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Amending Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code," by adopting the "2009 Pennsylvania Uniformed Construction Code" through adoption of the 2009 edition of certain International Codes as published by the International Code Council, with amendments thereto, all under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. For the purposes of this ordinance, the provisions of subsection 1-105(1) of The Philadelphia Code shall not apply. Additions to the Code made by this ordinance are set forth herein in Bold. Deletions from the Code made by this ordinance are set forth herein in Strikethrough.
SECTION 2. Subcode "B" of Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "The Philadelphia Building Code," is hereby amended as follows:
SUBCODE "B" (THE PHILADELPHIA BUILDING CODE)
Article B-1.0 Adoption of the "2006 2009 International Building Code" with additions, deletions and amendments.
§B-1.1 The "2006 2009 International Building Code" as published by the International Code Council is hereby adopted as the Building Code of the City of Philadelphia, with such additions, deletions and amendments as set forth in §B-1.2.
§B-1.2 The 2006 2009 International Building Code, copies of which are on file with the Department of Licenses and Inspections, is incorporated as if fully set forth herein, subject to the following additions, deletions and amendments.
§B-1.2.1 [Brackets] indicate matter deleted. Italics indicate matter added.
§B-1.2.2 The numbers of all sections and subsections shall be preceded with the prefix "B-."
§B-1.2.3 Throughout the code, references to "International" codes or "ICC" codes shall be deemed to refer to the "Philadelphia" codes of the same name.
§B-1.2.4 THE 2006 2009 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE:
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USE AND OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION
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SECTION B-310 RESIDENTIAL GR...
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