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CHAPTER 1
SCOPE AND ADMINISTRATION

User note:
About this chapter: Chapter 1 establishes the limits of applicability of the code and describes how the code is to be applied and enforced.
Chapter 1 is in two parts: Part 1—Scope and Administration (Sections 101–102) and Part 2—Administration and Enforcement (Sections 103–
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117). Section 101 identifies which buildings and structures come under its purview and references other I-Codes as applicable.
This code is intended to be adopted as a legally enforceable document, and it cannot be effective without adequate provisions for its adminis-
tration and enforcement. The provisions of Chapter 1 establish the authority and duties of the code official appointed by the authority having
jurisdiction and also establish the rights and privileges of the registered design professional, contractor and property owner.

PART 1—SCOPE AND APPLICATION nance Code, or as is deemed necessary by the code official
for the general safety and welfare of the occupants and the
public.
SECTION 101 [A] 101.5 Safeguards during construction. Construction
GENERAL work covered in this code, including any related demolition,
[A] 101.1 Title. These regulations shall be known as the shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 15.
Existing Building Code of [NAME OF JURISDICTION], herein- [A] 101.6 Appendices. The code official is authorized to
after referred to as “this code.” require retrofit of buildings, structures or individual structural
[A] 101.2 Scope. The provisions of the this code shall apply members in accordance with the appendices of this code if
to the repair, alteration, change of occupancy, addition to such appendices have been individually adopted.
and relocation of existing buildings. [A] 101.7 Correction of violations of other codes. Repairs
Exception: Detached one- and two-family dwellings and or alterations mandated by any property, housing, or fire
multiple single-family dwellings (townhouses) not more safety maintenance code or mandated by any licensing rule or
than three stories above grade plane in height with a sepa- ordinance adopted pursuant to law shall conform only to the
rate means of egress, and their accessory structures not requirements of that code, rule, or ordinance and shall not be
more than three stories above grade plane in height, shall required to conform to this code unless the code requiring
comply with this code or the International Residential such repair or alteration so provides.
Code.
[A] 101.3 Intent. The intent of this code is to provide flexi- SECTION 102
bility to permit the use of alternative approaches to achieve APPLICABILITY
compliance with minimum requirements to safeguard the
public health, safety and welfare insofar as they are affected [A] 102.1 General. Where there is a conflict between a gen-
by the repair, alteration, change of occupancy, addition and eral requirement and a specific requirement, the specific
relocation of existing buildings. requirement shall be applicable. Where in any specific case
different sections of this code specify different materials,
[A] 101.4 Applicability. This code shall apply to the repair, methods of construction or other requirements, the most
alteration, change of occupancy, addition and relocation of restrictive shall govern.
existing buildings, regardless of occupancy, subject to the cri-
teria of Sections 101.4.1 and 101.4.2. [A] 102.2 Other laws. The provisions of this code shall not
be deemed to nullify any provisions of local, state, or federal
[A] 101.4.1 Buildings not previously occupied. A build- law.
ing or portion of a building that has not been previously
occupied or used for its intended purpose, in accordance [A] 102.3 Application of references. References to chapter
with the laws in existence at the time of its completion, or section numbers or to provisions not specifically identified
shall be permitted to comply with the provisions of the by number shall be construed to refer to such chapter, section,
laws in existence at the time of its original permit unless or provision of this code.
such permit has expired. Subsequent permits shall comply [A] 102.4 Referenced codes and standards. The codes and
with the International Building Code or International Res- standards referenced in this code shall be considered part of
idential Code, as applicable, for new construction. the requirements of this code to the prescribed extent of each
such reference and as further regulated in Sections 102.4.1
[A] 101.4.2 Buildings previously occupied. The legal
and 102.4.2.
occupancy of any building existing on the date of adoption
of this code shall be permitted to continue without change, Exception: Where enforcement of a code provision would
except as is specifically covered in this code, the Interna- violate the conditions of the listing of the equipment or
tional Fire Code, or the International Property Mainte- appliance, the conditions of the listing shall govern.

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