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2012 International Building Code - Brown Technical

2012 International Building code First Printing: May 2011 ISBN:978-1-60983-040-3 (soft-cover edition)ISBN: 978-1-60983-039-7 (loose-leaf edition)COPYRIGHT 2011 by International code COUNCIL, RIGHTS RESERVED. This 2012 International Building code is a copyrighted work owned by the International CodeCouncil, Inc. Without advance written permission from the copyright owner, no part of this book may be reproduced, distributedor transmitted in any form or by any means, including, without limitation, electronic, optical or mechanical means (by way ofexample, and not limitation, photocopying, or recording by or in an information storage retrieval system).

2012 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE ® iii PREFACE Introduction Internationally, code officials recognize the need for a modern, up-to-date building code addressing

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1 2012 International Building code First Printing: May 2011 ISBN:978-1-60983-040-3 (soft-cover edition)ISBN: 978-1-60983-039-7 (loose-leaf edition)COPYRIGHT 2011 by International code COUNCIL, RIGHTS RESERVED. This 2012 International Building code is a copyrighted work owned by the International CodeCouncil, Inc. Without advance written permission from the copyright owner, no part of this book may be reproduced, distributedor transmitted in any form or by any means, including, without limitation, electronic, optical or mechanical means (by way ofexample, and not limitation, photocopying, or recording by or in an information storage retrieval system).

2 For information onpermission to copy material exceeding fair use, please contact: Publications, 4051 West Flossmoor Road, Country Club Hills, IL60478-5795. Phone 1-888-ICC-SAFE (422-7233).Trademarks: International code Council, the International code Council logo and the International Building code are trademarks of the International code Council, Inc. PRINTED IN THE International Building code iiiPREFACEI ntroductionInternationally, code officials recognize the need for a modern, up-to-date Building code addressingthe design and installation of Building systems through requirements emphasizing International Building code , in this 2012 edition, is designed to meet these needs throughmodel code regulations that safeguard the public health and safety in all communities.

3 Large comprehensive Building code establishes minimum regulations for Building systems usingprescriptive and performance-related provisions. It is founded on broad-based principles that makepossible the use of new materials and new Building designs. This 2012 edition is fully compatiblewith all of the International Codes (I-Codes ) published by the International code Council (ICC) ,including the International Energy Conservation code , International Existing Building code , Inter-national Fire code , International Fuel Gas code , International Green Construction code (to beavailable March 2012 )

4 , International Mechanical code , ICC Performance code , InternationalPlumbing code , International Private Sewage Disposal code , International Property MaintenanceCode , International Residential code , International Swimming Pool and Spa code (to be avail-able March 2012 ), International Wildland-Urban Interface code and International Zoning code .The International Building code provisions provide many benefits, among which is the modelcode development process that offers an International forum for Building professionals to discussperformance and prescriptive code requirements.

5 This forum provides an excellent arena to debateproposed revisions. This model code also encourages International consistency in the application first edition of the International Building code (2000) was the culmination of an effort initiatedin 1997 by the ICC. This included five drafting subcommittees appointed by ICC and consisting ofrepresentatives of the three statutory members of the International code Council at that time,including: Building Officials and code Administrators International , Inc. (BOCA), International Con-ference of Building Officials (ICBO) and Southern Building code Congress International (SBCCI).

6 Theintent was to draft a comprehensive set of regulations for Building systems consistent with andinclusive of the scope of the existing model codes. Technical content of the latest model codes pro-mulgated by BOCA, ICBO and SBCCI was utilized as the basis for the development, followed by pub-lic hearings in 1997, 1998 and 1999 to consider proposed changes. This 2012 edition presents thecode as originally issued, with changes reflected in the 2003, 2006 and 2009 editions and furtherchanges approved by the ICC code Development Process through 2010. A new edition such as this ispromulgated every 3 code is founded on principles intended to establish provisions consistent with the scope of abuilding code that adequately protects public health, safety and welfare; provisions that do notunnecessarily increase construction costs; provisions that do not restrict the use of new materials,products or methods of construction; and provisions that do not give preferential treatment to par-ticular types or classes of materials, products or methods of International Building code is available for adoption and use by jurisdictions internationally.

7 Itsuse within a governmental jurisdiction is intended to be accomplished through adoption by refer-ence in accordance with proceedings establishing the jurisdiction s laws. At the time of adoption,jurisdictions should insert the appropriate information in provisions requiring specific local informa-tion, such as the name of the adopting jurisdiction. These locations are shown in bracketed words insmall capital letters in the code and in the sample legislation. The sample adoption ordinance onpage xix addresses several key elements of a code adoption ordinance, including the informationrequired for insertion into the code International Building code MaintenanceThe International Building code is kept up to date through the review of proposed changes submit-ted by code enforcing officials, industry representatives, design professionals and other interestedparties.

8 Proposed changes are carefully considered through an open code development process inwhich all interested and affected parties may contents of this work are subject to change both through the code Development Cycles andthe governmental body that enacts the code into law. For more information regarding the codedevelopment process, contact the Codes and Standards Development Department of the Interna-tional code the development procedure of the International Building code assures the highest degreeof care, ICC, its members and those participating in the development of this code do not accept anyliability resulting from compliance or noncompliance with the provisions because ICC does not havethe power or authority to police or enforce compliance with the contents of this code .

9 Only the gov-ernmental body that enacts the code into law has such Development Committee Responsibilities(Letter Designations in Front of Section Numbers)In each code development cycle, proposed changes to the code are considered at the code Devel-opment Hearings by the applicable International Building code Development Committee (IBC-FireSafety, General, Means of Egress or Structural). Proposed changes to a code section that has a num-ber beginning with a letter in brackets are considered by a different code development example, proposed changes to code sections that have [F] in front of them ( , [F] )are considered by the International Fire code Development Committee during the portion of thecode development hearings when the International Fire code Development Committee content of sections in this code that begin with a letter designation is maintained by anothercode development committee in accordance with the following.

10 [A] = Administrative code Development Committee;[E] = International Energy Conservation code Development Committee;[EB] = International Existing Building code Development Committee;[F]= International Fire code Development Committee;[FG] = International Fuel Gas code Development Committee;[M] = International Mechanical code Development Committee; and[P] = International Plumbing code Development International Building code vNote that, for the development of the 2015 edition of the I-Codes, there will be two groups ofcode development committees and they will meet in separate years. The groupings are as follows: code change proposals submitted for code sections that have a letter designation in front ofthem will be heard by the respective committee responsible for such code sections.


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