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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003-06-23 03-221 ORDINANCEItem No. 03-221 Date: 06-23-03 Item/Subject: Ordinance - Amending the Code of the City of Bangor by Deleting Chapter 82, Building Code- Residential, and Replacing It with New Chapter 82, Building Code- Residential. Responsible Department Code Enforcement Commentary: The 2003 Interna0onal Residential Otle is a monsoon mesa to the International Building Code. FOO mnpatible am coordinated with the IBC, R limes a scene to one antl two (amity dwellings and Is Milan in specifcadon format rather than the prescrlpthre format used by me IBC. This approach Is taken in recripNon that the overwhelming majority of ohe and two family homes are desigrced am constructed without the services of either an architect or an engineer. This mtle replaces the CAB) One am Two Family Cotle whkh the Ory formerly selected by reference In the BOLA Buik irg Code. This will be the second edition of the IRC adopted by the Cay since the merger to the International Codes. James D. Ring Department Head Mdndgei r:tel:fa: Ff Ory Manager Associated Information: Order Legal Approval Finance Director City Solicitor Inthaducedfor Passage Pint Reading Page_ of ReferralRe d i` 4., e„1guaa to comossor y,rrl,Bco, awe 23, 2003 CITY OF BANGOR (TITLE.) Ordinance, Amending the Code of the CRy of Bangor by Deleting Chapter 82, Building Code- Residential, and Replacing It with Rew Chapter 82, Building Corte- Residential. Be it ofdmi dbYthe City of Bangor, astaAam. Section 1 The Cade of the City 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2 The Cade of the City of Bangor Is hereby amended by adding thereto a new Chapter, to replace Chapter 82 hereinabove repealed, to be Chapter 82, Building Corte- Residential, as follows: §82-1.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 2003, published by the International Code Council, Inc., is hereby adopted and incorporated by resonance to regulate and central the design, construction, quality of materials, erection, installation, alteration, repair, location, relocation, replacement, addition to, use or maintenance of are, 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 if fully set forth herein, except as follows: A. Section 8101.1 is deleted and replaced with the following: R101.1 Title; These regulations shall be known as the " Residentlal Building Code of the City of Bani bereinaRer referred to as "this cede." B. Section R103.1 and R103.2 are deleted and replaced with the following: R103.1 Code official: Further references in this code to the "code official" shall be interpreted to mean the Chief Code Enforcement Officer of the City of Bangor. C. Section R105.1 and R105.2 are deleted and replaced with the fallowing: 03-221 R105.1 By whom application is made: Application for a permit shall be made by the owner or lessee of the building or structure, or agent or either, or by the licensed engineer or architect employed in connection with the proposed work. The full more 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 R106.2 is deleted and replaced with the following: R108.2 Fee schedule: Fees shall be paid W the City of Bangor in accordance with the schedule set forth in Chapter 109, Fees, Article 1, Code Enforcement Permits, of the Code of the City of Bangor. E. Section R113.4 Is deleted and replaced with the following: R113.4 Violation penalties: Penalties for violations of this code shall be imposed In accordance with 3PA M.R.S.A. § 4452, as the same may be amended from time to time. Each day a violation shall be permitted to exist after notification by the Chief Code Enforcement Officer shall constitute a separate offense. F. Section 8114.3 is deleted and replaced with the following: R114.3 Unlawful continuance: Any person who shall continue any work in or about the structure after hating been served with a stop -work order, except such work as he or she is directed fo perform to remove a violation or unsafe conditions, shall be guilty of a violation of this code. G. The following sections are deleted in their entirely: 112.1 and 112.3. H. Section 112.2 is deleted and replaced with the following: 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 1 of the Code of the City of Bangor, from a decision of the code official refusing to grant a modification fo the provisions of this code covering the manner of 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 n, Article I of the Code of the City of Bangor. lli CITY WIMIL June 23. 2003 Flnt Readtv8 Referred to Infr stnectuce Co®lttee /1 _ IS CITY CORRCIL July 16. 2003 section Made send Seconded for Passage Vote: 8 yea. 1 sunset Councilor voting yea: Allen. Caoaley. Fatnbem. Farrie6tw. G[eme. paLcr. Raiment d Tremble Councilor absent: Greene passed ( C[1Y CLERK # 03-221 (TITLE.) nmsedfae the Cede of the City of haogo[ P owex, Code - Residential, and Replacing It with al Assigned to Councilor VV v