The International Residential Code, 2015 edition, including appendix chapters M, N, O, and P, as published by the International Code Council, is hereby adopted as if fully set out in this section, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes prescribed in Section 3.202, as the residential code of the city for regulating and governing the construction, alteration, movement, enlargement, replacement, repair, equipment location, removal and demolition of detached single- and two-family dwellings and multiple single-family dwellings (townhouses) not more than three stories in height with separate means of egress as herein provided; providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said residential code on file in the office of the city secretary.
(Ordinance 03132017, sec. 1, adopted 3/13/17)
The following sections of the code adopted in Section 3.201 are hereby amended as follows:
Section R101.1. Insert: City of Prairie View.
Section R103.1. Is deleted in its entirety.
Section R104.8. Is deleted in its entirety.
Section R112.3. Is deleted in its entirety.
Table R301.2(1). Insert the following as a single chart:
Ground Snow Load
Wind Speed
(mph)
Seismic Design Category
Subject to Damage From
Winter Design Temp
Ice Shield Underlay Required
Weathering
Frost Line Depth
Termite
Decay
0
120 b or c
A
Negligible
6"
Very heavy
Slight to moderate
32
No
Flood Hazards
Air Freezing Index
Mean Annual Temp
Ord. No. 660 11-30-87 2-16-83 Firm and FBFM
 
9
 
69.9
Section P2603.5.1. Insert: six inches (6").
Section P2603.5.1. Insert: eighteen inches (18").
Chapter 11 is amended to refer to the requirements of the International Energy Conservation Code adopted in Section 3.301 and amended in Section 3.302.
Section 112, board of appeals, is hereby deleted in its entirety, including all subsections, and replaced with the following:
Appeals shall be in accordance with the procedure in the building code adopted in Article 3.100.
(Ordinance 03132017, sec. 1, adopted 3/13/17)