The International Building Code, 2003 edition, is hereby amended, altered and changed as follows: (Ord. 2006-17, 8-24-2006)
A. Section R105.1 of the 2006 International Building Code (IBC) is amended as follows: 1. One-story detached accessory structures used as tool and storage sheds, playhouses and similar uses, provided the floor area does not exceed 120 200 square feet.
(Ord. 2009-03, 10-23-2008)
B. Section 108 of said code is amended by deleting therefrom subsection 108.2, Schedule of Permit Fees in its entirety, and adding thereto a new subsection 108.2. Schedule of Permit Fees, as follows:
1. 108.2 Schedule of Permit Fees. The fee for each permit shall be as set forth in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. The determination of value or valuation under any of the provisions of this code shall be made by the building official per IBC Section 108, as set forth herein attached as Exhibit A. based upon the then most current "Building Valuation Data" published in the "Building Standard" by the International Conference of Building Officials. The value to be used in computing the building permit and building plan review fees shall be the total value of all construction work for which the permit is issued as well as all finish work, painting, roofing, electrical, plumbing heating, air conditioning, elevators, fire-extinguishing systems and any other permanent equipment. A full Building Permit Fee and ten per cent (10%) Plan Check Fee for all re-roofing shall be required.
2. Plan Review Fees. When a plan or other data are required to be submitted, a plan review fee shall be paid at the time of submitting plans and specifications for review. Said plan review fee shall be sixty-five (65) percent of the building permit fee as shown in Table 1A hereinabove Exhibit -A- on file in the City. Where plans are incomplete or changed so as to require additional plan review, an additional plan review fee may be charged at the rate shown.
3. Payment of Fees. Full payment of building permit fee, and a building plan review fee are required at the time of and as a part of the application for a building permit.
4. Waiver of Fees. The building official may waive or reduce the fees required under this ordinance upon direction from the Common Council in appropriate cases for non-profit organizations or governmental agencies where the Common Council determines it is in the public interest to waive or reduce said fees.
C. Section 108.6 of said code is amended by deleting therefrom said section, in its entirety and adding thereto a new section 108.6, as follows:
"108.6 Refund of Fees. No refund of any fee collected under this ordinance shall be made unless it is authorized by the Common Council, except (a) the building official may refund any fee paid hereunder which was erroneously paid or collected, (b) up to eighty percent (80%) of the building permit fee paid when no work has been done under a permit issued in accordance with this ordinance and the permit is abandoned in writing by the permittee, or (c) up to eighty percent (80%) of the plan review fee paid when an application for a permit for which a plan review fee has been paid is withdrawn or canceled before any plan reviewing is done."
D. Section 202 of said code is amended by adding thereto the following definition:
"Commencement of Building or Work Authorized - the excavation, complete trenching and installation of forms for footings. Where no forms are used, it is excavation and compete trenching."
E. Table R-301.2(1) is hereby established for residential roof construction:
TABLE R-301.2 (1)
GROUND SNOW LOAD | WIND SPEED | ICE SHIELD UNDERLAYMENT |
80 lbs. | 70 (mph) | Required |
F. Table no. R-403.1, Residential Foundations for Stud Bearing Wall Minimum Requirements is hereby added as follows:
TABLE NO. R-403.1 RESIDENTIAL FOUNDATIONS FOR
STUD BEARING WALL MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
NUMBER OF STORIES | THICKNESS OF FOUNDATION WALL (inches) CONCRETE & MASONRY (inches) | THICKNESS OF FOOTING (inches) | DEPTH OF FOUNDATION BELOW NATURAL SURFACE OF GROUND OR FINISH GRADE (inches) |
1 | 6 | 6 8 | 24 |
2 | 8 | 7 8 | 24 |
3 | 10 | 8 10 | 24 |
G. Section 502.1 of said code is amended by deleting therefrom the definition of "Height, Building", and by adding thereto a new definition of "Height of Building" as follows:
"Height of Building is the vertical distance measured from the highest point of the roof directly below to natural grade prior to any site excavation, grading or filling or to the grade existing as of the effective date of Bellevue Ordinance 95-48, whichever is lowest."
H. Section 505 of said code is amended by adding thereto the following new subparagraph:
Mezzanines with Group R occupancies shall have at least one operable window meeting egress dimensions or exterior door approved for emergency escape or rescue conforming to the provision of the International Fire Code.
I. Section 1607 is amended by adding thereto new subsection 1607.2.2, as follows:
1607.2.1 Roofs shall sustain, within the stress limitations of this Code, all "dead Loads" plus unit "snow loads" of at least eighty (80) pounds per square foot. The snow loads shall be assumed to act vertically upon the area projected upon a horizonal plane. Where uniform roof loads are involved in the design of structural members arranged so as to create continuity, consideration may be limited to full dead loads on all spans in combination with full live loads on adjacent spans and on alternate spans.
Where uniform roof loads are involved in the design of structural members arranged so as to create continuity, consideration may be limited to full dead loads on all spans in combination with full live loads on adjacent spans and on alternate spans.
1607.2.2. Snow Loads for Roof Construction with Parapet Walls. All roof structures with more than eighty percent (80%) of the roof perimeter constructed with a parapet wall or walls exceeding 12' in height shall be constructed to hold a snow load factor twenty-five percent (25%) greater than the snow load requirements set forth in Subsection 1605.7 hereinabove.
EXCEPTION: Alternate span loading need not be considered where the uniform roof load is twenty (20) pounds per square foot or more and the provisions of Subsection 1605.3 are met.
J. Table 1607.1 is amended by changing Use or Occupancy Category, lines 5 and 6 (balconies and decks) and line 8 (cornices) at column 2 (Uniform Load) to read "100 lbs".
K. Subsection 1805.2 of said code is amended by deleting therefrom said section, in its entirety, and adopting a section 1805.2 as follows:
"1805.2 Depth of Footing. The minimum depth of footings low Natural Surface of Ground or Finish Grade shall not be less than twenty-four (24) inches for all wall thickness. Where applicable, the depth of footings shall conform to Sections 1805.2.1 through 1805.2.3."
L. Table No. 1805.4.2., Foundations for Non Residential Stud Bearing Wall Minimum Requirements is hereby amended by deleting therefore the language with a line stricken there through and by adding the underlined language, as follows:
TABLE NO. 1805.4.2 NONRESIDENTIAL - FOUNDATIONS FOR
STUD BEARING WALL MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
NUMBER OF STORIES | THICKNESS OF FOUNDATION WALL (inches) CONCRETE & MASONRY (inches) | THICKNESS OF FOOTING (inches) | DEPTH OF FOUNDATION BELOW NATURAL SURFACE OF GROUND OR FINISH GRADE (inches) |
1 | 6 | 6 8 | 24 |
2 | 8 | 7 8 | 24 |
3 | 10 | 8 10 | 24 |
M. Subsection 2111.14.1 of said code is amended by adding thereto a new subsection 2111.14.1.1 as follows:
"2111.14.1.1 Factory-built chimneys shall be enclosed within a shaft or chase and shall be protected on the interior (flue) side as required for one-hour resistive construction.
All factory-built chimneys shall have approved spark arrestors installed at the point of termination. The point of termination of a factory-built chimney shall be two (2) feet above vertically of any part of building within ten (10) feet away."
(Ord. 2006-17, 8-24-2006)
N. Section 3102 of the 2006 International Building Code (IBC) is amended by adding a new section as follows: 3102-A Membrane structures as defined under section 3102 of the adopted IBC shall not be allowed for temporary or permanent use, including but not limited to Assembly Group A, section 303, Business Group B, section 304, Educational Group E, section 305, Factory Group F, section 306, High Hazard Group H, section 307, Institutional Group I, section 308, group Mercantile M section 309 and residential Group R section 310 all of the IBC.
(Ord. 2009-03, 10-23-2008)
O. Said code is amended by adding thereto the following chapters:
3505 No person shall do or cause any grading or fill without having first obtained a grading permit from the building official, except for the following:
(a) An excavation below finished grade for basements and footings of a building, retaining wall or other structure authorized by a valid building permit. This shall not exempt any fill made with the material from such excavation nor exempt any excavation having an unsupported height greater than 5 feet after the completion of such structure.
(b) Cemetery Graves.
(c) Where upon application duly made, the building official finds that the grading or fill to be done is located outside the floodplain or slopes with a grade of less than twenty- five percent (25%) and is an isolated self-contained area with no apparent danger to private or public property therefrom, and the grading or fill will not result in any significant soil displacement or erosion, and where no use of explosives will be required.
3601 Indemnity. Every person, firm or corporation to whom permission has been granted under the terms of this code and the general ordinances to utilize public property for the demolition work or the moving of any building, structure or utility, shall at all times assume full responsibility for such demolition or moving. Such permission shall be further conditioned for the use of public property to at all time release, hold harmless and indemnify the City of Bellevue, Idaho, and all of its agents and employees from any and all responsibility, liability, loss or damage resulting to any persons or property or caused by or incidental to the demolition or moving work.
3602 Insurance. Any person, firm or corporation, demolishing or moving any building, structure or utility, shall deposit with the building official a certificate of insurance showing the City of Bellevue, Idaho is a named insured on the insurance policy. The certificate of insurance shall evidence that the liability insurance policy covers the policy holder and the City of Bellevue, Idaho, is a named insured. Such insurance shall be valid at all times during demolition or moving operations. Said liability insurance coverage shall be in the amount of at least $1,000,000 for bodily or personal injury, death, or property damage or loss as the result of any one (1) occurrence or accident, regardless of the number of persons injured or the number of claimants. The insurance carrier shall be duly authorized to do business in the State of Idaho. The purpose of the insurance required herein in specified in Section 3601 of this Chapter.
3603 Damage to Public Property. As a condition of obtaining a permit to wreck, remove or move any building, structure or utility, the permittee assumes liability for any damage to public property occasioned by such moving, demolition or removal operations.
3604 Prior to the moving of a structure on to or from a parcel of real property, the person obtaining the permit from the building official for such removal and relocation shall notify in writing at least three (3) days all persons residing on adjacent properties that such work will be done and the times thereof. Such notice may be given by certified mail return receipt requested or by leaving a copy of the notice attached to the front door of such residence.
P. Said code is amended by adding thereto a new chapter 3701, as follows:
"Chapter 37. Sidewalks, Curb and Gutters. This Chapter shall apply to the construction of all sidewalks, curbs, gutters, drainage and all paving of streets, alleys and appropriate easements within the City of Bellevue, Idaho. No person shall construct a curb, sidewalk, gutter, alley or pave any street, alley or easement without first having submitted plans thereof certified by a Civil Engineer and approved by the building official designed for safe and adequate construction, grade, drainage and/or paving in accordance with the standards set forth in this ordinance, the Bellevue Street Standards Ordinance and all other applicable ordinances and resolutions of the City of Bellevue, Idaho."
(Ord. 2005-05, 12-9-2004)