Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 780 CMR - STATE BOARD OF BUILDING REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS › Ordinance

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
The
International Codes
are designed and
			 promulgated to be adopted by reference by ordinance. Jurisdictions wishing to
			 adopt the 2009
International Building Code
as an enforceable
			 regulation governing structures and premises should ensure that certain factual
			 information is included in the adopting ordinance at the time adoption is being
			 considered by the appropriate governmental body. The following sample adoption
			 ordinance addresses several key elements of a code adoption ordinance,
			 including the information required for insertion into the code text.
SAMPLE ORDINANCE FOR ADOPTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING
			 CODE ORDINANCE NO.________
An ordinance of the
[JURISDICTION]
adopting the 2009
			 edition of the
International Building Code
, regulating and
			 governing the conditions and maintenance of all property, buildings and
			 structures; by providing the standards for supplied utilities and facilities
			 and other physical things and conditions essential to ensure that structures
			 are safe, sanitary and fit for occupation and use; and the condemnation of
			 buildings and structures unfit for human occupancy and use and the demolition
			 of such structures in the
[JURISDICTION]
; providing for the
			 issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor; repealing Ordinance No.
			 ______ of the
[JURISDICTION]
and all other ordinances and parts of
			 the ordinances in conflict therewith.
The
[GOVERNING BODY]
of the
[JURISDICTION]
does ordain as follows:
Section 1. That a certain document, three (3)
		  copies of which are on file in the office of the
[TITLE OF JURISDICTION'S
		  KEEPER OF RECORDS]
of
[NAME OF JURISDICTION]
, being marked
		  and designated as the
International Building Code
, 2009
		  edition, including Appendix Chapters
[FILL IN THE APPENDIX CHAPTERS BEING
		  ADOPTED]
(see
International Building Code
Section
		  101.2.1, 2009 edition), as published by the International Code Council, be and
		  is hereby adopted as the Building Code of the
[JURISDICTION]
, in
		  the State of
[STATE NAME]
for regulating and governing the
		  conditions and maintenance of all property, buildings and structures; by
		  providing the standards for supplied utilities and facilities and other
		  physical things and conditions essential to ensure that structures are safe,
		  sanitary and fit for occupation and use; and the condemnation of buildings and
		  structures unfit for human occupancy and use and the demolition of such
		  structures as herein provided; providing for the issuance of permits and
		  collection of fees therefor; and each and all of the regulations, provisions,
		  penalties, conditions and terms of said Building Code on file in the office of
		  the
[JURISDICTION]
are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a
		  part hereof, as if fully set out in this ordinance, with the additions,
		  insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in Section 2 of this
		  ordinance.
Section 2. The following
		  sections are hereby revised:
Section 101.1.
		  Insert:
[NAME OF JURISDICTION]
Section 1612.3. Insert:
[NAME OF
		  JURISDICTION]
Section
		  1612.3. Insert:
[DATE OF ISSUANCE]
Section 3412.2. Insert:
[DATE IN ONE
		  LOCATION]