Pursuant to Idaho Code section 39-4116(4), the following codes adopted pursuant to section 15.08.010 of this chapter or provisions thereof are added to, amended, altered and/or modified as follows:
A. International Building Code
1. Section 101.1 Title. Insert: [City of Hailey, Idaho]
2. Section 101.4 Referenced codes.
a. Delete Section 101.4.3 Plumbing. and replace to read as follows: Section 101.4.3 Plumbing. The provisions of the Idaho State Plumbing Code (ISPC) as adopted and incorporated by reference with amendments as prescribed by the Idaho Plumbing Board shall apply to the installation, alteration, repair and replacement of plumbing systems, including equipment, appliances, fixtures, fittings and appurtenances, and where connected to a water or sewage system and all aspects of a medical gas system. The number of required plumbing fixtures shall be determined by using IBC Table 2902.1 and as per the International Plumbing Code as referenced in the table.
b. Add Section 101.4.8 Electrical. The provisions of the latest edition of the National Electrical Code (NEC), as approved by the Standards Council, and as amended and approved by the Idaho Electrical Board, shall apply to the installation of electrical systems, including alterations, repairs, replacement, equipment, appliances, fixtures, fittings and appurtenances thereto.
3. Section 105 Permits.
a. Amend Section 105.3 Application for permit. Add the following language prior to the existing text:
Required Permits: Required building permit applications shall be made on forms furnished by the city of Hailey, and approval shall be in accordance with all requirements of the IBC, as amended by the Idaho Building Code Board, and this code.
b. Add Section 105.1.3 Excavation. For the purposes of this section, the start of construction is defined as the excavation or trenching for the installation of forms for footings, or where no forms are used, start of construction is excavation or trenching.
c. Add Section 105.1.4 Moved Structures. Applications for permits for moved structures shall include but are not limited to the following information provided by an Idaho licensed structural engineer: appropriate foundation designed to meet the city of Hailey structural forces; proof that existing headers are structurally adequate; where practical, an analysis of the existing roof system including trusses or rafters and roof sheathing materials, wall and floor systems for conformity to structural forces criteria for the new occupancy and new location.
d. Add Section 105.1.5 Manufactured Homes. Permits are required for manufactured homes pursuant to this code.
e. Add Section 105.1.6 Demolition Permits.
(1) General Requirements. Demolition shall include moving a structure from one site to another and destruction/demolition of a structure for disposal. Permit applications shall be provided by the city of Hailey and shall include owner, address, property descriptions, phone number, description of the scope of the demolition and a time frame. The person or entity submitting an application for a demolition permit for a historic structure must be the owner of record or the authorized agent of the owner(s). Acknowledgment of the demolition by utility companies serving the property, the Blaine County assessor's office and the jurisdiction's building official if other than the city of Hailey shall be required. Permits shall be valid for ninety (90) days.
(2) Historic Structures. Prior to issuance of a "demolition" permit for buildings and structures built wholly or in part prior to 1941 ("historic structure"), regardless whether the historic structure was constructed on or relocated to the property, the Hailey building official shall submit the application to the Hailey planning department, Hailey fire department and Hailey arts and historic preservation commission. The applicant shall demonstrate the age of a building or structure by reliable records, including, but not limited to, records of the Blaine County assessor.
(a) A one hundred twenty (120) day review period shall run from the date of transmittal of copies of the application to the departments, agencies, commissions and organizations. The date of transmittal shall be documented in the application file and shall commence the comment period. Within seven (7) calendar days of the building official certifying that the application is complete, the building official shall, at the applicant's expense, publish a notice of intent to demolish a historic structure in the official newspaper of the city of Hailey, post on the subject property a notice of intent to demolish a historic structure, and mail notice of intent to demolish a historic structure to property owners within three hundred feet (300') of the subject property.
(b) During the review period, the city, the Hailey arts and historic preservation commission or any other commission, organization or individual may negotiate with the owner and with any other parties in an effort to find a means of preserving the structure or building for the acquisition by gift, purchase, or exchange of the property or any interest therein.
(c) The one hundred twenty (120) day review period may be reduced if the building official or his/her designee finds that: a) the owner has reasonably demonstrated that rehabilitation of the historic structure would not be economically feasible; b) the historic structure shall be preserved by relocation of the building or structure to another appropriate site in Hailey; c) the historic structure is deemed a "dangerous" building as defined in chapter 3, section 3.02 of the 1997 uniform code for the abatement of dangerous buildings; or d) the Hailey arts and historic preservation commission has recommended the one hundred twenty (120) day review period be reduced because the historic structure does not maintain the historic architectural qualities, historic associations or archeological values of other historic structures within Hailey.
(d) At the end of the review period, if the application for a "demolition" permit has not been withdrawn, the building official shall process the application according to the IBC and the municipal code. Any demolition permit for historic structure shall be conditioned so that prior to demolition, the applicant shall provide the Hailey arts and historic preservation commission with all available historic information about the historic structure, including: a) color photographs measuring at least four inches by six inches (4" x 6") of at least two (2) elevations of the building at the time of permit submittal (if the building faces one or more public streets, the 2 elevations shall be of the street facing sides); b) height, square footage and current use of building; and c) historical photograph, black and white or color, of the building, if feasible.
(3) Revegetation: Following demolition of a building or structure, any foundation and basement and all debris shall be removed, clean fill shall be placed in any excavated portion of the property, the grade of the property shall be leveled, and the property shall be planted or reseeded with drought resistant grasses and/or shrubs that are as minimally as possible irrigated to ensure successful revegetation within one month of the permitted work. The revegetation shall include noxious weed abatement and continued maintenance until new construction commences.
f. Delete Section 105.5 Expiration. and replace with the following: Section 105.5 Expiration. Except as otherwise provided herein, every permit issued by the building official under the provisions of this code shall expire and become null and void if the building or work authorized by such permit is not completed within five hundred forty eight (548) days after its issuance. Permits that expire under this provision may be extended for a period not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days by an application for extension filed with the building department by the permittee thirty (30) days prior to permit expiration. A permit issued by the building official under the provisions of this code may be extended for a maximum of four (4) times. A permit is considered null and void if inspections have not been completed for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days. An application fee of seventy five dollars ($75.00) must be paid at the time of filing for an extension of the building permit.
4. Section 107 Submittal Documents
a. Delete Section 107.1 General. and replace with the following: Section 107.1 General. Construction documents, special inspection and structural observation programs, and other data shall be submitted in two (2) or more sets with each application for permit for commercial projects. Construction documents, special inspection and structural observation programs, and other data shall be submitted electronically with each application for permit for residential projects. The construction documents shall be prepared by a registered design professional where required by the statutes of the jurisdiction in which the project is to be constructed. Where special conditions exist, the building official is authorized to require additional construction documents to be prepared by a registered design professional. Said design professional shall be an Idaho state licensed architect and/or Idaho state licensed structural engineer.
b. Section 17.3.4.1 Deferred Submital. shall be amended by the addition of the following language at the end of section 107.3.4.1:
Section 107.3.4.1: ...Furthermore, the deferred submittal may be charged a plan review fee in addition to any and all other related building permit fees in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the first plan review related to that building permit, except when manufactured trusses are used in an R3 and/or U-occupancy, truss specification may be submitted when available from the approved manufacturer without deferred submittal plan check fee.
5. Section 109 Fees
a. Section 109.1 Payment of Fees. Add the following language at the end of Section 109.1: . . .Fees shall be those established by the City of Hailey.
b. Section 109.6 Refunds. Section 109.6 of the IBC is deleted in its entirety and replaced as follows:
The building official may authorize refunding of any fee paid hereunder which was erroneously paid or collected. The building official may authorize refunding of one hundred percent (100%) of the permit fee paid when no work has been done under a permit issued in accordance with this code. The building official may authorize refunding of not more than one hundred percent (100%) 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. The building official shall not authorize refunding of any fee paid except on written application filed by the original permittee not later than one hundred eighty (180) days after the date of fee payment.
6. Section 110 Inspections
Section 110 of the IBC shall be amended by the addition of a new section 110.3.8.1, as follows:
Section 110.3.8.1 Manufactured Homes. Inspections are required for manufactured homes placed in the city of Hailey.
7. Section113 Board of Appeals
Section 113 shall be amended by the addition of a new section 113.3.1, as follows:
Section 112.3.1 Board Membership. The mayor and the Hailey city council will appoint a three (3) person board to stand as the board of appeals, as needed, with membership to be selected from, but not limited to, the following list of professionals in the various fields of expertise in the building industry:
A Blaine County, Idaho building official;
The city of Hailey fire chief;
General contractor associated with the Building Contractors Association Of The Wood River Valley;
A licensed Idaho architect; and
A licensed Idaho structural engineer.
8. Section 202 Definitions
The following definitions shall be added to Section 202:
a. Height, Building. shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the definition of building height contained in title 17, chapter 17.02 of the Hailey city code, as amended.
b. Start of Construction. shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced as follows:
Start of Construction. The excavation or trenching for the installation of forms for footings. Where no forms are used, it is excavation or trenching. For a substantial improvement or renovation, the start of construction means the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor or other structural part of a building, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the building.
9. Section 601 General.
Fire Resistance Rating Requirements: Table 602 of the IBC shall be amended as follows:
a. All walls of buildings that are closer than five feet (5') to a property line shall be constructed of four (4) hour firewall materials including a parapet wall as defined in the international building code.
Exception: Walls may be constructed of two (2) hour firewall materials if an approved, monitored sprinkler system is installed within the building.
b. Walls that run parallel to a public way, street or alley, as those terms are defined in the IBC, when said public way, street or alley is greater than twenty feet (20') wide, shall be constructed specifically in accordance with the IBC. Walls described in this subsection 2 shall not be subject to the requirements of subsection 1.
c. There shall be no openings or penetrations allowed in the required firewalls of buildings that are closer than five feet (5') to a property line.
d. The requirements as stated in subsections 1, 2 and 3 above shall apply to all zones and all types of building construction in the city of Hailey except general residential and limited residential zones 1 and 2.
10. Section1505 fire Classification
a. Section 1505 Fire Classification is amended by addition of a new subsection 1509.9 Roofs, Underfloor Protection, Gutters, Downspouts, as follows:
1505.9 Roof Coverings. Any alteration, addition or repair of fifty percent (50%) or more of a roof surface or any new construction shall construct the entire roof in compliance with this section 1505.9. If an alteration, addition or repair of an existing roof involves less than fifty percent (50%) of a roof, only that alteration, addition or repair shall conform to the requirements of this section 1505.9 without the existing structure complying with all of requirements of this section 1505.9. Roofs shall have at least a class C roof assembly, as defined by the most currently adopted version of IBC, or an approved noncombustible roof covering. Cedar shake and all wood based roof coverings are prohibited, even if such roof coverings are classified as a class C roof assembly. For roof coverings where the profile allows a space between the roof covering and roof decking, the space at the eve ends shall be firestopped to preclude entry of flames or embers, or have on layer of seventy two (72) pound (32.4 kg) mineral surfaced, nonperforated cap sheet complying with ASTM 3909 installed over the combustible decking.
1505.9.1 Roof Valleys. Where provided, valley flashings shall be not less than 0.019 inch (0.44 mm) (no. 26 galvanized sheet gage) corrosion resistant metal installed over a minimum thirty six inch (36") wide (914 mm) underlayment consisting of one layer of seventy two (72) pound (32.4 kg) mineral surfaced, nonperforated cap sheet complying with ASTM D 3909 running the full length of the valley.
1505.9.2 Unenclosed Underfloor Protection. Buildings or structures shall have all underfloor areas enclosed to the ground with exterior walls.
Exception: Complete enclosure may be omitted where the underside of all exposed floors and all exposed structural columns, beams and supporting walls are protected as required for exterior one hour fire resistance rated construction or heavy timber construction.
1505.9.3 Gutters And Downspouts. Gutters and downspouts shall be constructed of noncombustible material. Gutters shall be provided with an approved means to prevent the accumulation of leaves and debris in the gutter.
11. Section 1507 Requirements for Roof Coverings
a. Section 1507.8 Wood Shingles is repealed in its entirety.
b. Section 1507.9 Wood Shakes is repealed in its entirety.
12. Section1603 Construction Documents
Section 1603.1 General. shall be amended by adding a new subsection 1603.1.3.1 as follows:
Section 1603.1.3.1. All roofs shall sustain within the stress limitations of this code, all "dead loads" plus unit "snow loads" of at least one hundred (100) pounds per square foot. The snow loads shall be assumed to act vertically upon the area projected upon a horizontal plane.
13. Section 1605 Load Combinations
a. Section 1605.2 Load combinations using strength design or load and resistance factor design.
Section 1605.2 Load combinations using strength design or load and resistance factor design is amended by deleting the equations for coefficient f2 and replacing the coefficient f2 as follows:
f2 = 0.70 for roof configurations that do not shed snow off the structure; and
f2 = 0.42 for other roofs.
b. Section 1605.3.1 Basic load combinations.
Section 1605.3.1 Basic load combinations. Exception 2 is amended by deleting exception 2 and replacing exception 2 as follows:
2. Flat roof snow loads of thirty (30) psf (1.44kN/m2) or less need not be combined with seismic loads. Where flat roof snow loads exceed thirty (30) psf (1.44kN/m2), thirty five percent (35%) shall be combined with seismic loads.
c. Section 1605.3.2 Alternative basic load combinations.
Section 1605.3.2 Alternative basic load combinations. Exception 2 is amended by deleting exception 2 and replacing exception 2 as follows:
2. Flat roof snow loads of thirty (30) psf (1.44kN/m2) or less need not be combined with seismic loads. Where flat roof snow loads exceed thirty (30) psf (1.44kN/m2), thirty five percent (35%) shall be combined with seismic loads.
14. Section 1607 Live Loads
Table 1607.1, Row 5, Balconies and decks shall be amended to show a one hundred (100) pound snow load for all balconies and decks regardless of occupancy or size.
15. Section 1608 Snow loads
Section 1608 Snow loads shall be amended to designate the ground snow load, pg, for the area designated CS on figure 1608.2 to be one hundred twenty (120) psf.
Section 1608 Snow loads is amended by the addition of a new subsection 1608.4, as follows:
1608. 4 Flat Roof Snow Loads. The snow load, pf in lb/ft2, on a roof with a slope equal to or less than five degrees (5°) shall be the greater of one hundred (100) psf or the value calculated using the following formula:
Pf = 0.7CeCtIpg
16. Section 1613 Earthquake loads
Section 1613 Earthquake loads is amended by the addition of new subsection 1613.4, as follows:
1613.4 Effective Seismic Weight. The effective seismic weight in section 12.7.2 and section 12.14.8.1 of the ASCE7-05 shall be amended as follows:
4. For all roofs regardless of roof slope thirty five percent (35%) of the uniform design snow load shall be included in the effective seismic weight (W).
17. Appendix O.
Appendix O is added as follows:
Radon Control Methods
Section O101 Scope
O101.1 General. The requirements of the 2018 International Residential Code Appendix F: Radon Control Methods shall apply to all new construction that includes residential and institutional occupancies (R1, R2, R3, R4, I1, I2, I3, and I4). A change of use or occupancy of an existing building that includes residential and institutional occupancies shall meet the requirements of this appendix for radon control.
Exception: Radon mitigation measures are not required if the owner can demonstrate that the proposed design is not likely to produce unacceptable levels of radon gas in sleeping areas. A report showing an approved test was conducted in a representative sleeping area on the lowest residential floor shall be submitted to the building department prior to a certificate of occupancy being issued for the project.
(The following amendments are already included in the State of Idaho amendments and do not need to be included here.)
B. International Residential Code
1. Section R101.1 Insert: [City of Hailey, Idaho]
2. Section 105 Permits
a. Amend Section 105.1 Required. Add the following language to follow the existing text:
…Required building permit applications shall be made on forms furnished by the city of Hailey, and approval shall be in accordance with all requirements of the IRC, as amended by the Idaho Building Code Board, and this code.
b. Add Section 105.1.3 Excavation. For the purposes of this section, the start of construction is defined as the excavation or trenching for the installation of forms for footings, or where no forms are used, start of construction is excavation or trenching.
c. Add Section 105.1.4 Moved Structures. Applications for permits for moved structures shall include but are not limited to the following information provided by an Idaho licensed structural engineer: appropriate foundation designed to meet the city of Hailey structural forces; proof that existing headers are structurally adequate; where practical, an analysis of the existing roof system including trusses or rafters and roof sheathing materials, wall and floor systems for conformity to structural forces criteria for the new occupancy and new location.
d. Add Section 105.1.5 Manufactured Homes. Permits are required for manufactured homes pursuant to this code.
e. Add Section 105.1.6 Demolition Permits.
1) General Requirements. Demolition shall include moving a structure from one site to another and destruction/demolition of a structure for disposal. Permit applications shall be provided by the city of Hailey and shall include owner, address, property descriptions, phone number, description of the scope of the demolition and a time frame. The person or entity submitting an application for a demolition permit for a historic structure must be the owner of record or the authorized agent of the owner(s). Acknowledgement of the demolition by utility companies serving the property, the Blaine County assessor's office and the jurisdiction's building official if other than the city of Hailey shall be required. Permits shall be valid for ninety (90) days.
2) Historic Structures. Prior to issuance of a "demolition" permit for buildings and structures built wholly or in part prior to 1941 ("historic structure"), regardless whether the historic structure was constructed on or relocated to the property, the Hailey building official shall submit the application to the Hailey planning department, Hailey fire department and Hailey arts and historic preservation commission. The applicant shall demonstrate the age of a building or structure by reliable records, including, but not limited to, records of the Blaine County assessor.
i. A one hundred twenty (120) day review period shall run from the date of transmittal of copies of the application to the departments, agencies, commissions and organizations. The date of transmittal shall be documented in the application file and shall commence the comment period. Within seven (7) calendar days of the building official certifying that the application is complete, the building official shall, at the applicant's expense, publish a notice of intent to demolish a historic structure in the official newspaper of the city of Hailey, post on the subject property a notice of intent to demolish a historic structure, and mail notice of intent to demolish a historic structure to property owners within three hundred feet (300') of the subject property.
ii. During the review period, the city, the Hailey arts and historic preservation commission or any other commission, organization or individual may negotiate with the owner and with any other parties in an effort to find a means of preserving the structure or building for the acquisition by gift, purchase, or exchange of the property or any interest therein.
iii. The one hundred twenty (120) day review period may be reduced if the building official or his/her designee finds that: a) the owner has reasonably demonstrated that rehabilitation of the historic structure would not be economically feasible; b) the historic structure shall be preserved by relocation of the building or structure to another appropriate site in Hailey; c) the historic structure is deemed a "dangerous" building as defined in chapter 3, section 3.02 of the 1997 uniform code for the abatement of dangerous buildings; or d) the Hailey arts and historic preservation commission has recommended the one hundred twenty (120) day review period be reduced because the historic structure does not maintain the historic architectural qualities, historic associations or archeological values of other historic structures within Hailey.
iv. At the end of the review period, if the application for a "demolition" permit has not been withdrawn, the building official shall process the application according to the IBC and the municipal code. Any demolition permit for historic structure shall be conditioned so that prior to demolition, the applicant shall provide the Hailey arts and historic preservation commission with all available historic information about the historic structure, including: a) color photographs measuring at least four inches by six inches (4" x 6") of at least two (2) elevations of the building at the time of permit submittal (if the building faces one or more public streets, the 2 elevations shall be of the street facing sides); b) height, square footage and current use of building; and c) historical photograph, black and white or color, of the building, if feasible.
3) Revegetation: Following demolition of a building or structure, any foundation and basement and all debris shall be removed, clean fill shall be placed in any excavated portion of the property, the grade of the property shall be leveled, and the property shall be planted or reseeded with drought resistant grasses and/or shrubs that are as minimally as possible irrigated to ensure successful revegetation within one month of the permitted work. The revegetation shall include noxious weed abatement and continued maintenance until new construction commences.
3. Section 106 Construction Documents
a. Delete Section 106.1 Submittal documents. and replace with the following: Section 106.1 Submittal documents. Construction documents, special inspection and structural observation programs, and other data shall be submitted in two (2) or more sets with each application for permit for commercial projects. Construction documents, special inspection and structural observation programs, and other data shall be submitted electronically with each application for permit for residential projects. The construction documents shall be prepared by a registered design professional where required by the statutes of the jurisdiction in which the project is to be constructed. Where special conditions exist, the building official is authorized to require additional construction documents to be prepared by a registered design professional. Said design professional shall be an Idaho state licensed architect and/or Idaho state licensed structural engineer.
4. Section 108 Fees
Section 101.1 Payment of Fees. Add the following language at the end of Section 108.1: …Fees shall be those established by the City of Hailey.
5. Section 113 Board of Appeals
Section 112 shall be amended by the addition of a new section 112.3.1, as follows:
Section 112.3.1 Board Membership. The mayor and the Hailey city council will appoint a three (3) person board to stand as the board of appeals, as needed, with membership to be selected from, but not limited to, the following list of professionals in the various fields of expertise in the building industry:
A Blaine County, Idaho building official;
The city of Hailey fire chief;
General contractor associated with the Building Contractors Association Of The Wood River Valley;
A licensed Idaho architect; and
A licensed Idaho structural engineer.
6. Section 202 Definitions.
The following definitions shall be added to Section 202:
a. Height, Building. shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the definition of building height contained in title 17, chapter 17.02 of the Hailey city code, as amended.
b. Start of Construction. shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced as follows:
Start of Construction. The excavation or trenching for the installation of forms for footings. Where no forms are used, it is excavation or trenching. For a substantial improvement or renovation, the start of construction means the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor or other structural part of a building, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the building.
7. Section R301.2 Climatic and geographic design criteria.
a. Insert the following information into Table R301.2(1):
TABLE R301.2(1) CLIMATIC AND GEOGRAPHIC DESIGN CRITERIA
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GROUND SNOW LOADo 120 PSF | WIND DESIGN | SEISMIC DESIGN CATEGORYf D1 | SUBJECT TO DAMAGE FROM | |||
Speedd (mph) 115 MPH | Topographic Effectsk NO | Special wind regionl NO | Windborne debris zonem NO | |||
Weatheringa Severe | ||||||
TABLE R301.2(1) CLIMATIC AND GEOGRAPHIC DESIGN CRITERIA
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SUBJECT TO DAMAGE FROM | WINTER DESIGN TEMPe -6° F | ICE BARRIER UNDERLAYMENT REQUIREDh YES 24" inside of wall line | FLOOD HAZARDSg 2/8/1988 11/10/2010 0662, 0664, 0666, 0668, 0856, 0857 | AIR FREEZING INDEXi 1842 | MEAN ANNUAL TEMPi 43° F | |
Frost line depthb 24" | Termitec Slight to Moderate | |||||
MANUAL J DESIGN CRITERIAn | |||
Elevation 5318' | Latitude 43°30'N | Winter Heating 70° F | Summer Cooling 75° F |
Cooling temperature difference 14° F | Wind velocity heating per designer | Wind velocity Cooling per designer | Coincident wet bulb 57° F |
MANUAL J DESIGN CRITERIAn | |||
Altitude correction factor .92 | Indoor design Temperature 70° F | Design temperature cooling 75° F | Heating temperature difference 76° F |
Daily Range H | Winter Humidity 30% | Summer Humidity 30% or 50% | |
b. Section R302.2.2.1 Determination of seismic design category.
Section R301.2.2.1 Determination of seismic design category is amended by the addition of the following subsection R301.2.2.1.3, as follows:
R301.2.2.1.3 Engineering Design For Seismic Resisting System. All structures, including detached one- and two-family structures in seismic design category C or greater shall have a lateral force resisting system designed in accordance with accepted engineering practice by the engineer of record. The effective seismic weight for such buildings shall include thirty five percent (35%) of the flat roof uniform design snow load.
c. Section R301.2.3 Snow loads.
Section R301.2.3 Snow Loads shall be amended by the deletion of section R301.2.3 in its entirety and replaced with the following language:
Section R301.2.3 Snow Loads. All roofs shall sustain within the stress limitations of this code, all "dead loads" plus unit "snow loads" of at least one hundred (100) pounds per square foot. The snow loads shall be assumed to act vertically upon the area projected upon a horizontal plane.
8. Section R302.5 Dwelling-garage opening and penetration protection.
a. Section R302.5.1 Q. Opening Protection shall be amended by the deletion of section R302.5.1 in its entirety and replaced with the following language:
R302.5.1 Opening Protection. Openings from a private garage directly into a room used for sleeping purposes shall not be permitted. Other openings between the garage and the residence shall be equipped with either solid wood doors or solid or honeycomb steel doors not less than one and three-eighths inches (13/8") thick, or twenty (20) minute fire rated doors. Doors shall be self-closing and self-latching.
9. Section R302.6 Dwelling-garage separation.
10. Section R302.6 Dwelling-garage fire separation shall be amended by the deletion of section R302.6 in its entirety and replaced with the following language:
R302.6 Dwelling-garage fire separation required. The garage shall be separated from the residence and its attic area by means of a minimum five eighths inch (5/8") type X gypsum board applied to the garage side of all walls and ceilings forming part of the separation. Where the separation is a floor/ceiling assembly, the structure supporting the separation shall also be protected by not less than five eighths inch (5/8") type X gypsum board or equivalent. Garages located less than three feet (3') from a dwelling unit on the same lot shall be protected with not less than five eighths inch (5/8") type X gypsum board applied to the interior side of exterior walls that are within this area. Openings in these walls shall be regulated by section R302.5. This provision does not apply to garage walls that are perpendicular to the adjacent dwelling wall unit.
11. Section R902 Fire Classifications
a. Section R902 Fire Classifications shall be amended by adding subsection R902.3 Roofs, Underfloor Protection, Gutters, Downspouts, as follows:
R902.2 Roof Coverings. Any alteration, addition or repair of fifty percent (50%) or more of a roof surface or any new construction shall construct the entire roof in compliance with this section R902.2. If an alteration, addition or repair of an existing roof involves less than fifty percent (50%) of a roof, only that alteration, addition or repair shall conform to the requirements of this section R902.2 without the existing structure complying with all of requirements of this section R902.2. Roofs shall have at least a class C roof assembly, as defined by the most currently adopted version of IBC, or an approved noncombustible roof covering. Cedar shake and all wood based roof coverings are prohibited, even if such roof coverings are classified as a class C roof assembly. For roof coverings where the profile allows a space between the roof covering and roof decking, the space at the eve ends shall be firestopped to preclude entry of flames or embers, or have on layer of seventy two (72) pound (32.4 kg) mineral surfaced, nonperforated cap sheet complying with ASTM 3909 install over the combustible decking.
R902.2.1 Roof Valleys. Where provided, valley flashings shall be not less than 0.019 inch (0.44 mm) (no. 26 galvanized sheet gage) corrosion resistant metal installed over a minimum thirty six inch (36") wide (914 mm) underlayment consisting of one layer of seventy two (72) pound (32.4 kg) mineral surfaced, nonperforated cap sheet complying with ASTM D 3909 running the full length of the valley.
R902.2.2 Unenclosed Underfloor Protection. Buildings or structures shall have all underfloor areas enclosed to the ground with exterior walls.
Exception: Complete enclosure may be omitted where the underside of all exposed floors and all exposed structural columns, beams and supporting walls are protected as required for exterior one hour fire resistance rated construction or heavy timber construction.
R902.2.3 Gutters And Downspouts. Gutters and downspouts shall be constructed of noncombustible material. Gutters shall be provided with an approved means to prevent the accumulation of leaves and debris in the gutter.
12. Section R905 Requirements for Roof Coverings
a. Section R905.7 Wood Shingles. is repealed in its entirety.
b. Section R905.8 Wood Shakes. is repealed in its entirety.
C. International Energy Conservation Code
1. IECC Residential Energy Efficiency.
a. Section 405 Simulated Performance Alternative (Performance). This section shall be met using residential energy services network's (RESNET) home energy rating system (HERS) by developing a simulated model of the proposed design and comparing it to the 2012 IECC standard reference design using a REM/RateTM energy analysis.
2. IECC Commercial Energy Efficiency.
a. Section C407 Total Building Performance. Buildings less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet shall comply with section C407 using a COMcheck energy analysis. Buildings twenty thousand (20,000) square feet or more shall comply with section C407.4 using building department approved energy modeling software, including, but not limited to, the most recent published version of the following: eQuest, Trace, Carrier HAP, or EnergyPlus. (Ord 1270 § 3, 2020; Ord. 1176, 2015; Ord. 1170, 2015; Ord. 1164, 2014; Ord. 1147, 2014; Ord. 1125, 2013; Ord. 1119, 2013; Ord. 1105, 2012; Ord. 1074 §§ 3, 4, 5, 2010; Ord. 1008 § 1, 2008; Ord. 997 § 1, 2007; Ord. 964 § 1, 2006; Ord. 893 § 2, 2004; Ord. 830 § 1, 2002)