Darren,
I will echo what "Jeff" has stated. IMO, we do not need to re-invent the "code wheel"!
As code officials, we can amend out or in, things that apply to our respective jurisdictions.
It appears as though we will need to do just that, so that we do not have a 904 page
elephant to manage. Essentially, some are already doing this (in each jurisdiction),
just not to a large degree.
The Cow will not do anything for free, and, also IMO, ..they will continue to prostitute
themselves out to the highest bidder, which will result in more and more pages being
added to all the code books. Various lobby groups regularly descend upon The
ICC Ivory Tower to woo & romance them in to inserting various "self interest" (i.e. -
mucho profito) requirements and systems in to the code books for adoption.
Editing the various code books to the best interest of our individual locations will be
a cost & time issue, but it will also benefit each jurisdiction with what applies to
that individual jurisdiction. This will however, be another trumpeting of the
statement "why isn't there a consistent set of codes for us to follow? XYZ city
( _________ = you fill in the blank ) doesn't require us to do this / that / the other,
...why isn't there a set of codes that applies uniformly in every jurisdiction?
If we (all) do not want a 904 page elephant, then it will be up to each of us to
place the elephant on a permanent diet and remove the various pages and sections
that we do not want.
The Cow has shown over and over and over and over again, that they are not
concerned with the content or size of their code books, ..only that we continue to
buy them!
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