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File Number: 13-554 <br />Commission set an effective date for imposition at the local level as January 1, 2014. <br />However, the State codes were not readily available until late August 2013, which leaves very <br />little time for cities to respond. <br />DISCUSSION <br />All cities and counties must enforce model codes as revised and published by the State. <br />These codes are generally revised every three years by the organizations that create the <br />model codes. These codes are then reviewed and amended by the State to reflect the unique <br />conditions in California. <br />Previously, three (3) model building codes were published independently in the United States <br />by three model code organizations: International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO), <br />Building Officials and Code Administrators (BOCA) and Southern Building Code Congress <br />International (SBCCI). As a first step toward national uniformity, these model code <br />organizations merged - forming a new model code organization known as the International <br />Code Council (ICC). A result of this effort was the publication of the International Building and <br />Fire Codes. A significant number of the changes to the codes were simply to correlate with a <br />new format. Additionally, requirements from the various model codes were incorporated into <br />the new International Building Code. <br />The proposed ordinances consist of the following: <br />Adoption of state-mandated construction codes. <br />Adoption of the appendices Chapters G and I of the International Building Code. <br />Adoption of the appendices Chapters G and H of the International Residential Code. <br />Adoption of the “International Fire Code, 2012 Edition” with appendices chapters B, C, and <br />D. <br />A carryover of the City’s current administrative and procedural amendments reformatted to <br />correlate with the new codes. <br />Amending the Plumbing Code to prohibit the use of plastic pipe in drain waste and venting <br />systems. This continues existing City policy. <br />The adoption of appendices Chapters A 2, A4 and A5 of the “International Existing Building <br />Code, 2012 edition.” <br />Minor Structural Amendments related to updating seismic design criteria based on San <br />Leandro’s proximity to earthquake faults and corrections to the model code structural <br />design standards. <br />Current Agency Policies <br />The City Council previously adopted amendments to the subject Codes on November 15, <br />2010. <br />Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 11/12/2013