(a) The State Building Code be and is hereby reenacted and adopted as promulgated by the West Virginia State Fire Commission, Title No. 87, Series 4 "State Building Code" as approved by the West Virginia Legislature, by Legislative Rule filed January 7, 2022 and effective August 1, 2022 as amended, and which established the standards and requirements as set out and as published in 2018 by the International Code Council and American Standards Institute, and the following codes, as promulgated, be the same are incorporated by reference as if fully set out verbatim therein: The 2018 International Building Code, as modified and amended, to include Section 4.1.g, the ANSI/ASHREA/IESNA Standard 90.l, 2013 Edition for Commercial Buildings, as excepted, modified or amended; 2018 International Residential Code, as excepted, modified or amended; 2018 International Existing Building Code, as excepted modified or amended; 2018 International Plumbing Code, as excepted, modified or amended; 2018 International Mechanical Code, as excepted, modified or amended; 2018 International Fuel Gas Code, as excepted, modified or amended; 2018 International Property Maintenance Code, as excepted, modified or amended; NFPA Life Safety Code 2021 Edition; the 2020 Edition of the National Electric Code NFPA 70, as excepted, modified or amended; the 2017 ICC/ANSI A 117.1 Accessible and Useable Buildings and Facilities Code, as excepted, modified or amended; the 2018 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, as excepted, modified or amended; and the 2015 International Energy Conservation Code for Residential Dwellings, as excepted modified or amended, all of which will have an effective date of August 1, 2022.
(Ord. 805. Passed 8-1-22.)
(b) The State Building Code and its application within this City shall be subject to Legislative Rules adopted by the West Virginia State Fire Commission and authorized by the West Virginia Legislature.
(c) The Council reserves the right to amend by ordinance those provisions of the adopted code as permitted by West Virginia law or to adopt the appendices of the Code(s) hereby adopted as the Council deems appropriate.
(Ord. 746. Passed 10-3-16; Ord. 778. Passed 5-20-19.)