[Adopted 11-14-2023 by Ord. No. 9337[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Art. III, Building Materials, adopted 12-1-1998 by Ord. No. 2876, as amended.
That certain document, one copy of which is on file with the Community Development Department, being marked and designated as the International Residential Code, 2018 Edition and subsequent versions thereof, as published by the International Code Council, Inc., and as currently and subsequently modified by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission, is hereby adopted as governing law 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; providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor; providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefore; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said Residential Code are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this chapter, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in this chapter, and except as to such matters as may be provided for in other ordinances or in the rules and regulations authorized under provision of this Code.
The International Residential Code adopted in § 142-301 is hereby amended as set forth in the following paragraphs:
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Subsection R101.1 is amended by inserting the phrase, "The City of El Reno, Oklahoma" in lieu of the phrase, "[name of jurisdiction]."
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Section R103 is amended by inserting the phrase, "Community Development Department" in lieu of the phrase, "Department of Building Safety."
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Subsection R103.1 shall be deleted.
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Subsection R103.2 is amended to read as follows: R103.2 Appointment. The City Manager or his designee(s) and the Community Development Director shall be responsible for the enforcement of this Code. To assist in the performance of the responsibilities and duties placed upon the City, a building official may be designated by the City Manager and/or Community Development Director.
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Subsection R103.3 is amended to read as follows: R103.3 Deputies. The City Manager shall have the authority to appoint deputy building officials, the related technical officers, inspectors, plan examiners and other employees. Such employees shall have powers as delegated by the City Manager or Community Development Director. For the maintenance of existing properties, see the International Property Maintenance Code.
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Subsection R105.1 is amended by adding the following language at the end of the subsection: "No new permits shall be issued to a permit holder who has unpaid fees on any current permit."
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Section R112.1 is amended to read as follows: R113.1 General. Appeals of orders, decisions or determinations made by the building official relative to the application and interpretation of this code shall be heard by the El Reno Board of Adjustment, as established and as prescribed in Article XVIII of Chapter 361 of this Code. The building official and a representative from the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission shall be an ex officio member of said board but shall have no vote on any matter before the board.
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Section R113.3 shall be deleted.
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Subsection R113.4 is amended to read as follows: R113.4 Violation penalties. Any person who shall violate any provisions of this code or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect, install, alter, repair or do work in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of the building official, or of a permit or certificate used under provisions of this code shall be guilty of an offense and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided for by resolution. Each and every day such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
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Subsection P3005.2.7 is amended to read as follows: P3005.2.7 Building drain and building sewer junction. There shall be two directional cleanouts with a backwater valve in between the two directional cleanouts near the junction of the building drain and building sewer. The two directional cleanouts and backwater valve shall be outside the building wall, provided that it is brought up to finish grade.
International Residential Code Appendix E is hereby adopted by the City of El Reno as governing law controlling all matters concerning a manufactured home used as a single dwelling unit installed on private property, as if fully set forth herein, except as to such portions as are specifically amended or deleted in this chapter, and except as to such matters as may be provided for in other ordinances or in the rules and regulations authorized under provision of this code and other codes of the City of El Reno.
See § 142-204.
All installations hereafter installed within the corporate limits of the City of El Reno shall be done in a neat, workmanlike manner in accordance with the codes and ordinances of the City of El Reno. All materials shall be approved for the purpose. The Building Official shall have the right to request data and tests on any and all material and the installation thereof at any time.