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File #: 130710    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: ADOPTED
File created: 10/3/2013 In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: Final action: 12/5/2013
Title: Urging the Commonwealth Review and Advisory Committee (RAC), the State Legislature and the Governor to support, review and alter the codes adoption process to ensure the well-being, health and safety of all Pennsylvania residents.
Sponsors: Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Henon
Attachments: 1. Signature13071000.pdf
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12/5/20130 CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED   Action details Meeting details Not available
11/21/20130 CITY COUNCIL ORDERED PLACED ON FINAL PASSAGE CALENDAR FOR NEXT MEETING.Pass  Action details Meeting details Not available
11/18/20130 Committee of the Whole HEARING NOTICES SENT   Action details Meeting details Not available
11/18/20130 Committee of the Whole HEARING HELD   Action details Meeting details Not available
11/18/20130 Committee of the Whole REPORTED FAVORABLY   Action details Meeting details Not available
11/14/20130 Committee of the Whole HEARING NOTICES SENT   Action details Meeting details Not available
11/14/20130 Committee of the Whole HEARING HELD   Action details Meeting details Not available
11/14/20130 Committee of the Whole RECESSED   Action details Meeting details Not available
11/12/20130 Committee of the Whole HEARING NOTICES SENT   Action details Meeting details Not available
11/12/20130 Committee of the Whole HEARING HELD   Action details Meeting details Not available
11/12/20130 Committee of the Whole RECESSED   Action details Meeting details Not available
10/10/20130 CITY COUNCIL READ   Action details Meeting details Not available
10/10/20130 CITY COUNCIL Re-Referred   Action details Meeting details Not available
10/3/20130 CITY COUNCIL Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage CalendarPass  Action details Meeting details Not available
Title
Urging the Commonwealth Review and Advisory Committee (RAC), the State Legislature and the Governor to support, review and alter the codes adoption process to ensure the well-being, health and safety of all Pennsylvania residents.

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WHEREAS, The Uniform Construction Code (UCC) is the state building code that set standards for fire, plumbing, electrical, construction, demolition, energy efficiency and provisions related to public safety; and

WHEREAS, The International Code Council (ICC) is a Council made up of renowned code and business professionals whose responsibility it is to develop model codes. The ICC releases new model codes every three years to incorporate latest building techniques, technology, energy management and lessons learned from natural and other disasters; and

WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Review and Advisory Committee (RAC) is the state committee responsible for reviewing the latest model codes issued by the ICC as they are released to determine what changes should be proposed to the UCC; and

WHEREAS, Act 1 of 2011 refers to legislation signed by Governor Corbett. It modified the voting requirements of the RAC to require a two-thirds majority vote in order to adopt new code provisions whereas the original process merely required a majority to "opt out" of the latest ICC Codes; and

WHEREAS, The City of Philadelphia is required to enforce the provisions of the UCC as they are adopted by the Legislature, a procedure mandated by RAC guidelines. Since 2011, the process for incorporating updates into the UCC has undergone a number of procedural changes, including the enactment of Act 1; and

WHEREAS,Additional changes were proposed by the RAC at a meeting in January 2012, where the RAC voted to recommend that the Pennsylvania Legislature adopt a six-year code adoption cycle under the UCC; and

WHEREAS, RAC also voted at the same meeting to reject the adoption of the 2012 ICC Codes, with the exception of the fede...

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