| (A) Amend Section R101.1 Title to
read as follows: "These regulations shall be known as the Residential
Code for One- and Two-family Dwellings of the Texas Industrialized
Housing and Buildings Program, hereinafter referred to as 'this code.'"
(B) Amend Section R101.2 Scope by
adding the following: "Where conflicts occur between the provisions
of this code and the provisions of Texas Occupations Code, Chapter
1202, Industrialized Housing and Buildings, or the provisions of 16
Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 70, rules governing the Texas Industrialized
Housing and Buildings Program, the provisions of Texas Occupations
Code, Chapter 1202 and 16 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 70 shall
control."
(2) Amend Section R102 Applicability
as follows.
(A) Amend Section R102.4 Referenced
codes and standards to read as follows: "The codes and standards
referenced in this code shall be considered part of the requirements
of this code to the prescribed extent of each reference and as further
regulated in Sections R102.4.1 through R102.4.4. Whenever amendments
to the referenced codes have been adopted, each reference to said
code shall be considered to reference the amendment as well."
(B) Add new Section R102.4.3
Electrical code to read as follows: "The provisions of the National Electrical Code, NFPA 70, shall
apply to the installation of electrical systems, including alterations,
repairs, replacement, equipment, appliances, fixtures, fittings and
appurtenances thereto. Any reference to NFPA 70 or the Electrical
Code shall mean the Electrical Code as adopted. Any reference to chapters
34 through 43 of this code shall mean the Electrical Code as adopted."
(C) Add new Section R102.4.4
TDI Code-Wind design to read as follows: "The wind design of
buildings to be placed in the first tier counties along the Texas
coast and designated catastrophe areas as defined by the Texas Department
of Insurance (TDI) shall also comply with the current effective code
and amendments adopted by the TDI, hereafter referred to as the TDI
Code. Where conflicts occur between the provisions of this code and
the TDI Code as they relate to the requirements for wind design, the
more stringent requirements shall apply. Where conflicts occur between
the provisions of this code and the editions of the codes specified
by the Texas Department of Insurance as they relate to requirements
other than wind design, this code shall apply."
(D) Amend Section R102.5 Appendices
by adding the following: "Appendices AG, AH, AK, AP, AQ, and
AT shall be considered part of this code."
(E) Add new Section R102.8
Moved industrialized housing to read as follows: "Moved industrialized
housing shall comply with the requirements of the local building official
for moved buildings."
(3) Amend Section R104.1 General by
adding the following: "The term building
official as used in this code, or as used in the codes and
standards referenced in this code, shall mean the Texas Commission
of Licensing and Regulation, the executive director of the Texas Department
of Licensing and Regulation, the Texas Industrialized Building Code
Council, or the local building official in
accordance with the powers and duties assigned to each in Texas Occupations
Code, Chapter 1202, Industrialized Housing and Buildings."
(4) Amend Section R106.1 Submittal
documents by adding the following: "Submittal documents consisting
of construction documents, and other data shall be submitted in two
or more sets, or in a digital format if allowed by the building official,
with each application for a permit. The construction documents shall
be prepared by a registered design professional where required by
the statutes of the jurisdiction in which the project is to be constructed.
Where special conditions exist, the building official is authorized
to require additional construction documents to be prepared by a registered
design professional. Construction documents depicting the structural
design of buildings to be located in hurricane prone regions and in
the first tier counties along the Texas coast and designated catastrophe
areas as defined by the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) shall
be prepared and sealed by a Texas licensed professional engineer."
(5) Amend Section R110 Certificate
of Occupancy as follows.
(A) Amend Section R110.1 Use
and change of occupancy to read as follows: "A building or
structure shall not be used or occupied in whole or in part, and a
change in the existing use or occupancy classification of a building
or structure or portion thereof shall not be made, until the local building official has issued a certificate
of occupancy in accordance with locally adopted rules and regulations.
Issuance of a certificate of occupancy shall not be construed as an
approval of a violation of the provisions of this code or of other
ordinances of the jurisdiction. Certificates presuming to give authority
to violate or cancel the provisions of this code or other ordinances
of the jurisdiction shall not be valid."
(B) Amend Section R110.2 Change
in use to read as follows: "Changes in the character or use
of new industrialized housing are not allowed. Changes in the character
or use of existing industrialized housing shall not be made except
as authorized by the local building official."
(C) Amend Section R110.3 Certificate
issued to read as follows: "The local building
official shall issue a certificate of occupancy in accordance
with the locally adopted rules and regulations. After the local building official inspects the industrialized
house or building and does not find violations of the provisions of
this code or other laws that are enforced by the department of building
safety, then the local building official shall
issue a record of final inspection authorizing the release of the
house or building for occupancy."
(D) Delete Items 1 through 9 of Section
R110.3.
(E) Amend Section R110.4 Temporary
occupancy to read as follows: "The local
building official may issue a temporary certificate of occupancy
in accordance with locally adopted rules and regulations."
(F) Add new Section R110.6
Industrialized housing installed outside the jurisdiction of a municipality
or in a municipality without an inspection department to read
as follows: "The installation of industrialized housing installed
outside the jurisdiction of a municipality or within a municipality
without an inspection department shall comply with the requirements
of Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1202 and 16 Texas Administrative
Code, Chapter 70, Administrative Rules Industrialized Housing and
Buildings."
(6) Amend Section R301.2 Climatic
and geographic design criteria by adding the following sentence:
"If no additional criteria have been established, or if there is no
local jurisdiction to set the additional criteria, then the additional
criteria shall be in accordance with the requirements in the footnotes
of Table R301.2(1) and Sections R301.2.1 through R301.8 of this code."
(7) Amend Section R302.2.2
Common walls, to read as follows: "Common walls separating
townhouse units shall be assigned a fire-resistance rating in accordance
with item (1) or (2) and shall be rated for fire exposure from both
sides. Common walls shall extend to and be tight against the exterior
sheathing of the exterior walls, or the inside face of exterior walls
without stud cavities, and the underside of the roof sheathing. The
common wall shared by two townhouse units shall be constructed without
plumbing or mechanical equipment, ducts or vents, other than water-filled
fire sprinkler piping in the cavity of the common wall. The wall shall
be rated for fire exposure from both sides and shall extend to and
be tight against exterior walls and the underside of the roof sheathing.
Electrical installations shall be in accordance with the National
Electrical Code, NFPA 70 as adopted. Penetrations of the membrane
of common walls for electrical outlet boxes shall be in accordance
with Section R302.4.
(A) Amend Section R302.2.2(1), to
read as follows: "Where a fire sprinkler system in accordance with
Section P2904 is provided, the common wall shall be not less than
a 1-hour fire-resistance-rated wall assembly tested in accordance
with ASTM E119 or UL 263 or Section 703.2.2 of the International Building
Code."
(B) Amend Section R302.2.2(2), to
read as follows: "Where a fire sprinkler system in accordance with
Section P2904 is not provided, the common wall shall be not less than
a 2-hour fire-resistance-rated wall assembly tested in accordance
with ASTM E119 or UL 263 or Section 703.2.2 of the International Building
Code."
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