Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 748 - Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission › Chapter 20 - Adopted Codes › Subchapter 14 - IMC[®] 2018 › Section 748:20-14-6 - IMC[®] 2018 Chapter 1 Scope and Administration

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Chapter 1 of the Oklahoma adopted IMC® 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 IMC® 2018 as amended and revised by the OUBCC, as the
				statewide minimum code to be used by all entities for commercial mechanical
				construction in jurisdictions throughout the State of Oklahoma. However, the
				OUBCC's adoption of Chapter 1 "Scope and Administration" of the IMC® 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 mechanical construction.
(2) All provisions of the adopted IMC®
				2018, including Chapter 1, as amended and revised by the OUBCC, are hereby
				established and adopted as the statewide minimum code for commercial mechanical
				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 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'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
				IMC® 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 IMC® 2018
				and the OUBCC will strongly oppose any such practice.