CHAPTER 170: CONSTRUCTION CODES

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1 CHAPTER 70: CONSTRUCTION CODES Section Title; Aoption of Coes 70.0 Aoption of stanars by reference 70.0 Title Construction of wors; aministrative provisions Amenments to Coes 70.5 Builing Coe amenments 70.6 Resiential Coe amenments 70.7 Mechanical Coe amenments 70.8 Electrical Coe amenments 70.9 Plumbing Coe amenments Miscellaneous Provisions Conflicts among coes 70.3 Official texts Violations an Enforcement Unlawful continuance Citations an enforcement Penalty Appenix A: Plumbing Coe Amenments, Table 7.., Minimum Number of Require Plumbing Fixtures TITLE; ADOPTION OF CODES 70.0 ADOPTION OF STANDARDS BY REFERENCE. The following ocuments an coes are hereby aopte by reference; the COMAR stanars liste are state-aopte: (A) The International Builing Coe 05 Eition, as publishe by the International Coe Council, Inc. (ICC), as amene by the Marylan Builing Performance Stanars, COMAR ; (B) National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Fire Prevention Coe, as aopte by the Marylan State Fire Coe, COMAR (replaces ICC Fire Coe); (C) International Mechanical Coe, 05 Eition, COMAR ;

2 (D) International Energy Conservation Coe, 05 Eition, COMAR ; (E) International Resiential Coe, One an Two Family Dwelling Coe, 05 Eition, COMAR ; (F) NFPA 0 Life Safety Coe, as aopte by the Marylan State Fire Coe, COMAR ; (G) National Stanar Plumbing Coe Illustrate 0, COMAR ; (H) NFPA 70 National Electrical Coe, 04 Eition, COMAR (replaces ICC, International Electrical Coe); (I) International Existing Builing Coe, 05 Eition, COMAR ; (J) National Fuel Gas Coe (ANSI Z3., NFPA 54), 0 Eition, COMAR (replaces ICC, International Fuel Gas Coe); (K) Marylan Accessibility Coe, COMAR (replaces ANSI A7.); an (L) Liquefie Petroleum Gas Coe, NFPA 58, 0 Eition, COMAR Groun Snow Loa Spee (mph) Win Design Topographic effects Seismic Design Category Weathering Subject to amage from Frost line epth *see all relevant footnotes in table 30.() of the coe Winter Design Temp Ice barrier Unerlayment Require Floo hazars Air Freezing Inex 30 psf 5 B or C A Severe 30 inches M-H 3 Yes Yes Termite Mean Annual Temp 70.0 TITLE. The short title of this chapter shall be Carroll County Construction Coes. (004 Coe, 97-) (Or. 5-D, passe ) CONSTRUCTION OF WORDS; ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. Wherever the wors Name of Municipality or Name of Jurisiction appear in the Coes aopte pursuant to 70.0, substitute the wors Carroll County. The enforcement, an aministration provisions of the coes aopte pursuant to 70.0 shall be the same as the International Builing Coe 05 Eition, as amene herein. (004 Coe, 97-3) (Or. 5-D, passe ; Or. 0-0, passe -3-00; Or. 00-0, passe -5-00)

3 AMENDMENTS TO CODES 70.5 BUILDING CODE AMENDMENTS. The International Builing Coe 05 Eition is amene as follows: () Amen Chapter, Section 03. to rea: The Bureau of Permits an Inspections of Carroll County is hereby create, an the executive official in charge shall be known as the Coe Official or the Chief of the Bureau of Permits an Inspections, or its successor agency. () Amen Chapter, Section 03. to rea: The Coe Official shall be a full-time employee who shall enjoy all the privileges affore all such employees by Chapter 36, Personnel Policies of the County Coe. (3) Amen Chapter, Section 04.4 Inspections, to rea: The Coe Official shall make all the require inspections, or the Coe Official shall accept reports of inspection by approve agencies or iniviuals in the Coe Official s iscretion, an all reports of such inspections shall be in writing an certifie by a responsible officer of such approve agency or by the responsible iniviual. The Coe Official is authorize to engage such expert opinion as eeme necessary to report upon unusual technical issues that arise subject to the approval of the appointing authority. The Coe Official shall resolve any ambiguity which may arise regaring any issue ealing with inspections, an sai shall be final. (4) Amen IBC Chapter, Section 05. Work exempt from permit as follows: (a) Delete subparagraph one, an amen to rea as follows: Amen Chapter Section 05., Builing () to rea: One story etache accessory structures constructe on skis an movable, use as tool an storage shes, playhouses an other similar uses, provie the floor area is not greater than 50 square feet. Shes must not be in rainage or utility easements or within five feet of a sie or rear property line an must meet all applicable zoning, health an builing coe regulations. Membrane covere cable structures an membrane covere frame structures, however these structures shall comply with the setbacks require by Chapter 58 of the County Coe, when they are an accessory to an R-3 use. 3

4 (b) Amen No. 9 to rea: Storable swimming or waing pool those that are constructe on or above groun an are capable of holing water to a maximum epth of 4 inches, with non-metallic, mole polymer walls of inflatable fabric, regarless of imension. (c) Amen No. to rea: Winow awnings, retractable awnings that project from the exterior wall an o not require aitional support of R-3 an U occupancies. (5) Chapter, Section 05.3 APPLICATION FOR PERMITS, to a four new subsections: Prerequisites to issuance of permit. No permit shall be issue uner this coe until all PWAs require for the site have been execute by the County Commissioners Prior to issuance of a builing permit, a copy of all applications for builing permits shall be furnishe to any agency eeme necessary by the Coe Official, the Zoning Aministrator, the Carroll County Health Department, an the Supervisor of Assessments an any other agency eeme necessary by the Coe Official All approvals by the offices or agencies specifie in Section above must be mae prior to the general approval of a builing permit by the Coe Official Well requirements. No permit may be issue hereuner, other than a emolition permit, for property not serve by a public water system, unless the property has locate an installe upon it a lawfully constructe well. (6) Amen Chapter, Section to rea: Time limitation of application. An application for a permit for any propose work shall be eeme to have been abanone six months after the ate of filing, unless such application has been iligently prosecute or a permit shall have been issue. The Coe Official may exten the time limit note herein for goo cause. (7) Amen Chapter, Section 05.5 to rea: Cancellation of permit. Any permit issue shall become invali an voi if the perio for which it was issue expires; or if the authorize work is not commence within one year after issuance of the permit; or if the work has not been complete within two years of the ate of issuance; or if there have been no inspections mae of the authorize work within any six month perio after the commencement of the work. The Coe Official may exten the time limit note herein for goo cause. (8) Amen Chapter, to a new subsection to rea as follows: The Coe Official shall revoke a permit or approval issue uner the provisions of this coe in case of any false statement or misrepresentation of fact in the application or on the plans on which 4

5 the permit or approval was base or in case of a revocation of an approval by any agency or office whose approval is require pursuant to Section (9) Amen Chapter, Section 05 - PERMITS, to a two new subsections to rea: Withholing permits. Whenever the Coe Official shall fin that any person, corporation, LLC, partnership, contractor or owner is in violation of the provisions of this coe or of the rules an regulations of any other epartment or agency of the County in connection with the erection, maintenance or repair of builings, structures, lans or equipment thereon or therein, or has faile to perform any PWA between himself or herself an the County, the Coe Official may refuse to grant any further permits to such person, corporation, LLC, partnership, contractor, or owner or the principals in the corporate entity in violation or any other person whose name is require on an application, until all violations have been correcte, or until satisfactory bon has been given to the County Commissioners Withholing inspections. Whenever the Coe Official shall fin that any person, corporation, LLC, partnership, contractor or owner is in violation of the provisions of this coe or of the rules an regulations of any other epartment or agency of the County in connection with erection, maintenance or repair of builings, structures, lans or equipment thereon or therein, or has faile to perform any PWA between himself or herself an the County, the Coe Official upon 5 ays notice may stop work on all active permits that the person, corporation, LLC, partnership, contractor, owner, or the principals of the corporate entity in violation or any other person whose name is require on an application, has outstaning until all violations have been correcte, or until satisfactory bon has been given to the Boar of County Commissioners. (0) Amen Chapter, to a new subsection , Graing, to rea: Graing shall be one in accorance with Chapter 5 of the County Coe. () Amen Chapter, to a Section 07.6 to rea: 07.6 Private sewage isposal system. The site plan shall inicate the location of the private sewage isposal system where a public sewer is not available. () Amen Chapter, Section 07 to a a new subsection to rea: 07.7 Private water systems. If no public water supply is available an to be use, the site plan shall inicate the propose location of a private well or wells which are to be installe to serve the property. (3) Amen Chapter, Section 09., Fee scheule, to rea: The Commissioners shall aopt a scheule for the etermination of permit fees which shall be a part of the official minutes of the Boar of County Commissioners, an such scheule shall be poste in the office of the Coe Official at all times. 5

6 (4) Amen Chapter, Section 09. to a two new subsections: 09.. A builing owne by the state or feeral government is not subject to this coe; however, any such government may apply without charge for inspection an approval of work on an informal basis. (5) Amen Chapter, Section 09 FEES to a new subsections to rea: Fees where construction starte without a permit. If a person applies for a permit after having performe work without a permit, the permit fee may inclue the amount assesse as a fine, if not previously pai, an an aitional $00.00 for the issuance of the permit an an aitional $00.00 for each inspection which woul have been require to have been mae ha the permit been issue before work began Fees where require inspections have been misse. If the person to whom the permit is issue fails to contact the Coe Official for a require inspection, in aition to all other requirements of this coe, a fine of an aitional $00.00 may be assesse an require to be pai for each misse inspection before the issuance of a use an occupancy permit In aition to all other fees incurre, at the iscretion of the Coe Official, aitional fees may be assesse for services outsie the scope of the aopte fee scheule for things such as the extension of a permit application, an extension of a permit, the issuance of a temporary use an occupancy permit or when aitional inspections are requeste. (6) Amen Chapter, Section 09.6, Refuns, to rea: In the case of a revocation of a permit or cancellation of permit pursuant to Section 05 or abanonment or iscontinuance of a builing project, the portion of the work actually complete shall be compute, an any excess fee for the incomplete work shall be returne to the permit holer, within 30 ays from the ate of cancellation. All plan examination, inspections, permit process fees, an penalties that have been impose on the permit holer uner the requirements of this coe, an the applicable aministrative fee shall first be collecte. (7) Amen Chapter, Section 0.3, Require inspections, to rea: The Coe Official shall conuct such inspections as eeme necessary by the Coe Official uring an upon completion of the work for which the Coe Official has issue a permit. The Coe Official shall maintain a recor of all examinations an inspections an of all violations of this orinance. The Coe Official shall etermine whether the owner shall provie for special inspections in accorance with Section 704. (8) Amen Chapter, Section 0.5. to a a new subsection: All Commercial builings (Use Groups A, B, E, F, H, I, M, R-, R-, S, U), subject to Section 6

7 0.3, the following are require inspections:. Footing trench/site inspection (in avance of pouring with steel in place).. Walls. a. Block after erecte. b. Concrete in avance of pouring with steel an form in place. c. Waterproofing an raintile. 3. Plumbing an Electrical groun work. 4. Slabs: in avance of pouring. 5. Steel connections (certifie by structural engineer when require by Coe Official). 6. Framing, rough plumbing, rough electrical wiring, sprinkler, an insulation prior to close-in. 7. Finals Resiential Builings in Use Groups R-3 an R-4. Subject to Section 0.3, the following are require inspections:. Footing trench/site inspection (in avance of pouring).. Walls, incluing parging on block an waterproofing. 3. Drain tile installe. 4. Basement an habitable area on slab incluing any plumbing grounwork (in avance of pouring). 5. Framing, rough plumbing, rough electrical wiring, sprinkler, an insulation prior to close-in. 6. Fireplace throat an woo stove thimble. 7. Finals Inspection requests. Requests for inspections must be mae at least one business ay prior to the ay on which the inspection requeste is to be conucte. A request for inspection shall be mae to the Bureau of Permits an Inspections. The contractor whose name appears as such on the permit must notify the Bureau of Permits an Inspections an request an inspection following each of the phases of construction. The contractor shall not procee with the construction of the next phase unless the inspection for the prior phase has been complete an approve Re-inspections. A re-inspection fee may be charge for each faile inspection. (9) Amen Chapter to a new Section 0.7, Farm builings: 0.7 Farm builings. Farm builings for agricultural use shall require a builing permit. Farm builing shall inclue builings whose primary use is to house farm animals, to house farm equipment or for farm storage. Farm builing shall not inclue builings whose primary purpose is the processing or marketing of farm goos for sale or istribution to the general public where such use requires the services of five or more persons insie the builing for more than 90 ays per year. Farm builings shall be inspecte for compliance with builing, plumbing an electrical coes. 7

8 (0) Amen Chapter, Section by aing a new Subsection.. to rea:.. In the event final graing of the site has not been complete, or is not in accorance with Chapter 5, Graing an Seiment Control, of the County Coe, the approve site plan an the Lan Graing Specifications of the 994 Marylan Stanars an Specifications for Soil Erosion an Seiment Control, no certificate of use an occupancy shall be issue. A temporary certificate of use an occupancy may be issue to the owner of the property upon presentation of suitable guaranties, as etermine by the Coe Official, guaranteeing the completion of the graing within a time specifie by the Coe Official () Amen Chapter, Section CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, to a a new sentence at the en to rea: Prior to issuance of a use an occupancy permit all approvals by municipalities or other County or state agencies, where require, must be receive by the Coe Official. () Amen Chapter, Section 3., Boar of Appeals, to rea: 3. General. In orer to hear an ecie appeals of orers, ecisions or eterminations mae by the builing official relative to the applications or interpretations of this Coe, there shall be an is hereby create a Boar of Appeals. The Boar of Appeals shall be the County Commissioners or not less than three persons whom the County Commissioners may esignate. (3) Amen Chapter, Section 3, to a a new subsection to rea: 3.4 Filing fees. Any person filing an appeal shall inclue a nonrefunable filing fee of $ rea: (4) Amen Chapter, Section 3, Boar of Appeals, to a a new subsection 3.5 to 3.5 Time for filing appeal. An appeal shall be file within 30 ays of the ate of the written notice provie by the Coe Official of the ecision. rea: (5) Amen Chapter, Section 3, Boar of Appeals, to a a new subsection 3.6 to 3.6 Notice of meeting. The Boar, if the County Commissioners, shall meet at its regular meeting ay upon notice of the Presient promptly after the filing of an appeal. If the Boar is not the County Commissioners, it shall meet within a reasonable time of the filing of an appeal or at state perioic meetings if warrante by the volume of work. rea: (6) Amen Chapter, Section 3, Boar of Appeals, to a new subsection 3.7 to 3.7 Postpone hearing. When all three members are not present to hear an appeal, either the appellant or the appellant s representative shall have the right to a postponement of the hearing 8

9 until all members can be present. rea: (7) Amen Chapter, Section 3, Boar of Appeals, to a a new subsection 3.8 to 3.8 Boar ecision. The Boar shall affirm, moify or reverse the ecision of the Coe Official by concurring vote of a majority of the Boar. Failure to secure a majority vote of the Boar in support of the appellant shall be a confirmation of the Coe Official s ecision. The Boar may assess the costs of the appeal against any party to the appeal. rea: (8) Amen Chapter, Section 3, Boar of Appeals, to a a new subsection 3.9 to 3.9 Court review. Any aggrieve person, whether a previous party to the appeal, shall have the right of an appeal to a court of competent jurisiction for juicial review of the ecision of the Boar. The ecision shall be on the recor. The appeal to the court shall be file within 30 ays of the ecision of the Boar an shall be governe by Chapter 00 of Title 7 of the Marylan Rules entitle Juicial Review of Aministrative Agency Decisions. (9) Amen Chapter, Section 6.., Costs of emergency repairs, to rea: Costs incurre in the performance of the emergency work shall be pai by an be the responsibility of the property owner. If the property owner is unwilling or unable to make such payment, then the payment may be mae on behalf of the property owner from the treasury of the jurisiction. All charges pai by the local jurisiction shall be ue when incurre an after 30 ays from the ate ue shall bear interests at the rate of % per month until pai. All payments an costs incurre by the jurisiction shall be liens upon the real property. In aition to being enforce by actions at law, the Tax Collector may sell the real property of the elinquent property owner in the same manner as other properties sol at tax sale. (30) Amen Coe by aing to Chapter a new Section 7 captione Demolition as follows: Section 7 DEMOLITION 7. General. The Coe Official shall orer the owner of any premises upon which is locate any structure, which in the Coe Official s jugment is so ol, ilapiate, or has become so out of repair as to be angerous, unsafe, unsanitary, or otherwise unfit for human habitation or occupancy, an such that it is unreasonable to repair the structure: a. To emolish an remove such structure; b. If such structure is capable of being mae safe by repairs, to repair an make safe an sanitary or to emolish an remove at the owner s option; or c. Where there has been a cessation of normal construction of any structure for a perio of more than two years, to emolish an remove such structure. 9

10 7. Notices an orers. All notices an orers shall comply with Chapter. 7.3 Failure to comply. If the owner of a premises fails to comply with a emolition orer within the time prescribe, the Coe Official shall cause the structure to be emolishe an remove, either through an available public agency or by contract or arrangement with private persons, an the cost of such emolition an removal shall be charge against the real estate upon which the structure is locate an shall be a lien upon such real estate in accorance with 3-08 of the Coe of Public Local Laws. 7.4 Salvage materials. When any structure has been orere emolishe an remove, the Coe Official uner the contract or arrangement specifie in subsection 7.3 shall have the right to sell the salvage an valuable materials at the highest price obtaine. The net procees of such sale, after eucting the expenses of the emolition an removal, shall be promptly remitte with a report of such sale or transaction, incluing the items of expense an the amounts eucte, for the person who is entitle thereto, subject to any orer of a court. If such surplus oes not remain to be turne over, the report shall so state. (3) Amen Chapter 5, Table 508.4, to a a new footnote F to rea: Tenant Separation - All tenant spaces in a non-sprinklere commercial builing shall be separate by one hour fire resistance rate assemblies. with: (3) Amen Chapter 9, Section , by eleting the secon sentence an replacing The potable water supply shall be protecte against backflow in accorance with the requirements of the National Stanar Plumbing Coe Illustrate 0. (33) Amen Chapter, Section 0. to rea: Scope: The provisions of this chapter shall control the esign an construction of facilities for accessibility to physically isable persons. Facilities that comply with the Marylan Accessibility Law, COMAR will be consiere accessible an any reference to ANSI A7. shall mean COMAR (34) Amen Chapter 6, Section 608, Snow Loas, to rea: All roofs shall be esigne for a minimum snow loa of 30 PSF (groun, flat an slope) an for unbalance snow loas, with no reuctions allowe. (35) Amen Chapter 8 to a new Section to rea: Safety features: In the event that extreme grae conitions exist, the Coe Official may require that appropriate safety evices (e.g., fences, guarrails, retaining walls, etc.) be installe. 0

11 (36) Amen Chapter 8, Section to rea: Frost protection: Except where exempte by the Coe Official or erecte upon soli rock or otherwise protecte from frost, founation walls, piers, an other permanent supports of all builings an structures shall exten to the frost line, which is 30 inches below grae an sprea footings of aequate size shall be provie where necessary to istribute properly the loa within the allowable loa bearing value of the soil. Alternatively, such structures shall be supporte on piles where earth or rock is not available. Footings shall not bear on frozen soils. (37) Amen Chapter 8, Section to rea: Plain concrete: In plain concrete footings, the ege thickness shall not be less than eight inches (03 mm) for footings on soil. (38) Amen Chapter 9, Plumbing Systems, by eleting Table 90. an replacing with 70.9 Plumbing Coe Amenments. (39) Amen Chapter 3; Section 303. General, to rea: The provisions of this section shall apply to tents, membrane structures, an other structures erecte or intene to be erecte for more than seven consecutive ays an less than 80 ays. Such structures shall be governe by the Marylan State Fire Coes. Those structures erecte for a longer perio of time shall comply with Section 30 or with all applicable sections of this coe where Section 30 is not applicable. rea: (40) Amen Chapter 33, Section 3303, DEMOLITION, to a two new subsections to Conition of property upon completion. In aition to any other reasonable conitions which the Coe Official may impose upon a permit issue to emolish a structure, the permit shall be conitione upon the complete isposal of all ebris resulting from the emolition an a restoration of the site appropriate to grae with stabilize soil Final inspection. Upon complete emolition of the structure, removal of ebris an complete stabilization of the groun, the permit holer shall request a final inspection. If all work is satisfactorily complete, a certificate of completion shall be issue; if not, the permit holer shall satisfactorily complete the work within the time limit of the permit. If a certificate of completion is not issue in accorance herewith uring the time authorize uner the permit, the property owner an permit holer (if other than the property owner) shall be eeme in violation of the permit. (4) A new Chapter 36, UNDERGROUND FUEL STORAGE TANK PERMIT REQUIREMENTS, to rea:

12 CHAPTER 36 Section UNDERGROUND FUEL STORAGE TANK PERMIT REQUIREMENTS. Any person who installs, removes or abanons a commercial unergroun gasoline or fuel storage tank of any size or a resiential tank greater than,00 gallons shall obtain a permit from the Bureau of Permits an Inspections before installing, removing or abanoning sai tank.. The requirements of the current Marylan Fire Prevention Coe an Marylan Department of the Environment regulations shall apply. (4) A new Chapter 38 to rea as follows an a the following text to that chapter with the sections inicate: CHAPTER 38 EDITOR S NOTE: For practical purposes, the orer of this portion of sub-chapter 38 of Chapter 70 has been rearrange from its existing orer so that the efinitions appear first Definitions. In this chapter the following terms have the meanings inicate. Any term not efine in this chapter shall have the meaning as efine in Chapter 53 of the Coe. ACCESSORY STRUCTURE - A etache structure on the same parcel of property as the principal builing, the use of which is inciental to the principal builing, incluing a she or etache garage. CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY OR USE - A permit to legally occupy or use a builing for the intene purpose. ELEVATION CERTIFICATE - Form supplie by FEMA to certify as-built elevations of builings above mean sea level, National Geoetic Vertical Datum (NGVD). FLOODPROOFING - Any combination of structural or nonstructural changes which reuces or eliminates floo amage to improve property. FLOODPROOFING CERTIFICATE - Form supplie by FEMA to certify that a builing has been esigne an constructe to be structurally ry flooproofe to the floo protection elevation. FLOODWAY FRINGE - That portion of the flooplain outsie the flooway. FPE - Floo protection elevation. HISTORIC BUILDING - A builing liste iniviually on the National Register of Historic Places, the Marylan Inventory of Historic Properties, a local inventory of historic places certifie

13 by the Marylan Historic Trust or the Secretary of the Interior, or preliminarily etermine as meeting the requirements for such listing by the Marylan Historic Trust or the Secretary of the Interior, or etermine as contributing to the historic significance of a historic istrict registere with Secretary of the Interior. MANUFACTURED HOME - A transportable builing which is built on a permanent chassis an is esigne for use with or without a permanent founation when connecte to the require utilities. NGVD - National Geoetic Vertical Datum of 99 elevation reference points set by the National Geoetic Survey base on mean sea level. PERMANENT STRUCTURE - Any structure occupying a site for more than 80 ays per year. RECREATIONAL VEHICLE - A vehicle built on a single chassis which is 400 square feet or less at the longest horizontal projection, self-propelle or towable, an esigne primarily for temporary living while traveling or camping. REPETITIVE LOSS - Floo-relate amage sustaine by a builing on two separate occasions uring a ten year perio for which the cost of repairs at the time of each event, on the average, equals or excees 5% of the market value of the builing before the amage occurre. START OF CONSTRUCTION - The ate of issue of the builing permit for any evelopment, incluing new construction (a builing for which the start of construction commence on or after August, 978, an inclues any subsequent aitions or improvements) an substantial improvements, provie that the actual start of the construction or improvement was within 80 ays of permit issuance. The actual start of construction is the placement of slab or footings, piles, columns, or actual placement of a manufacture home. For substantial improvement, the start of construction is the first alteration of any structural part of the builing. TEMPORARY STRUCTURE - Any structure completely remove within 80 ays from issuance of the permit. FLOODPLAIN AND STORM DRAINAGE AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING BY SURFACE WATERS OR RUNNING STREAMS Delineation of the flooplain. At a minimum, the Floo Insurance Stuy (FIS), ate February 978, an the Floo Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) an Floo Bounary an Flooway Maps (FBFM), ate August 7, 98, issue by the Feeral Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), incluing amenments an revisions thereto, for Carroll County will be use to elineate the 00 year FEMA flooplain. The County also aopts the FIS, FIRMs an FBFMs for the Towns of Hampstea, New Winsor, Sykesville, Union Brige, an for the City of Westminster ate January 7, 983, February 6, 979, October 0, 980, August, 977, an October 0, 980, respectively, as well as amenments an revisions thereto an any new FEMA 3

14 maps create for the Towns of Mt. Airy or Manchester, wherein this coe will apply an will be aministere by Carroll County. The FIS, FIRM, an FBFM shall be use to guie the Coe Official or any other iniviual in etermining the relative location of propose builing or evelopment with respect to FEMA mappe streams, flooplains, or flooways. If builing or evelopment is propose in a conteste FEMA or unmappe flooplain, the flooplain shall be elineate in accorance with Chapter Requirements for a permit for construction of builings in flooplains. Construction of builings in the flooplain is prohibite unless a variance is grante pursuant to Section of this chapter. Any person grante a variance for a builing shall obtain a permit an be in full conformance with all provisions of this Chapter 70, Construction Coes. All necessary state an feeral permits shall be obtaine before any construction may procee. Manufacture homes will not be grante a variance to be locate in the flooplain. Recreational vehicles may not occupy a site for more than 80 ays out of the year an shall be fully license an reay for highway use to be allowe seasonally in the FEMA flooplain. A recreational vehicle is reay for highway use if it is on its wheels or jacking system, is attache to the site only by quickisconnect type utilities an security evices, an has no permanently attache aitions Development in the FEMA flooway or flooplain. Neither a permit nor a variance shall be grante for any builing or fill in the flooway which will result in any increase in water surface elevations uring the base floo. New builings an fill are prohibite Existing builings in the FEMA flooway or flooplain. Existing builings in the flooway are nonconforming with respect to this chapter only an shall be substantially improve only if they can be brought into conformance with this Chapter 38 without increasing the footprint. Minor aitions (less than substantial improvement) shall be elevate at least two feet above the elevation of the base floo on pilings or columns. In the event of substantial amage or repetitive loss, the applicant shall submit an alternative analysis to emonstrate that the builing cannot be move out of the flooway. If a builing is replace in the flooway, it shall be limite to the footprint of the previous builing Construction requirements in the flooway fringe an flooplain. All builings shall be oriente so as to offer the least resistance to the flow of floo waters. Materials which are buoyant, flammable, explosive, hazarous to health, or which at times of flooing may be injurious to human, animal, or plant life, shall not be store less than two feet above the elevation of the 00 year floo. All builings shall be firmly anchore in accorance with acceptable engineering practices to prevent flotation, collapse, an lateral movement uring flooing. All air ucts, large pipes, an storage tanks locate below two feet above the elevation of the base floo shall be firmly anchore to resist flotation Elevation requirement. All new or substantially improve builings or repair or reconstruction of repetitive loss shall have the lowest floor elevate two feet above the elevation of the base floo. Basements are not permitte. Less than substantial horizontal aitions shall be elevate two feet above the elevation of the base floo. The elevation of the lowest floor shall be certifie by a registere professional engineer or surveyor on the elevation certificate form 4

15 provie by the Coe Official. Enclosures below two feet above the elevation of the base floo shall be constructe with water equalizing vents to meet the specifications of Section Venting requirement. Builings which have been elevate but have fully enclose founation areas below two feet above the elevation of the base floo shall be constructe with water-equalizing vents. This also inclues attache garages an accessory builings which are not fully elevate. These areas below floo level shall be use solely for parking of vehicles, storage, or access to the builing. A nonconversion agreement shall be complete in these cases. The vents shall meet or excee the following stanars: a. A minimum of two openings on ifferent walls having a total net area of not less than one square inch for every square foot of enclose area subject to flooing; b. The bottoms of all openings shall be no more than one foot above grae; an c. Openings may be equippe with screens, louvers, valves, or other coverings or evices, provie that they permit the automatic entry an exit of floo waters to equalize hyrostatic forces on the walls Utilities. a. Electric. All electric utilities to the builing sie of the meter are regulate by this Chapter 70, Construction Coes, an shall be elevate a minimum of three feet above the base floo elevation. Distribution panel boxes shall be a minimum of three feet above the lowest floor. All outlets an electric installations, such as heat pumps, air conitioners, water heaters, furnaces, generators, an istribution systems incluing uct work, shall be installe a minimum of feet above the elevation of the base floo. b. Plumbing. Toilets, sinks, showers, water heaters, pressure tanks, furnaces, an other permanent plumbing installations shall be installe two feet above the elevation of the base floo. c. Gas. Meters, istribution lines, an gas appliances shall be installe two feet above the elevation of the base floo.. Fuel tanks. All propane tanks installe in the flooplain are require to be anchore to prevent flotation in accorance with the NFPA 58, 3-..7(h) which states: Where necessary to prevent flotation ue to possible high floo waters aroun abovegroun or moune containers, or high water table for those unergroun an partially unergroun, containers shall be secure. This chapter also requires that all tanks installe in flooplain areas be either elevate or aequately anchore to prevent flotation up to the FPE. All fuel oil storage tanks installe in the flooplain shall be either elevate or securely anchore to prevent flotation up to the FPE. Vent pipes shall exten to or above the FPE an fill caps below the FPE shall be screw type with a tight fitting gasket to prevent mixing of water with oil. e. Water supply an waste isposal facilities. Distribution an isposal collection facilities shall be esigne to minimize or eliminate the infiltration of floo waters into the systems or ischarges from the systems into floo waters Sewers an wells. New iniviual sewage systems, whether public or private, shall be prohibite from being locate within the flooplain. Replacement iniviual sewage systems, whether public or private, may be locate within the flooplain subject to state rules an regulations an any state or county regulations which prohibit location, or otherwise regulate 5

16 location in flooplain soils, incluing horizontal separation istance. New or replacement iniviual wells may be locate within the flooplain, subject to state rules an regulations an the Plumbing Coe Filling. Filling within the natural flooplain will not be permitte, unless compelling reasons are submitte to the Coe Official. Only the minimum amount of fill necessary to support the builings will be allowe. Detaile plans will be necessary to evaluate the effect of any filling. Fill may not be place in the flooway or in nontial wetlans. Lanfills, rubble fills, umps, an sanitary fills are not permitte in the flooplain. The use of fill may not increase flooing or cause rainage problems on neighboring properties. Any lan isturbance shall be grae an plante with aequate vegetative cover to prevent erosion immeiately after isturbance. Contours shall be esigne to prevent flooing Floo protection setback requirement. Any new or replacement builings shall be locate no less than 00 feet from the top of bank of all FEMA mappe streams an 50 feet plus two feet for each percent of lan slope measure perpenicular to the stream from the ege of the bank to 00 feet from ege of bank on all unmappe streams. Natural vegetation shall be maintaine in the setback zone, an where natural vegetation oes not exist along the banks, high priority shall be given to planting trees in the setback area to prevent erosion an enhance aquatic resources (Reserve) Variances for builings. Any variance shall be the minimum necessary, consiering the floo hazar, to affor relief. Variances shall only be issue upon: a. A showing of goo an sufficient cause; b. A etermination that failure to grant a variance woul result in harship, other than economic, to the applicant; c. A etermination that the granting of a variance will not result in increase floo heights, aitional threats to the public safety, create nuisances, cause frau, or conflict with local or state laws or orinances;. A letter shall be sent by the Coe Official to the applicant inicating the terms of the variance, the increase risk to life an property in granting the variance, an the increase premium rates for floo insurance coverage in any case in which the National Floo Insurance Program minimum regulations are not met. Variances may not be issue for new builings in the flooway nor for the placement of fill in the flooway if any increase in floo elevations woul result; an e. The Coe Official shall maintain a recor of all builing variances, with a justification for their issuance. This recor shall inclue comments from the Coorinating Office of the Water Resources Aministration, where appropriate, an be maintaine for perioic review. (004 Coe, 97-4) (Or. 5-D, passe ; Or. 0-0, passe -3-00; Or. 0-9, passe --00; Or , passe ; Or. 04-5, passe --004; Or , passe ; Or , passe ; Or. 00-0, passe -5-00; Or , passe ; Or. 0-04, passe 5-7-0; Or. 0-03, passe 5-0-0; Or , passe ) 6

17 EDITOR S NOTE -- For practical purposes, the orer of this portion of Chapter 70 has been rearrange from its existing orer RESIDENTIAL CODE AMENDMENTS. Specific changes to International Resiential Coe 05 Eition shall be as follows: () Delete Chapter in its entirety an substitute the language of Chapter Aministration from the International Builing Coe 05 as amene by this chapter an as may be hereafter amene from time to time. () Amen Section R30.6 to rea: All roofs shall be esigne for a minimum snow loa of 30 PSF (groun, flat, an slope) an for unbalance snow loas, with no reuctions allowe. (3) Delete International Resiential Coe Chapter 3, Section R307 in its entirety. (4) Amen Section 30.6 by aing the wor finishe between the wors existing an basements. (5) Amen Chapter 3 Means of Egress, R3 by aing: The means of egress path shall continue to the riveway or public way by the installation of a siewalk, stepping stones or other similar approve metho. (6) Amen R Exception by eleting the wors at the turn. (7) Amen R Grip Size,. Type I the maximum cross section of imension by eleting -/4 an replacing with 3-/4 inches. (8) Amen Chapter 3, Builing Planning, R33. to rea: R33. An automatic resiential fire sprinkler system shall be installe in new an rebuilt one an two family wellings an wellings where the accumulate refurbishment, renovation, or alteration affects more than 50% of the structure s total area, in which case the refurbishe, renovate, or altere portion of the structure shall also have sprinklers. (9) Amen section R34.7. by aing a sentence at the en to rea Emergency egress winow roof access points an pathways shall not be obstructe by panels. (0) Amen section R by aing a secon exception to rea Where a single 3 foot wie access pathway is installe in the center thir of the roofs length 7

18 () Amen section R by eleting the wors less than 3 feet below an replace with within 8 inches of. () Amen section R36 by eleting International Swimming Pool an Spa Coe an replacing with: Carroll County Bureau of Permits an Inspections Resiential Coe Compliance Guielines for Swimming Pools, Spas an Hot Tubs. (3) Amen Chapter 3, by aing a new section R37 to rea: R37. Private roa construction. A. All resiential welling single use riveways shall be 0 feet wie with a minimum surface type of Crusher Run-6, six inches in epth, an shall not excee a maximum riveway grae of 7%. New riveway aprons shall be installe in accorance with currently aopte County specifications. Existing riveway aprons being repave, reinstalle or reconfigure shoul also be installe in accorance with currently aopte County specifications where technically feasible an without unue buren. (4) Amen subsection R40.3 Drainage to a a sentence at the en to rea: Surface rainage shall comply with Chapter 5 of the Coe an shall be mitigate to limit ischarge to an ajoining property or public way. (5) Amen Chapter 4, Section R403.. to a the following text: Notwithstaning any other provisions of this section, concrete footings shall not be less than eight inches in ege thickness an shall exten a minimum of four inches on each sie of the supporte wall. Concrete footings shall not be poure through water or on frozen soils. Concrete footings shall be protecte from freezing uring construction an for a perio of not less than five ays thereafter. Bottom of footing shall not be less than 30 inches below grae an shall rest on virgin or compacte soil. (6) Amen Chapter 4, Section R by aing the following language after the text: Excavate areas to receive backfill shall be clear of all ebris, builing materials, tree stumps, etc. Backfille areas to receive concrete porches, steps, patios, walks, etc., shall be aequately compacte to minimize potential settlement. (7) Amen Section R405., Concrete or masonry founations, to a a sentence at the en to rea: Drains shall be provie on the exterior of all concrete an masonry founations in accorance with the aopte Plumbing Coe. 8

19 (8) A new Subsection to rea: Areaways rains. All open subsurface space ajacent to a builing serving as an entrance to the basement or cellar of a builing must be provie with a rain or rains. Such areaway rains shall be a minimum of two inches in iameter of either cast iron, PVC (polyvinyl chlorie), or ABS (Acroynlonitrilebutiaene-styrene) 40-weight plastic pipe glue joints for areaway not to excee 00 square feet in area, an shall be ischarge as provie for in this regulation pertaining to subsoil rains not serving continuous flowing springs or grounwater. Areaway rains shall be pipe irectly to a sump pump pit. When subsoil rains rain to open grae, the areaway rain may be connecte to a fitting or the subsoil rain outsie the areaway. Areaway rains for areas exceeing 00 square feet shall be size accoring to the Plumbing Coe. (9) Delete Section R406. in its entirety. (0) Amen Section R406. by aing text to the first sentence to rea: All welling units that have a founation shall be waterproofe in accorance with R406. or a system approve by the Coe Official. () Amen section R507 Exterior Decks by eleting the entire section an replacing with the Carroll County Bureau of Permits an Inspections Resiential Coe Compliance Guielines for Decks. () Amen Chapter 5, Section P50. Scope, to rea: All plumbing work in Carroll County shall be subject to the currently aopte National Stanar Plumbing Coe as publishe by the National Association of Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors an any amenments uner All other provisions of International Resiential Coe Chapter 5 shall be elete. (3) All electrical work shall be subject to the NFPA 70 National Electrical Coe as amene hereby notwithstaning anything to the contrary herein. (4) Delete International Resiential Coe Chapters 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 30, 3, 3, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, an 4 in their entirety an replace with the aopte plumbing, gas, an electrical coes. (5) Aopt International Resiential Coe 05 Appenices F, J, K, an M. (6) Amen AF03.3, Raon, by aing this sentence at the en of the exception: Aitions on crawl spaces with an aitional 50% of vents installe than require. (7) Amen appenix F of the International Resiential Coe Section AF03.9 by aing the following sentence: The pipe shall be labele with a continuous orange paint line throughout 9

20 the structure MECHANICAL CODE AMENDMENTS. Specific changes to the International Mechanical Coe 05 shall be as follows: () Amen Chapter, Section 06.5 to rea: Fees an all mechanical work an inspections conucte hereuner or require hereby shall be in accorance with the scheule require by the currently aopte International Builing Coe, 08. as amene by 70.5(4) of the County Coe. () Delete Sections 06.5., 06.5., an (3) Delete Chapter, Section 08, Violations. (4) Delete Chapter, Section 09, Means of Appeals. (004 Coe, 97-7) (Or. 5-D, passe ; Or. 0-0, passe -3-00; Or. 04-5, passe --004; Or , passe ; Or. 00-0, passe -5-00; Or. 0-03, passe 5-0-0) 70.8 ELECTRICAL CODE AMENDMENTS. The National Electrical Coe 04 is amene as follows: () Amen National Electrical Coe 04, to a new Chapter 95 to rea: 95- LICENSING REQUIREMENTS No person may install, repair, maintain or erect any kin of electrical wiring, conuits, or wiring to or repair of electrical elements or circuits of machinery an fixe or stationery appliances, motors, fixtures, signs, electrically operate heating equipment, elevators, or any other electrically operate apparatus or evice in, on, or about any premises in the county without having obtaine a license an permit as require by the county or the state, or having otherwise complie with these regulations except: A. Utility company regulate by the Public Service Commission of Marylan when working on its own property or on the line sie of a meter or the outsie of builings when using onut type meters. B. Raio an television transmitting stations license an commissione by the Feeral Communications Commission regulations EMPLOYMENT OF LICENSED ELECTRICIANS Unless otherwise permitte by this chapter, no person, firm or corporation engage in the 0

21 manufacture, assembly or repair of electrical equipment manufacture by such person, firm or corporation or manufacture for such person, firm or corporation by a parent or subsiiary shall be require to hol or to employ the holer of any of the licenses provie for by these requirements solely by reason of such manufacture, assembly or repair. However, all electrical installations for machinery an equipment within such factories shall be performe by either a holer of a master electrician or limite license or uner their irect supervision. 95- CLASSES OF LICENSES The following classes of licenses are hereby establishe: A. Master electrician. A master electrician license shall authorize the licensee to perform or have performe uner the licensee s irection an supervision all types of electrical work in accorance with the applicable coe as aopte by the County Commissioners. Such license may only be issue to an iniviual an may not be issue to a firm or corporation. A fouryear accreite apprenticeship program or egree from a college may be substitute for six months of the require seven years of fiel experience require to obtain a master electrician license. B. Limite electrician. Limite electrician license shall authorize the licensee employe by a firm or corporation to perform or have performe uner the licensee s irection or an alternate representative s supervision any electrical work solely on the premises occupie by the employer of such licensee. Such license may only be issue to an iniviual an may not be issue to a firm or corporation. In the event the licensee leaves the employ of the employer, the license shall become voi. Firms or corporations operating uner limite licenses are require to have an annual inspection of all work performe by their licensee. A recor of such work shoul be maintaine by the licensee. C. Restricte electrician. A restricte electrician license shall authorize the licensee to install, maintain an repair the particular type or types of electrical equipment specifie in the license, incluing: a. Electrically operate air-conitioning an refrigeration an heating equipment. b. Electrically operate elevators an umbwaiters. c. Electrical isplay signs.. Oil burners. Restricte electrician license shall authorize the licensee to maintain, repair an install electrical househol fixe an stationary appliances, an permit the licensee to install electrical wiring from the existing istribution panels to the equipment being installe. This license oes not permit installation of service or change of istribution of service. A restricte electrician license may only be issue to an iniviual an may not be issue to any firm or corporation. D. Homeowner s License. A homeowner license shall authorize an iniviual homeowner to perform minor electrical wiring in his or her own home, provie the iniviual homeowner

22 () satisfactorily passes a project specific or complete house examination aministere by the Coe Official or his or her esignee, an () signs a certificate that the iniviual homeowner owns an resies in the property to be subject to minor electrical wiring by the iniviual homeowner an that the property is not use for any commercial or public purpose. Project specific examinations inclue: Attache Garage; Detache Garage an/or Out Builing; Aitions, Family Rooms, an Renovations; an Swimming Pools. In aition to satisfactorily passing the Whole House examination, the iniviual homeowner shall submit a wiring iagram of the house for approval by the Coe Official or his or her esignee EXAMINATIONS A. General. To be eligible for an electrical license any applicant for a master electrician, limite electrician or restricte electrician shall be require to satisfactorily pass an examination, except as hereinafter provie. Such examination shall be stanar for each category an qualification for passage shall be etermine by three qualifie persons esignate by the county. Examination an graing proceures shall be establishe, publicize an mae available to intereste parties prior to each examination ate. Examination results shall be mae available at the earliest possible ate following the ate of the examination but not later than 45 ays thereafter. Notice of the ecision to grant or refuse a license shall be sent by certifie mail to the person for whom the application was file. B. Homeowner examination. An iniviual homeowner shall pass the applicable examination with a grae of 70% or better. A 0 question open book test on the current Electrical Coe that inclues the calculations of the loas an the signing of the electrical service to wire the entire house. For other types of improvements an renovations escribe in 95-D, a passing grae of 70% or better is require on a ten question open book test on the current Electrical Coe. A two hour time limit applies to all homeowner examinations REQUISITE QUALIFICATIONS FOR TAKING LICENSING EXAMINATIONS In orer to assure that those persons esiring to take the examinations for electrical licenses are qualifie through experience in the electrical business, the following eligibility requirements are establishe: A. Master electrician. To qualify for the examination for master electrician license, the applicant must satisfactorily establish that he or she has been actively in charge of electrical installation work uner the supervision of a master electrician for a perio of at least seven years prior to the application for license. Further, the principal source of the applicant s livelihoo must have been from the above employment. A four-year accreite apprenticeship school or egree from a college may be substitute for six months of the require seven years of fiel experience require to obtain a master electrician license. B. Limite electrician. To qualify for the examination for limite electrician license, the applicant must be an employee of a firm or corporation for whom the work is to be one an must have worke uner the irection or supervision of a qualifie master electrician, or limite electrician for at least two years.