HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-03-10 99-122 ORDINANCECouncil Action
Date March 3d'....L999 Item No, 99-122
ItemlBYbject Amending the Building Code -Chapter 81 § 81-1, to adopt the 1999 Edition of
the BOCA National Building Code
Responsible Department Community and Economic Development— Code Enforcement DWision
Commentary:
The BOCA National Building Code, now in its 491" year, provides minimum standards to insure
the public safety, health and welfare insofar as Noy are affected by building construction and to secure
safely to life and property from all hazards incident to the occupancy of buildings, structures or
premises. The code states regulations in terms of measured performance rather than in rigid
specification of materials whenever possible aml. in this way, makes possible the acceptance of new
materials and methods of construction which can be evaluated by national standards, without the
necessity of adopting cumbersome amendments for each variable condition
By presenting the purposes to be accomplished rather than the method to be followed, the
BOCA National Building Code allows the code user the widest possible freedom and does not hamper
development. The code adepts nationally recognized standards as the criteria for evaluation of
minimum safe practice, or for determining the performance or materials or systems of construction.
The application of these standards is stated in the not of the code requirements, and the standards are
listed and identified in Chapter 35, making h practical and convenient to update any standard as it is
revised or reissued by the sponsoring agency.
This fourteenth edition presents the code as originally issued, with changes approved through
1998, and with certain editorial changes made to maintain the sequence of tha code and to update the
references to standards.
This code, as are the other codes published by Building Officials and Code Administrators
International, is kept up to date through the review of charges proposed by code enforcement Officials,
industry and design professionals, and what interested persons and organizations. Proposed changes
are discussed In a Wblic hearing, carefully reviewed by committees, and acted upon by code
enforcement officials in an open meeting of the organization. A new edition such as this is then
prepared every three years, and contains all approved changes since the previous edition.
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CITY OF BANGOR
(TITLE,) (Orlb[it Anne"''n9do BuildingCode-Chapter 8l,§81-1, m adopt the 1999
Edition of the BOCA National Building Code.
Be it ordafaed 6Y the CUM C fleg Of GiN ofBooyor," YZAMe: TIIAT the Building Code,
Chapter 81, § 81-1 be ameMed as follows:
§ 81-1 In accordance with 30-A MRSA. It 3003, as the same may be amended 6om time in time,
the BOCA National Building 6e9e'1996 Com9 , Thi6eend Fouttecnth Edition,
published by the Building Officials and Cade Administrators International, Inc., is hereby
adopted and incorporated by reference herein as the minimum starMmds for the construction,
alienation, addition, repair removal, demolition, use location occupancy and maintenance of
all buildings and striations and thein service equipment, both existing and proposed, located
within the City of Bangor.
STATEMENTOFFACTS: New text is underlined and deleted text is senekon.
IN CITY COONCIL
North 10, 1999
First Reading
Referredto
1/Cdam® 1Committee
IN an COONCIL
March 22, 1999
Notion for Passage Mede and
Seconded
Passed
Vote: ]yea, 2 absent
C Cilora vaHag yes: Aabe.
Naldacci, Blonchetre. Parolee,
Palmer, Tyler 8 Vardaeis
Councilors absent: Crowley a Robman
99-122
ONOINANCE
TITLE.)dmendiae the BuildiaN Code -
Chapter 01. 9 81-1, to adept the 1999
Edition of the BOLA Natloael Buildin6 Code