A certain document, one copy of which is on file and is open for the inspection of the public in the office of the city manager, being marked and designated as the International Residential Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings, 2021 edition including appendix chapters AD, AE, AG, AH, AM, AN, AP, and AQ as published by the International Code Council, is now adopted as the residential code of the city, 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 dwelling (townhouses) not more than three stories in height with separate means of egress as herein provided and for providing for the issuance of permits and the collection of fees therefor. Each and all regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions of terms of said International Residential Code on file in the office of the city manager are now referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this division, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in section 3.02.072.
(Ordinance 2014-1215F, sec. 1, 2, 4, 5, adopted 12/15/14; Ordinance adopting 2017 Code; Ordinance 2023-0605F adopted 6/5/2023)
The following sections of the International Residential Code are hereby revised:
Section 101.1, Administration. Insert: (City of Denver City)
Section P2603.5.1. Delete: No septic tank connections are permitted.
Table R301.2(1). Shall read as follows:
Table R301.2(1)
Climatic and Geographic Design Criteria
Ground Snow Loado
Wind Design
Seismic design categoryg
Subject To Damage From
Ice Barrier Under-layment Requiredb
Flood Hazardsg
Air Freezing Indexl
Mean Annual Tempj
Speed (mph)d
Topographic effectsk
Special wind regionl
Wind-borne debris zonem
Weatheringa
Front line depthb
Termitec
15 psf
105
No
No
No
A
Moderate
14"
Moderate to heavy
No
A
128
58.7
Manual J Design Criterian
Elevation
Altitude correction factore
Coincident wet bulb
Indoor winter design dry-bulb temperature
Indoor winter design dry-bulb temperature
Outdoor winter design dry-bulb temperature
Heating temperature difference
3,573'
No
No
No
No
15° F.
No
Latitude
Daily range
Indoor summer design relative humidity
Summer design gains
Indoor summer design dry-bulb temperature
Outdoor summer design dry-bulb temperature
Cooling temperature difference
32,9645*
No
No
No
No
96° F.
No
a. As per FIRM adopted October 1, 1986. Community - panel number 480682 0001 B. Effective date: July 17, 1989.
Section P3103.1, Roof extension. To read as follows:
All open vent pipes which extend through a roof shall be terminated at least 10 inches above the roof.
(Ordinance 2014-1215F, sec. 1, 2, 4, 5, adopted 12/15/14; Ordinance adopting 2017 Code; Ordinance 2023-0605F adopted 6/5/2023)
Whenever in the International Residential Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings an act is prohibited or made or declared to be unlawful or an offense, or wherever in such code the doing of an act is declared unlawful and no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any provision of such code or such ordinance shall be punishable by a fine in accordance with the general penalty provided in section 1.01.009; provided, however, that no penalty shall be greater or lesser than the penalty provided for the same or similar offense under the laws of the state. Each day any violation of this code or of any ordinance shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ordinance 2014-1215F, sec. 1, 2, 4, 5, adopted 12/15/14; Ordinance adopting 2017 Code; Ordinance 2023-0605F adopted 6/5/2023)
The city reserves the right, at any time, to change, amend, alter, repeal, rescind, or add to these rules and regulations or any part thereof or to adopt any new rule or regulations or any temporary exception with respect to the International Residential Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings or anything pertaining thereto.
(Ordinance 2014-1215F, sec. 1, 2, 4, 5, adopted 12/15/14; Ordinance adopting 2017 Code; Ordinance 2023-0605F adopted 6/5/2023)