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  1. Bill Dale

    Zoning related definition challenge; building vs structure

    I agree with your assessment from both linguistic and intent perspectives.
  2. Bill Dale

    Zoning related definition challenge; building vs structure

    I agree. What I am doing is assembling the information to do just that. I also agree that there should be an attempt to capture all variants of construction activity. There is no building in the world that is not a structure, so in my opinion that capability exists. I suspect the genesis of...
  3. Bill Dale

    Zoning related definition challenge; building vs structure

    They tie back is where there is no definition. The general model is to lean towards generally accepted industry definition (e.g. IRC, IBC, etc..) and the authorizing the state statutes; which more often than not defer to the ICC.
  4. Bill Dale

    Zoning related definition challenge; building vs structure

    Our state and local ordinances defer to the ICC docs (IBC, IRC, … etc) in many instances. Our local ordinance defines "structures" but not "buildings". That is problematic for me as the code for my zone refers to "building setbacks". My contention is that a pool is a structure and not a...
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