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. PREFACE Introduction Intc'rnatil ,nally. code officials n:cogni/.e the need for a modern. up-to-date property mailllenanee code go\'t'rnillg the maintenance of L'\iSlin,l! buildill,l!s. The IlIlenllltiO//l/1 Properlr Ml/i//telllllll'l' Code".'. in Ihis :WOo edition. is designed to meelthis need through mmlt'l code regulations Ihat Clllltain clear and specific properly mainlellance requireml'nts with required property improvemellt pru- ,.tslons. This 2006 edition is fully compatihle with all IlIlemlllio//i11 Codes" (I-Codes I ) published by the Intl:rnational Code Council (ICC )". includill,l! thc l//ll'r//llliol/i11 Nuildil1g Code"'. ICC Llcctricl/I ('odc"-/ldlllillillmti\','I'ro\'isiolls, 1111erllllliolll/1 Ellergr Co//- ,11T1'l/lio// ('otic';', Il/ltT//Illiol1all:'.rislil/g Nuiltli//g ('ode", II/Il'f'//l/Iiol/l/I Firc Code" . 11/1Crl/uli(l/llI1 Fue! (fus ('ode'''. II/Ierl/uliol/lll Mecll<lIIiml C"dc", ICC Pe/jim//'II/Cl' Codc';', Il/temulio//llll'lulIIlJil/g Code", IlIllTl/uliollal Pril'utt' Snl'uge /)isl'o.l'ul ('ode':'. IlIIer- 1/l/liol/ul R('sidCllliul Codc'''', {111<'ml/liol/ul IVildlulld- UrlJ<lII IIl/alill'" Code aml/ll1l'rl/l//io/lul ZOllil/g CO{!l."",,_ The- IlIlt'ml/lio//l/ll'rol'crlr Ml/illll'IlUI/Cl' ('ode provisi, IllS providl' lIlany bendib. alllollg which is the nlllckl code development pI! ICe-SS that oilers an illtenwtionaJ forum for code ofhcials and other interested parties 10 discuss performance and prescriptive code require-lI\l'nts. This forum provides an excellellt arena to debale propo.sed revisions_ This mode-Il'ode- also encourages international "()Il.sislL~ney in the application of provisions_ Development The- first edilion of the IlIlerJI<lliol/l/II'rnIJerl\' MlIil/ll'//l/IlCC Code ( l'JlJX) was the culminat ion of an efforl illitiated in I (Jl)o by a code (kwlopment committee app(linted by ICC alld c(lJlSisting PI' represelllati\es of the three statutory members pI' the International C,lde Council al that time. ineluding: Building Officials and Code Admillislrators Interuati(lll;d. J1IC. lBOC..\,. International Con- . fc-rence of Building Officials (ICBO) and Southern Building Code Congress Internati,'nal (SHCCr). The committee drafted a COIll- prehensive sct ot regulati(lns tor cxistin,l! buildings that \I'as consistent with the existing model properly mainll'nanee codes at the i i me _ This 2()06 edition presents the c~lde as originally issued. with ~'hanges rellec:ted through the pn:vious 2()0_~ editions amI further chang.:s developed thwugh th~ ICC Code Deyelopment PnlL'':ss through 2()()5,..\ new edilioll ohhe code is promulgated .:ycry three yt'ars_ This cl.lde !~. t"ounded t'l1 prinl:ip!es !nte!!dL'd ~l' t'stablish pn,visiu!ls consistent 'xith (h~ s(."upe pf ,! pruperty !uaintenance code that ;Hkquately proll'cts public health. safety and welfare: pnl\isions thai ,10 not unn.:el'ssarily innease c(lnstruction costs: provisions th;lt do not restric:t the USl' of ncw matcrials. pr(lduL'ls or methods of constructiun: and pnn'isions thai do not give prefcr.:ntiaJ treat- mcnl to parlinJlar typcs l.r classes of matcrials. products or methuds (If l:onstruction, Adoption The: Il/lerJl<lliol/lIll'n'I'aty MlIil/ll'l/i1I/U' Code is ;nailable for adoption alld u.,e by jurisdietions internationally_ Its use within a governmental jurisdidion is intended III be aCl'olllpli.,h,'d thruugh adoption by refercnce in an:onlanl'e wilh proceedings establish- illg the jurisdiction's laws_ At the lime of aduptil;IL jurisdil,tions .,IHlllld insl'rt the apprupriall' illformalion inl"-llvisions requiring spl'l'ific hxal information. such as the nallle (If the adoptingjurisdielion_ These I,.cations are shown in bracketed words in small cap- itallellers in the cude and in the sample ordinallce_ The s;lIl1pk adoption ordinance- on page y addresses st:\eral key elements (It a Cllde adoplion ordinance. including the inf()rmati~'n required for insertion into the n)de ll'x1. Maintenance The 11I1'TI/Oliol/lIll'rof'<,rtr Milil/ll'l/iIIlC<' C"de is kept up tu date through the rc'\'i':\I'of proposl'd changl's submitted by code enforc- ing (lfficials. industry representati\'es. d.:sigllprokssionals alld other inlerl'sted parlies, Pnlpo.,ed changes art~ carefully consider.:d through an upenl'udc devel,'pnlcnt prueess in which all intnestnl allll affeeted partin may participate_ The ,'untents of this w(lrk are subj.:ct to change both through the Code Ikydopment Cycles and the goyenllllelltal body that cnact...; tht' codc into law_ rur more infurmalion regarding thc codl' developmenl pnlL't'ss. cUlltad the Codes and Standards DeyeJop- Il1l'nt Ikpartlnellt III' Ihe International Codc C(lunciL While the developmellt procedure llf Ihe 1I/I'TIIUliOl/lI1 /'ropatl' Moil/tel/o/lce C(ld,' ensures the highest degrcc of carc. ICe, ils . membership and those panicipalillg in the d,'\'doj1lTlent of this eodl: do not aecepl any liability rcsulting from compliance (lr non- cOJllplianl'e wilh Ihc proyisillns bCl'ause ICC d~lcs not haY~ the puwer or authorily to poliL't' or enforce compliance \lith the l'ontents PI' this CPlk_ Only thL' gmernlllL'ntal body tkll ellaL'ls lhe code intplaw has such authprity. 2006 INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE~) iii