02/22/2005 Ordinances 8955
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Part VII - Plumbing
Part VIII - Electrical
Part X - Appendices
~8-6. Building Code Advisory Board
There is hereby established a Building Code Advisory Board set out as follows:
BUILDING CODE ADVISORY BOARD
The purpose of the Building Code Advisory Board is to determine the suitability of alternate materials and
methods of construction.
Purpose. Whereas, there may arise a design or material that may not meet the exact criteria of the Uniform
Building Code, especially in the areas of Energy Related projects, this Board shall examine the data available,
and/or may require any additional data, to determine that the proposed material or method is at least equivalent of
the purpose as set forth in the Building Codes. The Board may not waive any requirements of the Building Codes,
but only approve in lieu of/alternate methods of materials.
Member. The Building Code Advisory Board members will be appointed by the mayor and approved by the
city council. They shall be persons who are qualified by experience and training to pass upon matters pertaining to
building construction. The Board shall consist of seven members. The chief building official shall be an ex officio
member and will act as secretary of the Board. One city council member shall also act as an ex officio member. At
least four members of the Board must be present to constitute a quorum and be able to act.
Chairman/Officers; Length of Service. A chairman and vice chairman will be selected from among the
seven members and each will serve a two-year term. The seven members will serve two-year terms, alternating four
and three on a yearly basis.
Request Procedure. The request process for the Board shall be as follows:
(1) If an applicant shall be denied a building permit or shall receive disapproval from the chief building
official, the applicant may file a request on the forms furnished by the Building Department, together with a
request procedure fee in accordance with the City of Grand Island Fee Schedule, stating in full detail what the
product or project is, the use, sections of the Code that cannot be fully complied with, what the alternative
material or method will be, and sufficient evidence supporting the request. This shall be filed with the chief
building official who shall then notify the officers of the Board, who shall set a time of meeting, and the
meeting shall be within ten (10) days of the date of application.
(2) The meeting of the Building Code Advisory Board shall be presided over by the chairman.
(3) The Board shall hear all evidence by the party requesting consideration and a presentation by the chief
building official.
(4) After hearing all evidence presented, the Board shall determine whether the proposed alternate method of
material is equivalent with the interest and safety of the Code, or may recommend changes to their satisfaction.
(5) An order approving such a request shall require a "Yes" vote of four of the Board members.
(6) The Board shall render all decisions in writing to the applicant and the chief building official within a
reasonable period of time.
~8-7. IRC - Amendment of Section 1704
Section 1704 of the International Building Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 1704 General. Where application is made for construction as described in this section, the owner or
the registered design professional in responsible charge acting as the owner's agent may be required to employ one
or more special inspectors who shall provide inspections during construction on the types of work listed under
Section 1704.
~8-8. IRC - Amendment of Section 108; Fees; Plan Review Fee
Section 108 of the International Building Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 108.
(a) General. Fees shall be assessed in accordance with the provisions of this section or shall be as set forth in the
fee schedule adopted by the jurisdiction.
(b) Permit Fees. The fee for each permit shall be as set forth in the City of Grand Island Fee Schedule. The
determination of value or valuation under any of the provisions of this code shall be made by the building official.
The value to be used in computing the building permit and building plan review fees shall be the total value of all
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construction work for which the permit is issued, as well as all finish work, painting, roofing, electrical, plumbing,
heating, air conditioning, elevators, fire extinguishing systems and any other permanent equipment.
(c) Plan Review Fees. When a plan or other data are required to be submitted by Section 106, a plan review fee
shall be paid in accordance with the City of Grand Island Fee Schedule at the time of submitting plans and
specifications for review. The plan review fees specified in this subsection are separate fees from the permit fees,
and are in addition to the permit fees.
Where plans are incomplete or changed so as to require additional plan review, an additional plan review
fee shall be charged at the rate shown in the City of Grand Island Fee Schedule.
(d) Expiration of Plan Review. Applications for which no permit is issued within 180 days following the date of
application shall expire by limitation, and plans and other data submitted for review may thereafter be returned to
the applicant or destroyed by the building official. The building official may extend the time for action by the
applicant for a period not exceeding 180 days on request by the applicant showing that circumstances beyond the
control of the applicant have prevented action from being taken. No application shall be extended more than once.
In order to renew action on an application after expiration, the applicant shall resubmit plans and pay a new plan
review fee.
(e) Investigation Fees: Work Without a Permit.
(1) Investigation. Whenever any work for which a permit is required by this code has been commenced
without first obtaining said permit, a special investigation shall be made before a permit may be issued for such
work.
(2) Fee. An investigation fee, in addition to the permit fee, shall be collected whether or not a permit is
then or subsequently issued. The investigation fee shall be in accordance with the City of Grand Island Fee
Schedule. The payment of such investigation fee shall not exempt any person from compliance with all other
provisions of this code nor from any penalty prescribed by law.
(f) Fee Refunds. The building official may authorize refunding of any fee paid hereunder which was erroneously
paid or collected.
The building official may authorize refunding of not more than 80 percent of the permit fee paid when no
work has been done under a permit issued in accordance with this code.
The building official may authorize refunding of not more than 80 percent of the plan review fee paid when
an application for a permit for which a plan review fee has been paid is withdrawn or canceled before any plan
reviewing is done.
The building official shall not authorize refunding of any fee paid except on written application filed by the
original permittee not later than 180 days after the date of fee payment.
~8-9. IBC - Amendment of Section 109
Section 109 of the International Building Code shall be amended to include the following subsection:
Section 109.7. Reinspections.
A reinspection fee may be assessed for each inspection or reinspection when such portion of work for
which inspection is called is not complete or when corrections called for are not made.
This section is not to be interpreted as requiring reinspection fees the first time a job is rejected for failure
to comply with the requirements of this code, but as controlling the practice of calling for inspections before the job
is ready for such inspection or reinspection.
Reinspection fees may be assessed when the inspection record card is not posted or otherwise available on
the work site, the approved plans are not readily available to the inspector, for failure to provide access on the date
for which inspection is requested, or for deviating from plans requiring the approval of the building official.
To obtain a reinspection, the applicant shall file an application therefore in writing on a form furnished for
that purpose and pay the reinspection fee in accordance with the City of Grand Island Fee Schedule.
In instances where reinspection fees have been assessed, no additional inspection of the work will be
performed until the required fees have been paid.
~8-10. IBC - Amendment of Table 602
Table 602 of the International Building Code is hereby amended by adding thereto the following:
The provisions set fOlih above for RD-Residential Development Zone as identified in Chapter 36 of the Grand
Island City Code shall be determined not from the location of a structure from the property line but from the
location of a primary structure to another primary structure located on an adjacent lot. All requirements
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pertaining to fire resistant walls and window opening protection as set forth in Table No. 602 shall be complied
with when such adjacent primary structures are closer than ten feet apart. Distance shall be measured at right
angles from the wall of one structure to the closest wall of an adjacent primary structure.
~8-11. IBC - Amendment of Section 1025.1 and IRC - Amendment of Section R310
The following are hereby added as exceptions to Section 1025.1 of the International Building Code and Section
R310 of the International Residential Code:
EXCEPTION: Basements used exclusively for the service of buildings and which do not exceed 300
square feet.
In existing single family residential occupancies other than apartments, a sleeping room may be added in an
existing basement if the following conditions are met:
(1) The sleeping room must have an openable window.
(2) Smoke detectors have been installed in the sleeping room, the furnace room, and in the exitway
of the basement.
~8-12. IBC - Amendment of Section 1805.1
Section 1805.1 of the International Building Code is hereby amended by adding the following:
Bearing Walls
Bearing walls shall be supported on masonry or concrete foundations or piles or other approved
foundation system which shall be of sufficient size to support all loads. Where a design is not provided
herein, the minimum foundation requirements for stud bearing walls shall be as set forth in Table No.
1805.4.2.
EXCEPTIONS:
(I) A one-story wood or metal frame building not used for human occupancy and not over 200 square feet in floor
area, may be placed upon a concrete slab of four inch minimum thickness.
(2) Detached accessory buildings not exceeding 625 feet in floor area may use a six-inch wide by eighteen inch
deep foundation system with at least twelve inches below grade.
~8-13. IRC - Amendment to Sections R403 and R404
Sections R403 Footings and R404 Foundation Walls of the International Residential Code are hereby amended by
adding the following to read as follows:
Minimum Footing and Foundation Requirements for Residential Construction
(1) The minimum footing foundation requirement, balanced fill, for a one-story residence shall be six (6)
inches in width by thirty-six (36) inches below grade, with two #4 horizontal rebar continuous.
(2) The minimum footing foundation requirement, unbalanced fill, for a one- or two-story frame residence
shall be sixteen (16) inches in width by eight (8) inches deep, with two #4 rebar continuous and a minimum
eight (8) inch wall of block or concrete.
(3) In addition to the requirements set forth in subparagraphs (1) and (2) above, the following
reinforcement requirements for wall foundation must be met:
8" solid concrete from 60" up to 84" unbalanced fill- three #4 horizontal strands, equally
spaced throughout height of wall;
8" block - from 48" to 60" unbalanced fill - one #4 rebar vertical, 4' on center to grade
height;
8" block - from 60" to 84" unbalanced fill - one #4 rebar vertical, 4' on center to top of
foundation.
~8-14. IBC - Amendment of Section 1807 and IRC- Amendment ofR406
Section 1807 of the International Building Code and Section R406 of the International Residential Code is hereby
amended by adding thereto the following:
Backplaster and Dampproofing
Exterior foundation walls below grade of any building consisting of masonry units having a basement shall
be backplastered with one-half inch (1/2") Portland cement and sand mix (1:2 1/2 by volume) or two one-
fourth inch (1/4") coats of Type M mortar, and with an approved dampproofing material. Poured concrete
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foundations shall be coated with dampproofing without back plaster. Alternative dampproofing may be
approved by the building official.
Subsurface Drainage Systems
All buildings constructed with basements or floor levels twenty-four (24) inches or more below the
elevation of the center line of the adjacent public street shall be provided with a subsurface drainage
system. A subsurface drainage system shall consist of the minimum following elements:
(1) Minimum four (4") diameter perforated or scored drain pipe embedded in four inches (4") of
coarse gravel installed around the inside of the perimeter footing such that no floor location is
greater than ten feet (10') to such drain pipe.
(2) Minimum fifteen inch (15") diameter by thirty inch (30") deep sump pump pit for each one
thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet of floor area to be drained.
(3) Minimum two inch (2") diameter weep holes through the footing at eight foot (8') on center
intervals with a minimum of four inch (4") of gravel cover on the exterior of the footing.
(4) Minimum four inch (4") gravel bed under floor slab.
~8-15. IRC - Amendment of Section R105.2
Section RI 05.2 of the International Residential Code is hereby amended as follows:
Building: (1) One-story detached accessory structures, provided the floor area does not exceed 120 square feet.
~8-16. IRC - Amendment of Section R301.2
Section R301.2 of the International Residential Code IS hereby amended by deleting "and set forth in Table
R301.2(1)."
~8-17. IRC - Amendment of Section R302.1
The exception within Section R302.l of the International Residential Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Detached garages accessory to a dwelling located within 2 feet of a property line may have roof eaves projections
not exceeding 12 inches.
~8-18. IRC - Amendment of Section R31l.4.3
Section R3ll.4.3 of the International Residential Code is hereby amended by deleting the following exception:
Where a stairway of two or fewer risers is located on the exterior side of a door, other than the required exit door, a
landing is not required for the exterior side of the door.
~8-19. IRC - Amendment of Section R311.5.3.1
Section R3ll.5.3.1 of the International Residential Code is hereby amended to reflect that the maximum riser height
shall be 8 inches.
~8-20. Reserved
~8-21. Buildings Having Historical Significance
Buildings or structures which have been designated by official action of the Grand Island City Council as
having special historical or architectural significance may comply with Section 3407 of the International Building
Code for historic buildings.
Historical buildings shall be buildings which are currently listed on the National Register of Historical
Buildings or are at least fifty years old and have one of the following characteristics: is associated with an important
person or event which has contributed significantly to history, contains significant architectural or artistic design, or
has significant archeological properties.
~8-22. Permits Required; Amendment of!BC Section 105 and IRC Section R105
Section 105 of the International Building Code and Section Rl05 of the International Residential Code shall be
amended by adding the following:
No person, firm, or corporation shall erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve, remove,
convert, or demolish, equip, use, occupy, or maintain any building or structure in the city, or cause the same to be
done without first obtaining a separate building permit for each such building or structure from the Building
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Department; provided, no permit shall be issued by the Building Department unless and until authorized by
resolution of the City Council in anyone or more of the following cases:
(I) Where the real property described in the application for permit does not front upon a dedicated street or
public road;
(2) Where a subdivision as required by state statutes has not been lawfully approved and recorded with the
Register of Deeds.
(3) When the City Engineer certifies that surface water drainage is unavailable or inadequate to drain the
public street or road abutting upon the real property described in the application for permit.
(4) Where the City Engineer certifies that surface water drainage from the real property described in the
application for permit will create or add to an impounding of surface water upon a public street or road.
~8-23. Temporary Retail Buildings; Restrictions
No person, firm, or corporation shall erect, construct, equip, use, occupy, or maintain any temporary
building or structure in the City or two-mile jurisdiction or cause the same to be done without first obtaining a
separate building permit for each such temporary building from the Building Department.
Temporary buildings shall be those buildings built and designed for use no longer than 120 calendar days to
facilitate special events or annual sales.
Temporary buildings shall be constructed to support required wind load, adequately anchored, and located
no closer than 20 feet to any adjacent structure, or be separated by a two-hour fire wall. Exterior walls shall be one-
hour fire resistive if less than 20 feet from a property line, and the allowable area shall comply with the adopted
building code.
Exiting shall be provided as required for permanent buildings.
Temporary buildings shall not be connected to permanent utilities, e.g., sewer, water, electric, or gas.
Temporary buildings permits shall be limited to one per tract of land, not to exceed 120 days per calendar
year. The fee for a temporary building permit shall be in accordance with the City of Grand Island Fee Schedule.
~8-24. Commercial Display Buildings; Definition; Restrictions
No person, firm, or corporation shall place upon any property, any commercial display building without
first obtaining a permit from the Building Department for the placement of such commercial display building(s).
Commercial display buildings shall be those structures which are offered for sale or used as display or
inventory. They shall not be used for any other purpose, occupied, or used as storage facilities.
Commercial display buildings shall be constructed to support required wind loads, be adequately anchored,
and in all other aspects comply with adopted building and zoning codes.
Commercial display buildings shall not be connected to permanent utilities.
The fee for commercial display buildings shall be in accordance with the City of Grand Island Fee
Schedule.
~8-25. Barb Wire and Electrified Fences
It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, firm, or corporation, either in person or through his or their
employees or agents, to erect or cause to be erected or to maintain any barb wire or electrified fence or any barb wire
or electrified string along or upon any fence or string as a barrier within the city limits of the City of Grand Island,
except that it shall be permissible to string not more than three strands of barb wire or electrified fence upon
supports inclined at an angle not greater than sixty degrees with the horizontal plane, when such wires are strung so
that they are suspended above and within the privately owned enclosed property, and the bottom strand of such barb
wire or electrified fence is not less than six feet above the surface of the ground.
SECTION 2. Article I, Division 1, Sections 8-1 through 8-25 as now existing,
and any ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be, and hereby are, repealed.
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SECTION 3. That this ordinance shall be in force and take effect on March 31,
2005, after its passage and publication, within fifteen days in one issue of the Grand Island
Independent as provided by law.
Enacted: February 22,2005.
Attest:
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
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