Mech
Registered User
Out of curiosity, are the members of a variance board supposed to have the same credentials as a plans examiner? It seems that they should. Who sets the requirement, the IBC or the local jurisdiction?
Thanks CDA. Pennsylvania did not adopt chapter 1; I will have to see if that section is in the state's Uniform Construction Code, which adopts the IBC.
Thanks CDA. Pennsylvania did not adopt chapter 1; I will have to see if that section is in the state's Uniform Construction Code, which adopts the IBC.
The state, UCC uses the old BOCA code to set up an Board of Appeals which says I should have been paid to be in the board!
Pennsylvania is completely backwards and abuses the appeal system. Their sole and primary purpose is to determine as to whether or not a code was properly applied. Nothing else. There is no such thing as a variance. I have witnessed a board of appeals in Pennsylvania waive the requirements for sprinklers in lieu of a smoke detector before. That pretty much sums up the pathetic state of Pennsylvania