As in enforceable by law. Here is a typical code adoption I have seen in local municipalities in the area:
"That certain documents, three (3) copies of which are on file in the office of the city clerk and the City of Younameit, being marked and designated as International Building Code, as published by the International Code Council, Inc., be and is hereby adopted as the building code of the City of Younameit for the control of buildings and structures as herein provided; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of such Buiding Code, 2000 or latest edition thereof, and any revisions or amendments thereto, published by the International Code Council, which are on file in the office of the city clerk and hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereto as if fully set out in this ordinance."
Each code (IRC, IPC, IMC, etc.) is adopted with the same wording. This municipality has one (1) partial set of the 2009 I-Codes as of today.
See any problems here? Does your code adoption meet the legal requirments necessary to enforce them?
"That certain documents, three (3) copies of which are on file in the office of the city clerk and the City of Younameit, being marked and designated as International Building Code, as published by the International Code Council, Inc., be and is hereby adopted as the building code of the City of Younameit for the control of buildings and structures as herein provided; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of such Buiding Code, 2000 or latest edition thereof, and any revisions or amendments thereto, published by the International Code Council, which are on file in the office of the city clerk and hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereto as if fully set out in this ordinance."
Each code (IRC, IPC, IMC, etc.) is adopted with the same wording. This municipality has one (1) partial set of the 2009 I-Codes as of today.
See any problems here? Does your code adoption meet the legal requirments necessary to enforce them?