(a) The residential code of the City of Fort Worth is hereby revised and amended to conform, with certain exceptions as specified below, to the 2021 edition of the International Residential Code of the International Code Council (ICC), and the same as amended is hereby adopted as the city's residential code.
(b) The following provisions of the Appendix to the 2021 International Residential Code are hereby specifically adopted as amended as part of the Residential Code of the City of Fort Worth:
(1) Appendix Chapter AA, Sizing and Capacities of Gas Piping;
(2) Appendix Chapter AB, Sizing of Venting Systems Serving Appliance Equipped with Draft Hoods, Category I Appliances, and Appliances listed for use with Type B vents;
(3) Appendix Chapter AC, Exit Terminals of Mechanical Drafts and Direct-vent Venting Systems;
(4) Appendix Chapter AG, Piping Standards for Various Applications;
(5) Appendix Chapter AK, Sound Insulation Requirements for Noise Sensitive Uses near Airports (local amendment);
(6) Appendix Chapter AN, Venting Methods;
(7) Appendix Chapter AP, Sizing of Water Piping Systems;
(8) Appendix Chapter AR, Light Straw-Clay Construction;
(9) Appendix Chapter AS, Strawbale Construction; and
(10) Appendix Chapter AX, Docks, Piers and Boathouses (local amendment).
(c) The provisions of the building code, mechanical code, plumbing code and energy code, as adopted elsewhere, shall be used as part of this code for any provision, requirement or method that does not exist in this code. The Electrical code, as adopted elsewhere, shall be used as the electrical provisions, replacing Chapters 34 through 43 of this code.
(d) One copy of the 2021 edition of the International Residential Code, marked as Exhibit "A", is incorporated herein by reference and shall be filed in the office of the city secretary for permanent record and inspection.
(e) Any errata corrections published by the International Code Council for the 2021 International Residential Code, as they are discovered, are considered as part of this code.
(Ord. 14649, § 1, passed 6-5-2001; Ord. 15949, § 1, passed 4-13-2004; Ord. 17681-08-2007, § 1, passed 8-9-2007; Ord. 19602-03-2011, § 1, passed 3-22-2011; Ord. 22519-12-2016, § 1, passed 12-6-2016, eff. 1-1-2017; Ord. 25383-03-2022, § 1, passed 3-8-2022, eff. 4-1-2022)