Senate File 222 - Introduced





                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  DANIELSON


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the state building code and local building
  2    regulations by requiring certain newly constructed residential
  3    buildings to include a storm shelter.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1841SS 83
  6 md/sc/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 103A.7, subsection 2, Code 2009, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  3    NEW PARAGRAPH.  h.  The standards for the construction of
  1  4 storm shelters located in multiple=unit residential buildings
  1  5 pursuant to section 103A.9A.
  1  6    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  103A.9A  STORM SHELTERS ==
  1  7 MULTIPLE=UNIT RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.
  1  8    1.  a.  All newly constructed multiple=unit residential
  1  9 buildings that are subject to the state building code or local
  1 10 building regulations shall have a storm shelter constructed on
  1 11 site.  A storm shelter required under this section shall be
  1 12 constructed according to rules adopted by the commissioner and
  1 13 approved by the council.  A storm shelter shall have adequate
  1 14 space for the maximum residential capacity of the
  1 15 multiple=unit residential building.
  1 16    b.  This section applies to new construction commenced on
  1 17 or after July 1, 2009.
  1 18    2.  For the purposes of this section:
  1 19    a.  "Multiple=unit residential building" means one of the
  1 20 following:
  1 21    (1)  A building more than one story in height, used
  1 22 primarily for human habitation, and containing four or more
  1 23 separate living quarters.
  1 24    (2)  A hotel, motel, nursing home, rest home, dormitory, or
  1 25 rooming house.
  1 26    b.  "Storm shelter" means a room or structure designed to
  1 27 provide persons with temporary protection from a storm.
  1 28                           EXPLANATION
  1 29    This bill requires all newly constructed multiple=unit
  1 30 residential buildings, as defined in the bill, that are
  1 31 subject to the state building code or local building
  1 32 regulations to have a storm shelter constructed on site.  The
  1 33 bill defines "storm shelter" as a room or structure designed
  1 34 to provide persons with temporary protection from a storm.
  1 35 The bill requires storm shelters to be constructed according
  2  1 to rules adopted by the state building code commissioner and
  2  2 approved by the state building code advisory council.  The
  2  3 bill also requires each storm shelter to have adequate space
  2  4 for the maximum residential capacity of the multiple=unit
  2  5 residential building.
  2  6    The bill applies to new construction of multiple=unit
  2  7 residential buildings commenced on or after July 1, 2009.
  2  8 LSB 1841SS 83
  2  9 md/sc/14