City of Battlefield, MO Adoption Of Residential Code

[R.O. 2017 § 500.110; Ord. No. 17-25; Ord. No. 19-11, 3-19-2019[1]]

A certain document, one (1) copy of which are on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Battlefield, Missouri, being marked and designated as the International Residential Code for One- and Two -Family Dwellings, 2018 Edition, including Appendix Chapters A, B, C, D, G, H, J, M, N, and P, as published by the International Code Council, be and is hereby adopted as the Residential Code of the City of Battlefield, in the State of Missouri, for regulating and governing the construction, alteration, movement, enlargement, replacement, repair, equipment, location, removal and demolition of detached one- and two-family dwellings and multiple single-family dwellings (townhouses) not more than three stories in height with separate means of egress as herein provided; providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said Residential Code on file in the office of the City Clerk are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this ordinance, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in Subsections (B) and (C) of this Section.

The following sections are hereby revised:

Section R101.1 Title. Insert into bracketed area: "City of Battlefield, Missouri."

Section R113.4 Violation penalties. Add a sentence to the end of the paragraph to read as follows: "The penalties are set forth in Section 500.120 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Battlefield, Missouri."

Table R301.2(1) Climatic and Geographic Design Criteria. Insert the following into the bracketed areas in Table R301.2(1):

Criteria		Specification
Ground Snow Load	=	15 pounds per square foot
Wind Design, Speed	=	115 miles per hour
Wind Design, Topographic Effects	=	No
Wind Design, Special Wind Region	=	No
Wind Design, Windborne Debris Zone	=	No
Seismic Design Category	=	B
Subject To Damage From, Weathering	=	Severe
Subject To Damage From, Frost Depth Line	=	20 inches
Subject To Damage From, Termite	=	Moderate to heavy
Winter Design Temperature	=	9° F.
Ice Barrier Underlayment Required	=	No
Flood Hazards, Date of Entry	=	5-6-2014
Flood Hazards, Flood Insurance Study Date	=	8-23-2018
Flood Hazards, FIRM Panel Number and Date	=	Panel 319 of 505 dated 8-23-2018, Panel 338 of 505 dated 8-23-2018, Panel 432 of 505 dated 8-23-2018 and 451 of 505 dated 8-23-2018
Air Freezing Index	=	938
Mean Annual Temperature	=	54.0° F.
Manual J Design Criteria
Elevation	=	1,268 feet
Latitude	=	37°10' North
Winter Heating, 99% Dry Bulb	=	9° F.
Summer Cooling, 1% Dry Bulb	=	92° F.
Altitude Correction Factor	=	0.929
Indoor Design Temperature	=	70° F. dry bulb
Design Temperature Cooling	=	75° F. dry bulb
Heating Temperature Difference	=	61° F.
Cooling Temperature Difference	=	17° F.
Wind Velocity Heating	=	15 miles per hour
Wind Velocity Cooling	=	7.5 miles per hour
Coincident Wet Bulb	=	74° F.
Daily Range	=	Medium
Winter Humidity	=	65%
Summer Humidity	=	95%

Section N1102.4.1.2 (R402.4.1.2) Testing. Delete in its entirety.

Section N1103.3.3 (R403.3.3) Duct testing. Delete in its entirety.

Section N1103.3.5 (R403.3.5) Building cavities. Delete in its entirety.

Section N1105 (R405) Simulated performance alternative. Delete in its entirety.

Section N1106 (R406) Energy Rating Index Compliance Alternative. Delete in its entirety.

Section P2603.5.1 Sewer depth. Insert into the bracketed area: "twenty-four (24) inches."

10.

Section E3902.2 Garage and accessory building receptacles. Amend section to add the following exception: "Exception: GFCI protection is not required if the garage door receptacle is a simplex-type device and not a duplex-style receptacle."

11.

Section E4002.14 Tamper-resistant receptacles. Delete in its entirety.

Based on Missouri State Law Chapter 67, Section 67.281, RSMo., "Installation of fire sprinklers to be offered to purchaser by builder of certain dwellings — purchaser may decline," the following sections are modified unless the purchaser of the dwelling opts to install a fire sprinkler system:

Section R309.5 Fire sprinklers. Delete in its entirety.

Section R313 Automatic fire sprinkler systems. Delete in its entirety and substitute the following language: "A builder of five (5) or more connected units shall comply with the design and installation requirements of the 2018 International Residential Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings, Section P2904. The builder of four (4) or less connected units shall comply with the fire-suppressant separation as provided in Section R317 of the 2006 International Residential Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings or Section P2904 of the 2012 International Residential Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings at the builder or purchaser's costs and option."

Section P2904 Dwelling unit fire sprinkler systems. Delete in its entirety.

Nothing in this Article or in the Residential Code hereby adopted shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding impending in any court, or any rights acquired, or liability incurred, or any cause or causes of action acquired or existing, under any act or ordinance repealed by Ordinance No. 19-11; nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this Article.

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Editor's Note: This ordinance set an effective date 180 calendar days from the date of its adoption.