Tag Archives: Kodiak Island Borough building 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 …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak City Council discussed the Kodiak Island Borough’s return to the 1997 Uniform Building Code at its work session Tuesday night. The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly made the change in an attempt to relax engineering codes for home owner-builders constructing homes in the borough and to remove restrictions and decrease cost. Doug Mathers, city building official, spoke …