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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006-10-11 06-342 ORDINANCEDem No. o 342 Dace: 10-11-06 Item/Subject ordinance- Rmendingthe Codeofthe Cltyof Bangorbv Mtj ng Chayldr8Z Building Code-Residendal.and Replaces RMIn New Chapter 8I, Building Code- Residential. Responsible Department: Code Enforcement The 2006 International Residential Cade Is a companion code to the International Building Cade. Fully compatible and coordinated with the IBC, it limits it stupe Mone and tvm family dwellings anti is written in specification format rather than the prescriptive format used "a IBC. This approach Is taken In recogntlon that the overwhelming majority of one and two family homes are designed and constructed without the services of either an architect or an engineer. This ode replaced the CABO One and Twd Family Code Mich the City formerly adopted by reference In the BOCA Building Code. This will be the third edition of the IRC adopted by the dry since the merger to the Intematio nal Codes. Department Head This has been reviewed and is recommended by the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. p, ' ` li/ 0 DO �,� City Manager France DlreQpr Legal Approval: City Solicitor Introduced for Passage _2L First Reading page_of_ Referral 06 342 Assigned to councilor Crat k October 11. 2006 CITY OF BANGOR (TITLE.) Ordinance, Arresting the Code of the City of Bangor by Deleting Chapter 82, Building Code- Residential, and Replacing It with New Chapter B2, Building Code- Residential. Be itordavinedbYBre Otyofaangim, as Widus: Section 1 The Code of the CM of Bangor is hereby amended by deleting and repealing Chapter 82, Building Code - Residential. Section 2 The Cade of the City of Bangor is hereby amended by adding thereto a new Chapter, to replace Chapter 82 hereinabove repealed, to be Chapter 82, Building Code - Residential, as follows: §82-1. Adoption of Code In accordance with 30-A M.R.S.A. § 3003, as the same may be amended from time to time, the International Residential Code for One- and Two -Family Dwellings 2006, published by the International Code Coundl, Inc., is hereby adopted and incorporated by reference to regulate and control the design, cunsbuction, quality of materials, erection, installation, alteration, repair, location, relocation, replacement addition m, use, or maintenance of one. and two- family dwellings and townhouses located in the City of Bangor. § 82-2, Amendments, Said Building Code Is adopted in its published form as N fully set forth herein, except as follows: A. Section R101.1 is deleted and replaced with the following: R101.1 Title: These regulations shall be known as the " Residential Building Code of the City of Bangor," hereinafter referred to as "this code." B. Section R103.1 and R103.2 are deleted and replaced with dne fallowing: R103.1 Code official: Further references in this code to the "rode othciaf shall be interpreted to mean the Chief Code Enforcement Officer of the City of Bangor. 06 342 C. Section R105.1 and R105.2 are deleted and replaced with the following: R305.1 By whom appllca0on I5 made: Application for a permit shall be me& by the owner or lessee of the building or structure, or ageR, or either, or by the licensed engineer or architect employed in connection with the proposed work. The full name and address of the owner or lessee, the applicant, and of the responsible officers, if the owner or lessee is a corporate body, shall be stated in the application. D. Section R308.2 is deleted and replaced with the following: R108.2 Fee schedule: Fees shall be paid te the City of Bangor in accordance with the sdi Jule set forth in Chapter 10g, Fees, Article I, Code Enforcement Permits, of the Cade of the City of Bangor. E. Section R113.4 is deleted and replaced with the folbwing: R313.4 Violation penalties: penalties for violations of this code shall be imposed in accordance with 30-A MRSA. 44452, as the same may be amended from time to time. Each day a violation shall be permitted ro edA after modification by the Chief Code Enforcement Officer shall constitute a separate offense. F. Section R114.2 is deleted and replaced with the following: R114.3 Unlawful continuance: Any person who shall continue any work In or about the structure after having been served with a stop -work order, except such work as he or she is directed to perform te remove a violation or unsahe conditions, shall be guilty of a violation of this code. G. The following sec ions are deleted in their entirety: 112.1 and 112.3. H. Section 112.2 is deleted and replaced with the follafnng: 112.2 Application for appeal: The owner of a building Or structure or any other person may appeal to the Board of Appeals, as established by Chapter 23, Article I of the Code of the City of Bangor, from a decision of the code official refusing to grant a modifica0on to the provisions of this code covering the manner A construction or materials to be used in the erection, alteration, or repair of a building or structure. Such appeal shall be commenced by following the procedures set forth by Chapter 23, Article I of the Cade of the City of Bangor. IN MW CODRCIL Octoberll. 2006 Plidb. eadiog "• IT C w IIS CITYfMDgcxc �• Octobee 23; 2006 Mallon N e and Seconded for Passage vote: 8-0 _ Co ilors votog yeai AIIen Casheell. D'grrleo. Parrington, GratulcR, Greene. Palcer 6 Stwe Councilor voting n : Rove Councilors Absent: no: Paused CLeRH A 06-362 ORDIRAMCE (1T1'LEJ Asevdfne the Code of [he Ci[v of Daogor by Deletiv Chapter 81, Building Code gasidentf aM Reolaciue it rlth New Chapter 82, Bulldlug Code