103A.7  State building code.

The state building code commissioner with the approval of the advisory council is hereby empowered and directed to formulate and adopt and from time to time amend or revise and to promulgate, in conformity with and subject to the conditions set forth in this chapter, reasonable rules designed to establish minimum safeguards in the erection and construction of buildings and structures, to protect the human beings who live and work in them from fire and other hazards, and to establish regulations to further protect the health, safety and welfare of the public.

The rules shall include reasonable provisions for the following:

1.  The installation of equipment.

2.  The standards or requirements for materials to be used in construction.

3.  The manufacture and installation of factory-built structures.

4.  Protection of the health, safety, and welfare of occupants and users.

5.  The accessibility and use by persons with disabilities and elderly persons, of buildings, structures and facilities which are constructed and intended for use by the general public. The rules shall be consistent with federal standards for building accessibility.

6.  The conservation of energy through thermal and lighting efficiency standards for buildings intended for human occupancy or use.

These rules shall comprise and be known as the state building code.

Section History: Early form

  [C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 103A.7]

Section History: Recent form

  93 Acts, ch 95, §1

Internal References

  Referred to in § 103A.3, 103A.14, 104A.6


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