City of Philadelphia - File #: 130710

• File #: 130710
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 10/3/2013
• In control: Committee of the Whole
• 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

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
12/5/2013	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED
11/21/2013	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON FINAL PASSAGE CALENDAR FOR NEXT MEETING.	Pass
11/18/2013	0	Committee of the Whole	HEARING NOTICES SENT
11/18/2013	0	Committee of the Whole	HEARING HELD
11/18/2013	0	Committee of the Whole	REPORTED FAVORABLY
11/14/2013	0	Committee of the Whole	HEARING NOTICES SENT
11/14/2013	0	Committee of the Whole	HEARING HELD
11/14/2013	0	Committee of the Whole	RECESSED
11/12/2013	0	Committee of the Whole	HEARING NOTICES SENT
11/12/2013	0	Committee of the Whole	HEARING HELD
11/12/2013	0	Committee of the Whole	RECESSED
10/10/2013	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
10/10/2013	0	CITY COUNCIL	Re-Referred
10/3/2013	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar	Pass

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.

Body
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...