Tag Archives: 2012 IRC

Assembly May be Close to Reverting Back to 2012 Code

Kayla Desroches/KMXT A borough assembly regular meeting tonight will bring a recurring building code issue to the floor. The assembly is investigating a conditional move back to the 2012 International Residential Code with exceptions for certain residences in the borough. It frustrated the city council last summer when it decided to revert back to the 1997 Uniform Building Code without …

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Assembly to Work Out Details of Building Code Exemption for Homes Outside City

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kodiak Island Borough staff is looking for a number of clarifications on how the assembly imagines the 2012 international residential code would look in the borough. This summer, the borough assembly caused tension with the Kodiak City Council when it decided to roll back to the 1997 uniform building code – in part to relax engineering requirements for …

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Assembly Covers Design Manual for Building in Borough

Kayla Desroches/KMXT If the City of Kodiak hopes the Kodiak Island Borough will reconsider a recent change in building code, the borough assembly has so far not made any moves in that direction. If anything, it’s educating itself more on its shift back to the 1997 Uniform Building Code. The city and borough currently have a memorandum of agreement to …

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