Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 748 - Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission › Chapter 20 - Adopted Codes › Subchapter 16 - IPC[®] 2018 › Section 748:20-16-6 - IPC[®] 2018 Chapter 1 Scope and Administration

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Chapter 1 of the Oklahoma adopted IPC® 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 IPC® 2018 as amended and revised by the OUBCC, as the
				statewide minimum code to be used by all entities for commercial plumbing
				construction in jurisdictions throughout the State of Oklahoma. However, the
				OUBCC's adoption of Chapter 1 "Scope and Administration" of the IPC® 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
				commercial plumbing construction.
(2) All provisions of the adopted IPC®
				2018, including Chapter 1, as amended and revised by the OUBCC, are hereby
				established and adopted as the statewide minimum code for commercial plumbing
				construction in 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 106.1.1 Annual
				permit. This section has been modified to clarify 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. This
				section shall read: 106.1.1. 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 106.1.2 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: 106.1.2 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) The OUBCC 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 IPC® 2018.
(6) 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 IPC® 2018 and the OUBCC
				will strongly oppose any such practice.