§ 6-16. Adopted.

Effective January 1, 2007, there is hereby adopted for the purpose of regulating the erection, construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, moving, removal, conversion, demolition, occupancy, equipment, use, height, area and maintenance of buildings or structures in the city that code known as the International Building Code except as provided by law consistent R.S. 40:1730.21 et seq., the following codes are hereby adopted as the regulations governing the construction of buildings and other structures in the city. Unless specified, all standards contained in a referenced code are adopted and included for purposes of this chapter. Unless referenced by name or letter designation, no appendix or appendices to a code is adopted.

(a)

The International Building Code, 2006 Edition, as published by the International Code Council, not including Chapter 1—Administration, Chapter 11—Accessibility, Chapter 27—Electrical, and Chapter 29—Plumbing Systems, including any standards referenced therein, but not including any appendices thereto and;

(b)

The International Existing Building Code, 2006 Edition, as published by the International Code Council, including any standards referenced therein, but not including any appendices thereto and not including Chapter 1—Administration;

(c)

International Residential Code, 2006 Edition, as published by the International Code Council, including Appendix J, Existing Buildings and Structures, but not including Parts I—Administrative, V—Mechanical, VII—Plumbing, and VIII—Electrical. IRC R301.2.1.1 (Design Criteria) therein shall be amended as follows and shall only apply to the International Residential Code, 2006 Edition:

1.

Item 6 of Guide to Concrete Masonry Residential Construction in High Winds Areas , as published by the American Concrete Institute, shall be added;

2.

Item 7, Optional Code-plus Fortified for Safer Living , as published by Institute for Business and Home Safety, shall be added; and

3.

Item 8, Optional Code-plus Blueprint for Safety , as published by Federal Alliance for Safe Homes, shall be added.

(d)

International Mechanical Code, 2006 Edition, as published by the International Code Council;

(e)

Louisiana State Plumbing Code (part XIV (Plumbing) of the State Sanitary Code);

(f)

International Fuel Gas Code, 2006 Edition, as published by the International Code Council; and

(g)

National Electrical Code, 2005 Edition, as published by the National Fire Protection Association.

(Ord. of 3-9-76, § 1; Ord. No. 02/13/07#(3)).

State law reference

Power of city to adopt technical code by reference, R.S. 33:1368 et seq.