A. Section 101.1, Title. Insert: “Clarkdale, Arizona” in place of name of jurisdiction.

B. Section 103, Department of Building Safety. Omit in its entirety.

C. Section 113, Board of Appeals. Omit in its entirety, and substitute the following:

113.1 – Appeals. A person may appeal a decision made by the Building Official through the Board of Adjustment, as described in the Town Code.

D. Section 903.2, Where Required. Delete in its entirety and substitute the following:

1. Approved automatic sprinkler systems shall be installed throughout new buildings:

a. Where the occupancy is Hazardous, Institutional, or Residential.

b. Where occupancy is Assembly, Business, Educational, Factory, Mercantile, and the gross floor area, including mezzanines and basements exceeds 1000 square feet, or the available water supply is insufficient for the required fire flow as determined by the Fire Official.

c. Where there are multiple stories, including basements and stories above grade plane.

d. Where there is a mixed use containing a residential use group.

e. Any structure used for occasional or full time residential use.

2. The required sprinkler system shall be designed and installed in accordance with National Fire Protection Association 13,13D, and 13R as referenced in the 2018 International Fire Code, or as approved by the Fire Code Official, with the following exception:

a. Any area in a residential occupancy that contains a light fixture or outlet shall be sprinklered.

3. The following do not require sprinklers:

a. Detached accessory structures that are no more than 1000 square feet, more than 20 feet from the main structure, and not used to store or manufacture hazardous materials permitted by this Code.

b. Covered patios open on one or more sides.

c. Attached carports, open on 2 or more sides.

d. Detached canopies, not exceeding 5000 square feet, constructed of approved materials, and used exclusively for automotive motor fuel dispensing stations for private passenger vehicles.

e. Uninhabitable attics, basements and crawlspaces with or without electrical outlets or light fixtures in R3 only.

f. Buildings or parts of buildings that because of their contents, location, usage, or other reasons determined by the Fire Code Official, a suppression system is not practical or needed.

4. Existing buildings shall be exempt from sprinkler requirements unless:

a. One or more additions are made to any use or occupancy and the aggregate of the addition(s) exceed 50% of the floor area of the original building as it was on November 11, 2005, or one thousand square feet, whichever is lesser.

b. An addition is constructed that exceeds the available water needed for fire flow as determined by the Fire Official.

c. The building undergoes a change of use and it is determined by the Fire Official, using Table A, that a greater fire or life safety hazard will be created.

E. Chapter 11, Accessibility. Delete in its entirety.

F. Section 2701.1, Scope. Omit ICC Electrical Code and substitute the following:

National Electric Code (NEC) 2017 –. The National Electric Code, 2017 as adopted and amended by the Town shall not apply to R-3 construction.

EXCEPTION: The National Electric Code, 2017, shall be the electrical code used for those installations, designs and modifications not referenced in the International Residential Code, 2018.

G. Section 3109.1, General. After the first sentence, add the following:

Permitted swimming pools shall also comply with the State of Arizona laws governing such structures. All regulations shall be in full force regardless of the ages of the occupants of the dwelling unit to which the pool is associated with.

H. Section 3111. Add the following:

Photovoltaic installations shall comply with the 2017 NEC.

I. Section 3304.1.1, Slope Limits. Delete in its entirety and substitute the following:

Dust control. Dust shall be controlled as described in Appendix R, Safeguards During Construction, of the International One- and Two-Family Residential Code, 2018, as adopted and amended by the Town of Clarkdale.

J. Section 3401.1, Scope. Add the following sentence:

Exception: One and two family dwellings shall be exempt from the requirements of the IBC.

K. Section 3411, Accessibility for Existing Buildings. Omit in its entirety. [Resolution #1615, 2019; Ordinance #401, 2019; Resolution #1457, 2014; Ordinance #357, 2014; prior code § 7-1-1.]