ARTICLE II.
BUILDING CODE1
Sec. 5-16 Adopted.
The documents listed in subsections (a), (b), and (c), three (3) copies of which are on file and are open for inspection of the public in the office of the city clerk of the City of Kingman, Arizona, are hereby adopted as the code for regulating the erection, construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, moving, removal, demolition, conversion, occupancy, equipment, use, height, area and maintenance of all buildings or structures in the City of Kingman, Arizona.
(a) International Building Code, 2006 Edition, published by the International Code Conference, containing the administrative, fire and life safety, plan review, and field inspection provisions including all nonstructural provisions and those structural provisions necessary for field inspections, for all buildings except detached one- and two-family dwellings and multiple single-family dwellings (townhouses), including appendices as follows:
Appendix C - Group U - Agricultural Buildings
Appendix I - Patio Covers
Appendix J - Grading
(b) International Residential Code, 2006 Edition, published by the International Code Conference, containing the administrative, fire and life safety, plan review, and field inspection provisions including all nonstructural provisions and those structural provisions necessary for field inspections, for all detached one- and two-family dwellings and multiple single family dwellings (townhouses) buildings, including appendices as follows:
Appendix A - Sizing and Capacities of Gas Piping
Appendix B - Sizing of Venting Systems
Appendix C - Exit Terminals of Mechanical Draft and Direct venting Systems
Appendix H - Patio Covers
Appendix J - Existing Buildings and Structures
Appendix L - International Residential Code Electric Provisions
(c) International Existing Building Code, 2006 Edition published by the International Code Conference, containing the administrative, fire and life safety, plan review, and field inspection provisions including all nonstructural provisions and those structural provisions necessary for field inspections, which shall be allowed for all existing buildings except detached one- and two-family dwellings and multiple single family dwellings (townhouses), including appendices as follows:
Appendix A - Guidelines for Seismic Retrofit of Existing Buildings
Chapter A1 - Seismic Strengthening Provisions for Unreinforced Masonry Bearing Walls
Chapter A2 - Earthquake Hazard Reduction in Existing Reinforced Concrete & Masonry
Chapter A3 - Prescriptive Provisions for Seismic Strengthening of Cripple Walls & Sills
Chapter A4 - Earthquake Hazard Reduction in Existing Wood Framed Residential
Chapter A5 - Earthquake Hazard Reduction in Existing Concrete Buildings
Resource A - Guidelines on Fire Ratings of Archaic Materials and Assemblies
(Ord. No. 786, § 1, 2-20-90; Ord. No. 931, § 1, 8-3-92, Ord. No. 1029, § 1, 3-6-95, Ord. No. 1166, § 1, 5-18-98, Ord. No. 1458, § 1, 12-20-04, made pub. rec. by Res. No. 4061, 12-20-04; Ord. No. 1603, § 1, 12-17-07)
State law references: Power of city to adopt technical codes by reference, A.R.S. §§ 9-801, 9-802; city to require statement concerning state contractor’s license, prior to permit issuance, A.R.S. § 32-1168; city to transmit copy of building permit to county and state, A.R.S. § 9-467; licensing of contractors, A.R.S. § 32-1101 et seq.
Sec. 5-17 Reserved.
Editor’s note: Section 1 of Ord. No. 1029, adopted Mar. 6, 1995, repealed § 5-17, which pertained to handicapped access and derived from Ord. No. 786, § 1, adopted Feb. 20, 1990 and Ord. No. 932, § 1, adopted Aug. 3, 1992.
Sec. 5-18 Survey requirements.
A boundary survey conforming to the Arizona Boundary Survey Minimum Standards shall be submitted with all building permit applications for new primary structures on any building lot. The boundary markers set by a surveyor registered in the State of Arizona according to the standards of the “Arizona Boundary Survey Minimum Standards” shall be in place at the time of any required inspections relative to property line setbacks.
(Ord. No. 1534, § 1, 3-6-06; Ord. No. 1534-R, § 1, 5-1-06)
Sec. 5-19 Amendments.
(a) The International Building Code, 2003 and 2006 Editions, are hereby amended in the following respects:
(1) Chapter 11 - Accessibility
The entire chapter shall be omitted.
(2) Section [F]907.2.10, except [F]907.2.10.1.3; [F]907.2.10.2;[F]907.2.10.3 and [F]907.2.10.4. is deleted and replaced with the following:
[F]907.2.10 Single- and multiple-station alarms. Listed single- and multiple-station smoke alarms complying with U.L. 217 shall be installed in accordance with the provision of this code and the household fire-warning equipment provision of NFPA 72. Listed single- and multiple-station carbon monoxide detectors shall comply with U.L. 2034 and shall be installed in accordance with the provisions of this code and NFPA 720.
[F]907.2.10.1 Smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms. Single- or multiple-station smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms shall be installed in the locations described in Sections [F]907.2.10.1.1 through [F]907.2.10.1.3.
[F]907.2.10.1.1 Group R-1. Single- or multiple-station smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms shall be installed in all of the following locations in Group R-1:
1. In sleeping areas.
2. In every room in the path of the means of egress from the sleeping area to the door leading from the sleeping unit.
3. In each story within the sleeping unit, including basements. For sleeping units with split levels and without intervening door between the adjacent levels, a smoke alarm installed on the upper level shall suffice for the adjacent lower level provided that the lower level is less than one full story below the upper level.
[F]907.2.10.1.2 Groups R-2, R-3, R-4 and I-1. Single- or multiple-station smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms shall be installed and maintained in Groups R-2, R-3, R-4 and I-1, regardless of occupant load at all of the following locations:
1. On the ceiling or wall outside of each separate sleeping area in the immediate vicinity of bedrooms.
2. In each room used for sleeping purposes.
(b) The International Residential Code, 2003 and 2006 Edition, is hereby amended in the following respects:
(1) Chapter 11 - Energy Efficiency
The entire chapter shall be omitted.
(2) Table R702.3.5, footnote d.
The last sentence of the footnote shall be amended to read as follows: “When applying a water- based texture material, the minimum gypsum board thickness shall be increased from 3/8 inch to 1/2 inch for 16-inch on center framing.”
(3) Sections M1307.3 and M1307.3.1.
For these sections only, the definition of appliance shall not include clothes washers, clothes dryers, refrigerators, and freezers.
(6) Section R313 Alarms.
R313.1.1 Carbon Monoxide alarms. Carbon monoxide alarms shall be installed on each habitable level of a dwelling unit equipped with fuel burning appliances. All carbon monoxide detectors shall be listed and comply with UL 2034 and shall be installed in accordance with provisions of this code and NFPA 720. Approved combinations smoke and carbon monoxide detectors shall be permitted.
[EB] R313.2.1 Alterations, repairs and additions. When interior alterations, repairs or additions requiring a permit occur, or when one or more sleeping rooms are added or created in existing dwellings, the individual dwelling unit shall be provided with smoke and carbon monoxide alarms located as required for new dwellings; the alarms shall be interconnected and hard wired.
Exceptions:
1. Smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in existing areas shall not be required to be interconnected and hard wired where the alterations or repairs do not result in the removal of interior wall or ceiling finishes exposing the structure, unless there is an attic, crawl space, or basement available which could provide access for hard wiring and interconnection without the removal of interior finishes.
2. Repairs to the exterior surfaces of dwellings are exempt from the requirements of this section.
[F] R313.3 Power source. In new construction, the required smoke and carbon monoxide alarms shall receive their primary power from the building wiring when such wiring is served from a commercial source, and when primary power is interrupted, shall receive power from a battery. Wiring shall be permanent and without a disconnecting switch other than those required for over current protection. Smoke alarms and carbon monoxide shall be permitted to be battery operated when installed in buildings without commercial power or in buildings that undergo alterations, repairs or additions regulated by Section R313.1. 2.
Chapter 43 Referenced Standards.
• UL 2034-96 Standard for Single and Multiple Station Carbon Monoxide Alarms
• NFPA 720-05 Standard for the installation of Carbon Monoxide (CO) Warning Equipment in Dwelling Units
(c) Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities, adopted.
(1) Standards and specifications set forth in Title 41, Chapter 9, Article 8, Arizona Revised Statutes (Arizonans with Disabilities Act), and its implementing rules, including “Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities” declared a public record by Resolution No. 3121, as applying to public entities, are hereby adopted and incorporated as an amendment to the uniform building code adopted in subsection 5-16(a) and made a part hereof as though fully set forth herein. Such standards and specifications shall apply to new construction and alterations and are not required in buildings or portions of existing buildings that do not meet the standards and specifications.
(2) Standards and specifications set forth in Title 41, Chapter 9, Article 8, Arizona Revised Statutes (Arizonans with Disabilities Act), and its implementing rules, including “Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities” declared a public record by Resolution No. 3121, as applying to public accommodations and commercial facilities, are hereby adopted and incorporated as an amendment to the uniform building code adopted in subsection 5-16(a) and made a part hereof as though fully set forth herein. Such standards and specifications shall apply to new construction and alterations commenced after September 3, 1996.
(Ord. No. 786, § 1, 2-20-90; Ord. No. 932, § 1, 8-3-92; Ord. No. 1029, §§ 1, 2, 3-6-95; Ord. No. 1086, § 1, 6-17-96; Ord. No. 1109, §§ 1, 2, 12-2-96; Ord. No. 1166, § 1, 5-18-96; Res. No. 3449, 8-2-99; Ord. No. 1458, § 1, 12-20-04; Ord. No. 1603, § 1, 12-17-07; Ord. No. 1607, § 2, 2-4-08)
Editor’s note: Section 1 of Ord. No. 786, adopted Feb. 20, 1990, amended Art. II of Ch. 5 in its entirety to read as herein set out. The former provisions of Art. II were derived from § 22-20 of the 1966 Code and from the following: Ord. No. 193, § 1, 8-13-73; Ord. No. 206, § 2, 12-10-73; Res. No. 533, 2-9-76; Ord. No. 310, § 6, 1-9-78; Ord. No. 327, 6-12-78; Ord. No. 472-A, §§ 2—4, 11-8-82; Ord. No. 482, § 1, 1-10-83; Ord. No. 610, 5-5-86; Ord. No. 662, § 1, 8-3-87; Ord. No. 675-R-1, 11-16-87.
Cross references: Fees, § 5-2.