The following amendments shall be applicable to the adopted building codes:
A. International building code:
1. Definition of agricultural buildings: A structure designed and constructed to house farm implements, hay, grain, poultry, livestock or other horticultural products. This place shall not be a place of human habitation or a place of employment, nor shall it be used by the public.
B. International residential code:
1. The most current version of the Idaho manufactured home installation code.
C. International fire code:
1. Pursuant to Idaho Code § 41-253(2), a detached single family dwelling, to be constructed upon lands of five (5) acres or more outside an incorporated city and not within a designated area of city impact, is exempt from the water supply and access requirements of the international fire code.
2. In rural areas and small communities of Twin Falls County (including areas of city impact), the local fire chief or the designee of the fire chief is authorized to reduce the fire-flow requirements of the international fire code for isolated buildings or a group of buildings where the development of full fire-flow requirements is impractical. Such reduction in the fire-flow requirements may include one or more of the following alternatives:
a. Dividing a building using a two-hour fire barrier(s) to decrease the area(s) to less than the total cubic footage outlined in the National Fire Protection Association’s NFPA 1142.
b. Installing a fire sprinkler system as outlined in NFPA 13, 13-D, or 13-R.
c. Installing a full-coverage, monitored fire detection system. (Ord. 240, 2-6-2015; Ord. 277, 11-28-2022)