Senate File 222 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY DANIELSON Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays 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 PAG LIN 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