Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 748 - Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission › Chapter 20 - Adopted Codes › Subchapter 4 - IFC[®] 2015 › Section 748:20-4-6 - IFC[®] 2018 Chapter 1 Scope and Administration

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Chapter 1 of the Oklahoma adopted IFC® 2018 includes the
				  following Preamble at the very beginning of the chapter:
(1) Pursuant to 59 O.S. § 1000.23, the
				OUBCC has adopted the IFC® 2018 as amended and revised by the Commission,
				as the statewide minimum code to be used by all entities for residential and
				commercial fire prevention and fire protection systems in jurisdictions
				throughout the State of Oklahoma. However, the OUBCC's adoption of Chapter 1
				"Scope and Administration" of the IFC® 2018 is for continuity purposes and
				the OUBCC's adoption of Chapter 1 recognizes the methods of best practice in
				fully implementing the statewide minimum code for residential and commercial
				fire prevention and fire protection systems.
(2) All provisions of the adopted IFC®
				2018, including Chapter 1, as amended and revised by the OUBCC, are hereby
				established and adopted as the statewide minimum code for residential and
				commercial fire prevention and fire protection systems within Oklahoma pursuant
				to 59 O.S. § 1000.23, which may only be amended or altered pursuant to
				Oklahoma law and the administrative rules of the OUBCC as set forth in Title
				748, Chapter 15 of the Oklahoma Administrative Code. However, the provisions of
				Chapter 1 adopted herein are only intended to be in force and effect to the
				extent that the respective provisions do not conflict with State law or the
				lawful exercise of code administration and enforcement jurisdiction by entities
				empowered to do so pursuant to applicable law.
(3) Section 105.1.1 Annual permit. This
				section has been modified to clarify an annual permit is a yearly permit that
				represents a group of individual permits for each alteration to an already
				approved electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing installation. This section has
				been modified to read: 105.1.1 Annual permit. An annual permit is a yearly
				permit which represents a group of individual permits for each alteration to an
				already approved electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing installation. The
				building official is authorized to issue an annual permit upon application
				therefor to any person, firm or corporation regularly employing one or more
				qualified tradespersons in the building, structure or on the premises owned or
				operated by the applicant for the permit.
(4) Section 105.1.2 Annual permit records.
				This section has been modified to require the building official to collect the
				OUBCC permit fee for each individual permit that is part of the annual permit
				at the completion of the annual permit term. This section has been modified to
				read: 105.1.2 Annual permit records. The person to whom an annual permit is
				issued shall keep a detailed record of alterations made under such annual
				permit. The building official shall have access to such detailed records of
				alterations at all times. At the completion of the entity's annual permit term,
				the applicant shall file such detailed records of alterations with the building
				official. Pursuant to the authority of 59 O.S. § 1000.25, the building
				official shall collect fees for each individual permit which is part of the
				annual permit once the detailed records are submitted and remit such fees to
				the OUBCC.
(5) Section 105.6.51
				Energy storage systems. This section has been added to require an operational
				permit for stationary and mobile energy storage systems regulated by Section
				1206. This section has been added to read: 105.6.51 Energy storage systems. An
				operational permit is required for stationary and mobile energy storage systems
				regulated by Section 1206.
(6)
				Section 105.7.2 Energy storage systems. This section has been modified to
				change the heading from "Battery systems" to "Energy storage systems" and
				require a construction permit to install energy storage systems regulated by
				Section 1206. This section has been modified to read: 105.7.2 Energy storage
				systems. A construction permit is required to install energy storage systems
				regulated by Section 1206.
(7)
				Section 105.7.3 Capacitor energy storage systems. This section has been
				stricken from the code.
(8) The
				OUBCC's adoption of Chapter 1 in this manner is made with the recognition that
				the legal authority granting state and local code administration and
				enforcement jurisdictions the power and discretion to administer and enforce
				codes arises from Oklahoma laws governing those jurisdictions. Furthermore, the
				OUBCC also recognizes that many state and local code administration and
				enforcement jurisdictions have already created, or have the lawful authority to
				create, departments, offices and administrative policies pursuant to various
				applicable laws and other adopted model codes with "Scope and Administration"
				provisions similar to Chapter 1 of the adopted IFC® 2018.
(9) This limited adoption of Chapter 1 is
				made in recognition of the authority and discretion possessed by jurisdictions
				to administer and enforce building codes. Exercising such authority and
				jurisdiction in a manner inconsistent with Chapter 1 must be supported by
				Oklahoma law. Code administration and enforcement jurisdictions shall not use
				the OUBCC's limited adoption of Chapter 1 to circumvent the remainder of the
				requirements established by the Oklahoma adopted IFC® 2018 and the OUBCC
				will strongly oppose any such practice.