The International Building Code, 2021 edition, and appendixes thereto, and subsequent amendments and additions, is hereby adopted by reference as though it were copied herein word for word except for the local amendments provided for in section 3.02.053.
(Ordinance 2874 adopted 10/22/18; Ordinance
3116 adopted 10/23/2023)
The International Residential Code, 2021 edition, and appendixes thereto, and subsequent amendments and additions, is hereby adopted by reference as though it were copied herein word for word except for the local amendments provided for in sections 3.02.053 and 3.02.054.
(Ordinance 2874 adopted 10/22/18; Ordinance
3116 adopted 10/23/2023)
The International Building Code or International Residential
Code is amended to provide the following:
(1)
A
survey by a surveyor licensed by the state is required on all residential
construction when a concrete slab is involved and shall be based on
actual forms and must include a finished floor elevation of 12 inches
above the centerline of the front street, or 18 inches above the curb
or 12 inches above the base floodplain elevation, whichever is higher.
A form survey is not required where there is an existing survey with
absolute reference points. This exception shall not apply to projects
located within the 100-year floodplain.
(2)
Surveys
required hereunder shall show all municipal and private easements.
(3)
A
final "as built" survey shall be submitted prior to receipt of certificate
of occupancy and shall show the owner's name. The permit department
shall submit notice of the certificate of occupancy to the water department
and no service shall be extended to the construction without such
notice.
(4)
Any
and all mobile homes located within the city or its extraterritorial
jurisdiction shall within 6 months after adoption of this article
comply with HUD requirements for anchoring and be skirted with a nonflammable
material.
(5)
In
any garage attached to a residence, all walls and ceilings adjacent
to the residence shall be covered with 5/8" sheetrock.
(6)
Section
105.2, notes 1 and 6 of the International Building Code are not adopted.
(Ordinance 2874 adopted 10/22/18; Ordinance
3049 adopted 7/25/2022; Ordinance 3095 adopted 6/12/2023)
The International Residential Code is amended to provide the
following:
(1)
Chapter 4, section R401.1 - application, shall be amended to provide:
(A)
All concrete slabs up to 4" thick shall be reinforced with minimum
#3 rebar on 16" centers.
(B)
All deformed bars (rebar) shall conform to ASTM A-615, A-616, A-617.
Bar mats shall conform to ASTM A184. Welded wire fabric shall conform
to ASTM A-185 or A-497.
(C)
All flat work shall be reinforced with #6 wire mesh or #3 rebar on
18" centers.
(D)
All reinforcement shall be elevated as required in ACI 318 and ACI
302.
(E)
Wood shingles on new construction are prohibited except when the
new construction is an addition to an existing wood shingle roof or
is placed on a decorative structure such as a gazebo, by way of example
only, which is located more than ten feet (10’) from the main
structure.
(2)
Section
R105.2 notes 1, 5 and 10 of the International Residential Code are
not adopted.
(Ordinance 2874 adopted 10/22/18; Ordinance
3116 adopted 10/23/2023)
