Introduction to the North Carolina Rehab Code
Introduction What is the Rehab Code? Establishes code requirements, tailormade for existing buildings Establishes a common sense approach to rehab problems Rehab Code is a rare opportunity Means a great deal to our community 2
Introduction Rehab Code requires new approach Solving building code problems alone won t do it Must remove local obstacles Local agencies must be proactive in solving problems New approach to rehab code issues will require a new approach to solving local regulatory issues Rehab projects must be identified as special 3
Introduction Become champions of the program Special assignment Embrace the Rehab Code Use it Get others to do the same 4
Introduction to the Rehab Code Concept: Common Sense Codified
Development Process Rethought 100 years of code development 40 person advisory board All segments of stakeholders represented 8
Development Process Guiding Principle #1: Predictability When beginning a rehab project, not the time to beat them over the head with the code requirements Should be able to determine scope and cost ahead of time 9
Development Process Guiding Principle #2 Maintain Building Safety: Work performed should leave the building no less safe than when work began 10
Development Process Guiding Principle #3: Coordination Coordinate Rehab Code with Fire Prevention Code; emphasizing/ establishing minimum level of life safety 11
Development Process Guiding Principle #4 Predictability Should be able to determine work scope and cost ahead of time 12
Development Process Guiding Principle #5: Proportionality Requirements are in proportion to work planned 13
For the Fire Marshal: About Safety Key player in the development of New Jersey Rehab Code: George Miller New Jersey State Fire Marshal President, National Association of State Fire Marshals 15
For the Fire Marshal: About Safety This code gives you more Premise: minimum level of life safety maintained by fire prevention code: Minimum level can t diminish Puts emphasis on the benefits of alarms and suppression even if partial 16
How the Code Works Cookbook Approach 6 categories 4 on rehab scope Repair Renovation Alteration Reconstruction Other Change of Use Historical 17
How the Code Works 18
How the Code Works Code applies to variety of projects that enhance the community 19
How the Code Works Residential Single-Family Affordable Housing 20
How the Code Works Multi-Family Economic Development 21
Benefits of the Rehab Code Ensures safe buildings Encourages upgrading of buildings Applies common sense standards to renovating buildings Encourages reinvestment in existing buildings and neighborhoods Promotes Smart Growth Simplifies and speeds building code enforcement 23
Additional Benefits of the Rehab Code Percent Change in Dollar Value of Rehab Work in New Jersey 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 1996-97 Year Prior to Rehab Code 1997-98 First Year of Rehab Code 1997-99 First Two Years of Rehab Code All of New Jersey 18% 10% 19% Sixteen Cities 17% 41% 65% 24
Secondary Benefits of the Rehab Code Encourages adaptive reuse 25
Secondary Benefits of the Rehab Code So it mitigates sprawl 26
Secondary Benefits of the Rehab Code Encourages urban investment 27
Secondary Benefits of the Rehab Code Supports projects where non conventional funding is used Brown fields, ITC, etc. Stretches these funding dollars 28
Secondary Benefits of the Rehab Code Supports affordable housing 29
Secondary Benefits of the Rehab Code Supports main street programs 30
Secondary Benefits of the Rehab Code Supports transit 31
NC Rehab Code Development Update Tentative completion date: March 15, - April 15, 2002 32
NC Rehab Code Development Update Code Development The Rehab Pilot Code is described in Session Law NC2001-372 Lead Local Jurisdiction must deliver a draft cross-reference document to the NC DOI by February 17, 2002 Cross referencing the NJ Rehab Code to: 1999 NCSBC (SBC) 2002 NCSBC (IBC) 33
NC Rehab Code Development Update Training Working with Asheville, Wilmington and Raleigh on redevelopment Also, AIA-North Carolina We have contracted with a trainer, qualified in the New Jersey training program, as the primary educator 34
NC Rehab Code Development Update Training Code officials train with architects, engineers and others 2-Day Training Sessions 35
The North Carolina Rehab Code Common Sense Codified