CHAPTER 10
EXISTING BUILDING CODE

SECTION:

9-10-1: Purpose

9-10-2: Code Adopted

9-10-3: IEBC Existing Building Code Amendment, Section 101.1, Title

9-10-4: IEBC Existing Building Code Amendment, Section 101.2, Scope

9-10-5: IEBC Existing Building Code Amendment, Section 101.4, Applicability

9-10-6: IEBC Existing Building Code Amendment, Section 101.4.2, Buildings Previously Occupied

9-10-7: IEBC Existing Building Code Amendment, Add Section 101.4.3, Previous Codes In Effect

9-10-8: IEBC Existing Building Code Amendment, Add Section 101.4.4, Other Compliance

9-10-9: IEBC Existing Building Code Amendment, Add Section 101.4.5, Dangerous Conditions

9-10-10: IEBC Existing Building Code Amendment, Add Section 101.8, Code Official

9-10-11: IEBC Existing Building Code Amendment, Repeal Administrative Sections 102 Through 115 And Replace With Administrative Sections 102 Through 117 Of The International Building Code or With Administrative Sections 102 Through 115 Of The International Residential Code

9-10-12: IEBC Existing Building Code Amendment, For Scoping Under the International Building Code, Renumber Section 116, Emergency Measures, To Section 118 Including As Applicable To Subsections

9-10-13: IEBC Existing Building Code Amendment, Section 118.2 (IBC), Section 116.2 (IRC), Temporary Safeguards

9-10-14: IEBC Existing Building Code Amendment, For Scoping Under The International Building Code, Renumber Section 117, Demolition, To Section 119, Delete The Entire Section And Replace With Subsection 119.1 (IBC), 117.1 (IRC), General

9-10-15: IEBC Existing Building Code Amendment, Section 202, General Definitions, Dangerous

9-10-16: IEBC Existing Building Code Amendment, Section 1301.2, Applicability

9-10-1: PURPOSE:

The purpose of this Chapter is to establish regulations to allow for the use of alternative methods from those contained in the Building Code and the One-And-Two-Family Dwelling Building Code of Boise City in order to comply with and conform to those minimum requirements necessary to safeguard the health, safety, property, and public welfare insofar as they are affected by the repair, alteration, change of occupancy, addition, or relocation of existing buildings. (Ord. 42-17, 12-19-2017, eff. 1-1-2018; amd. Ord. 41-20, 12-1-2020, eff. 1-1-2021)

9-10-2: CODE ADOPTED:

All rules, regulations, and ordinances relating to the design, construction, quality of materials, erection, installation, alteration, repair, location, relocation, replacement, addition to, use, change of occupancy, or maintenance of existing buildings, established by the 2018 edition of the International Existing Building Code (IEBC), published under the authority of the International Code Council, Inc., is hereby adopted as the Existing Building Code of Boise City as amended, and except to the extent that those rules and regulations are hereby changed, altered, or amended by this code. One copy of the 2018 edition of the International Existing Building Code shall be filed for use and examination by the public in the Office of the City Clerk. All provisions in this Chapter shall be effective as of January 1, 2021. (Ord. 42-17, 12-19-2017, eff. 1-1-2018; amd. Ord. 41-20, 12-1-2020, eff. 1-1-2021)

9-10-3: IEBC EXISTING BUILDING CODE AMENDMENT, SECTION 101.1, TITLE:

   101.1 Title. Boise City Code Title 9, Chapter 10 shall be known as the Existing Building Code of Boise City, and hereinafter may be cited or referred to as "this Chapter" and "this code."

(Ord. 42-17, 12-19-2017, eff. 1-1-2018; amd. Ord. 41-20, 12-1-2020, eff. 1-1-2021)

9-10-4: IEBC EXISTING BUILDING CODE AMENDMENT, SECTION 101.2, SCOPE:

   101.2 Scope. The provisions of this code shall apply to the repair, alteration, change of occupancy, addition to, or relocation of existing buildings.

      Exception: Detached one-and-two-family dwellings and multiple single-family dwellings (townhouses) not more than three stories above grade plane in height with a separate means of egress, and their accessory structures not more than three stories above grade plane in height, shall comply with either this code or the International Residential Code, as adopted and amended under the One-And-Two-Family Dwelling Building Code of Boise City.

(Ord. 42-17, 12-19-2017, eff. 1-1-2018; amd. Ord. 41-20, 12-1-2020, eff. 1-1-2021)

9-10-5: IEBC EXISTING BUILDING CODE AMENDMENT, SECTION 101.4, APPLICABILITY:

   101.4 Applicability. This code shall apply to the repair, alteration, change of occupancy, addition and relocation of existing buildings, regardless of occupancy, subject to the criteria set forth in sections 101.4.1 through 101.4.5 herein.

(Ord. 42-17, 12-19-2017, eff. 1-1-2018; amd. Ord. 41-20, 12-1-2020, eff. 1-1-2021)

9-10-6: IEBC EXISTING BUILDING CODE AMENDMENT, SECTION 101.4.2, BUILDINGS PREVIOUSLY OCCUPIED:

   101.4.2 Buildings previously occupied. The legal occupancy of any building existing as of the date of adoption of this code shall be permitted to continue without change, except as specifically required by this code, the International Fire Code, the Dangerous Buildings Code of Boise City, or as may be deemed necessary by the code official in order to protect the general safety and welfare of the occupants or the public.

(Ord. 42-17, 12-19-2017, eff. 1-1-2018; amd. Ord. 41-20, 12-1-2020, eff. 1-1-2021)