.
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Within individual dwelling units and sleeping units in Group R-2 and R-3 occupancies, guards on the open sides of stairs shall not have openings that allow passage of a sphere four (4) inches (102 mm) in diameter.
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1030.1 General. In addition to the means of egress required by this Chapter, emergency escape and rescue openings shall be provided in the following occupancies:
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Group R-2 occupancies located in stories with only one (1) exit or access to only one (1) exit as permitted by Tables 1006.3.3(1) and 1006.3.3(2).
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Group R-3 and R-4 occupancies.
Basements and sleeping rooms below the fourth story above grade plane shall have not fewer than one (1) exterior emergency escape and rescue opening in accordance with this Section. Where basements contain one (1) or more sleeping rooms, emergency escape and rescue openings shall be required in each sleeping room, but shall not be required in adjoining areas of the basement. Such openings shall open directly into a public way or to a yard or court that opens to a public way.
Exceptions:
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Basements with a ceiling height of less than eighty (80) inches (2,032 mm) shall not be required to have emergency escape and rescue openings.
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Emergency escape and rescue openings are not required from basements or sleeping rooms that have an exit door or exit access door that opens directly into a public way or to a yard, court or exterior exit balcony that opens to a public way.
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Basements without habitable spaces and having not more than two hundred (200) square feet (18.6 m2) in floor area shall not be required to have emergency escape and rescue openings.
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Delete in its entirety, including Subsections 4.1 and 4.2.
Chapter 11 Accessibility
Chapter 12 Interior Environment
Chapter 13 Energy Efficiency
Chapter 14 Exterior Walls
Chapter 15 Roof Assemblies and Rooftop Structures
Chapter 16 Structural Design
Chapter 17 Special Inspections and Tests
Chapter 18 Soils and Foundations
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1801.2 Prohibited Foundation And Footing Systems. The below listed foundation and/or footing systems are prohibited: (New Section)
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Permanent wood foundation systems as described in Section 1807.1.4.
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Timber footings as described in Section 1809.12.
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Timber deep foundations as described in 1810.3.2
Chapter 19 Concrete
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1905.11 Cold Weather Requirements (New Section). Delete this entire Section and replace with "No concrete shall be poured or installed when the temperature is twenty-five degrees Fahrenheit (25° F.) and the temperature is predicted to go lower throughout the day."
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1905.12 Hot Weather Requirements (New Section). Delete this entire section and replace with: "No concrete shall be poured or installed when the temperature is one hundred and five degrees Fahrenheit (105° F.)."
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The following Appendix will be adopted:
Appendix J - Grading