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BACKGROUND The State Building Standards Commission conducts public hearings on modifications for state agencies and state amendments that local building departments are mandated to enforce, such as requirements for disabled access, conservation of natural resources and fire or life safety. The Building Standards Commission then "publishes" the codes as further amended. Cities have 180 days from the official "publication date" to amend the state codes or adopt the codes without amendments. Failure of a city to adopt or amend the state codes results in the imposition of the unamended State Code at the local level. The State Building Standards Commission set an effective date at the local level on January 1, 2011. The State codes were not readily available until late August. which leaves very little time for cities to respond. DISCUSSION • All cities and counties must enforce model codes as revised and published by the State. These codes are generally revised every three years by the organization that creates the model codes. These codes are then reviewed and amended by the State to reflect the unique conditions in California. Previously, three (3) model building codes were published independently in the United States by three model code organizations: International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO), Building Officials and Code Administrators (BOCA) and Southem Building Code Congress International (SBCCI). As a first step toward national uniformity, these model code organizations merged — forming a new model code organization known as the International Code Council (ICC). A result of this effort was the publication of the International Building Code. A significant number of the changes to the codes were simply to correlate with a new format. Additionally. requirements from the various model codes were incorporated into the new International Building Code. The proposed ordinances consist of the following: • Adoption of state - mandated construction codes. • A carryover of our current administrative and procedural amendments reformatted to correlate with the new codes. • Amending the Plumbing Code to prohibit the use of plastic pipe in the drain waste and venting system. This continues existing City policy. • The adoption of the "International Building Code, 2009 edition" with appendix Chapter G and I. "International Residential Code, 2009 edition" with appendix Chapter G and H and Chapters Al. A2, A3. A4 and A5 of the "International Existing Building Code 2009 edition." The "International Fire Code. 2009 Edition' with appendix chapters B, C and D. Construction Code Standards Adoption 2 October 18. 2010