§ 10-18. Amendments to the International Building Code adopted.

The following amendments to the International Building Code adopted in section 10-16 are hereby adopted:

Section 105.2, Work Exempt from Permit, subsections 1, 2 and 6 are amended as follows:

Building:

1.

Delete in its entirety (one-story detached structures).

2.

Delete in its entirety (fences less than seven feet).

6.

To read: Private Sidewalks and driveways that come in contact or involve the alteration of the public right-of-way.

Section 111, Use and Occupancy, is repealed and reenacted to provide:

111.1 Use and occupancy. No building or structure, or portion thereof, shall be used or occupied and no changes in existing occupancy classification of a building or structure, or portion thereof, shall be made until the building official has issued a certificate of occupancy there for as provided herein.

The building official shall not issue a certificate of occupancy for a building which consists of original improvements on any property within the city unless the applicant for such certificate of occupancy shall first make provisions for the installation of sidewalk, curbs and gutters, storm drains and detention areas and street paving in accordance with the city's specifications. Curbs, gutters, sidewalks, storm drains and detention areas must be installed with the original construction.

Exception: The city manager or designee may waive such requirements if the street grade or the location for curbs, gutters and sidewalks for the said location have not been established. If the requirement for the installation of curbs, gutters and sidewalks, or street paving is waived, the applicant for said certificate of occupancy and the owner of the building site shall execute an unconditional commitment to the city to pay the entire costs of the installation of said improvements whether as a part of an improvement district or otherwise, and provide such other assurances or commitments as required by the city.

Developers shall submit to the city reproducible copies of the "as-built" drawings of all public improvements. The developer's engineer must certify that such drawings are representative of those actually existing on site. Sanitary and storm sewer "as-builts" shall include bearings and/or angles on the plan view, and adequate ties to all property lines. Certification of the "as-built" drawings is required as follows:

1.

Registered land surveyor. A registered land surveyor in the state shall certify "as-built" detention pond volumes and surface areas and the design depths, outlet structures sizes and elevations, storm sewer sizes and invert elevations at inlets, manholes, and discharge locations, and representative open channel cross sections, and dimensions of all drainage structures.

2.

Registered professional engineer. The responsible design engineer shall certify that all drainage facilities are constructed in accordance with the design intent of the approved final drainage report and construction drawings.

Subsection 1507.2.5 is hereby repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

1507.2.5 Asphalt shingles. Asphalt shingles shall comply with ASTM D 225 or ASTM D 3462. Asphalt shingles shall be approved and carry a manufacturer's national wind warranty for the wind speed indicated in table 1601.2.

Subsection 1507.2.7 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1507.2.7 Attachment. Asphalt shingles shall have the minimum number of fasteners required by the manufacturer, but not less than four fasteners per strip shingle or two fasteners per individual shingle. Where the roof slope exceeds 21 units vertical in 12 units horizontal (21:12, 175-percent slope), shingles shall be installed as required by the manufacturer.

All asphalt shingles shall be fastened with a minimum of six fasteners between September 15 and April 15. Shingles that have not sealed at the time of final inspection shall be hand sealed in accordance with the manufacturer's installation instructions.

Subsection 1511.1 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1511.1 General. Materials and methods of application used for recovering or replacing an existing roof covering shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 15.

Exception: Reroofing shall not be required to meet the minimum design slope requirement of one-quarter unit vertical in 12 units horizontal (2-percent slope) in Section 1507 for roofs that provide positive roof drainage and have been evaluated by a registered design professional for the increase in loading due to potential ponding of water.

Subsection 1511.1.1 is hereby added to read as follows:

1511.1.1 Extent of replacement. When more than one square of asphalt shingles are required to be replaced over the aggregate area of the roof and a permit is required, every slope containing damaged shingles shall be replaced in its entirety. The interface of different types of shingles shall only occur at a ridge, hip or open valley.

Subsection 1511.3 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1511.3 Recovering versus replacement. New roof coverings shall not be installed without first removing all existing layers of roof coverings down to the roof deck.

Exceptions:

1.

Complete and separate roofing systems, such as standing-seam metal roof systems, that are designed to transmit the roof loads directly to the building's structural system and that do not rely on existing roofs and roof coverings for support, shall not require the removal of existing roof coverings.

2.

Metal panel, metal shingle and concrete and clay tile roof coverings shall be permitted to be installed over existing wood shake roofs when applied in accordance with Section 1511.4.

3.

The application of a new protective coating over an existing spray polyurethane foam roofing system shall be permitted without tear-off of existing roof coverings.

4.

Where the existing roof assembly includes an ice barrier membrane that is adhered to the roof deck, the existing ice barrier membrane shall be permitted to remain in place and covered with an additional layer of ice barrier membrane in accordance with Section 1507.

Section 1608.2, Ground Snow Loads, is repealed and reenacted to provide:

1608.2. Ground snow loads. The ground snow load to be used for determining roof loads shall be 30 pounds per square foot.

Section 1609.3, Ultimate Wind Speed, is repealed and reenacted to provide:

1609.3. Ultimate Wind Speed. The ultimate wind speed shall be 90 miles per hour, exposure

Section 1612.3, Establishment of Flood Hazard Areas, is repealed and reenacted to provide:

1612.3. Establishment of flood hazard areas. Flood hazard areas shall be as defined in chapter 34, article II of the Code.

Section 1612.4, Design and Construction, is repealed and reenacted to provide:

1612.4. Design and construction. Buildings and structures located in flood hazard areas shall conform to the requirements of chapter 34, article II of the Code in addition to the requirements set forth in section 1612.4.

Section 1809.5, Frost Protection, is amended by addition of the following:

The frost depth within the city shall be established at 36 inches.

Section 2111.1.1, Masonry and Factory-built Fireplaces, is enacted to provide as follows:

2111.1.1. Masonry fireplaces and factory-built fireplaces shall conform to the requirements of chapter 10, article IV of the Code.

Appendix Section H101.2, Signs Exempt From Permit , is deleted in its entirety.

Appendix Section H110, Roof Signs, is deleted in its entirety.

Appendix Section J101.3, Soil Sediment and Erosion Control, is enacted to provide as follows:

J101.3. Soil sediment and erosion control, shall conform to the requirements of, article VII of chapter 30 of the Code.

(Ord. No. 16-12, § 1, 1-3-17)