§ 7210.901. Exemptions
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 35 P.S. Health and SafetyEffective: January 3, 2023
Effective: January 3, 2023
35 P.S. § 7210.901
§ 7210.901. Exemptions
(a) Manufactured housing.--This act shall not apply to manufactured housing which bears a label, as required by and referred to in the act of November 17, 1982 (P.L. 676, No. 192),1 known as the Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Authorization Act, which certifies that it conforms to Federal construction and safety standards adopted under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-383, 88 Stat. 633),2 nor shall it apply to industrialized housing, as defined in the act of May 11, 1972 (P.L. 286, No. 70),3 known as the Industrialized Housing Act, with the exception that any model code enacted pursuant to the Industrialized Housing Act shall not include code provisions specifically omitted from adoption pursuant to this act.
(1) An applicant for a construction permit for a dwelling unit or one-room schoolhouse utilized by a member or members of a recognized religious sect may file an application with a code administrator to be exempted from the Uniform Construction Code, as provided in this subsection, which conflicts with the applicant's religious beliefs. The application shall state the manner in which the provision conflicts with the applicant's religious beliefs and shall include an affidavit by the applicant stating that:
(3) If an applicant receives an exemption for any building under this subsection and the applicant subsequently sells or leases the building, the applicant shall bring the building into compliance with the provision of the Uniform Construction Code from which it was exempted under this subsection prior to the sale or lease of the building unless the prospective subsequent owner or lessee files an affidavit in compliance with paragraph (1)(i) through (iv).
(c) Natural cut trees.--Section 804.1.1 (relating to natural cut trees) of the International Fire Code (2003) and any successor provision is excluded from this act. A municipality that elects to adopt an ordinance for the administration and enforcement of this act may, by ordinance, restrict the placement of natural cut trees in an occupancy group. The ordinance restricting the placement shall not be subject to section 503(b) through (k).4
(d) Coal-fired boilers in residential buildings.--Coal-fired boilers installed in residential buildings shall be designed, constructed and tested in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 20, Section M2001.1.1 of the International Residential Code of 2003, or its successor provisions, except that these boilers shall not be subject to the stamping requirements of Section M2001.1.1.
(e) Pole barns at agricultural fairs.--Neither this act nor any adoption of the International Fire Code by a Commonwealth agency, a political subdivision or a local agency shall apply to a pole barn that is constructed on agricultural fairgrounds and is only used for agricultural purposes and animal display. This section shall not apply to inspections required pursuant to the ICC Electrical Code or its successor codes.
(f) Log walls.--Log walls with a minimum average wall thickness of five inches or greater which comply with the International Code Council, Standard on the Design and Construction of Log Structures, ICC 400-2007, or other successor standard which the department may specify by regulation, shall be permitted in residential buildings if:
(i) Offer to a buyer the option to install or equip, at the buyer's expense, an automatic fire sprinkler system in the building or dwelling unit designed and installed in accordance with the provisions of section R313.2.1 (relating to design and installation) of the International Residential Code (2009 edition).
(1) Except as set forth in paragraph (2), a floor assembly not required in the International Residential Code, or its successor building code, to be fire-resistance rated shall be provided with a ½ -inch gypsum wallboard membrane, ⅝ -inch wood structural panel membrane, or equivalent, on the underside of the floor framing member.
(i) Wall bracing requirements.--Sections R602.10 through R602.12.1.6 of the 2009 International Residential Code, or its successor provisions, are excluded from the Uniform Construction Code. The wall bracing requirements of sections R602.10 through R602.11.3 of the 2006 International Residential Code shall be part of the Uniform Construction Code.
(2) This subsection shall expire upon the effective date of the final-omitted regulation promulgated by the department under section 304(a)(1)5 to adopt the council's report following its review of the 2024 model codes developed by the International Code Council.
Credits
1999, Nov. 10, P.L. 491, No. 45, § 901. Amended 2001, June 22, P.L. 585, No. 43, § 1; 2004, July 15, P.L. 748, No. 92, § 6, imd. effective; 2006, July 7, P.L. 1052, No. 108, § 2, effective in 60 days [Sept. 5, 2006]; 2006, Nov. 29, P.L. 1440, No. 157, § 7, effective Jan. 1, 2007; 2007, July 17, P.L. 132, No. 39, § 2, imd. effective; 2011, April 25, P.L. 1, No. 1, § 3; 2022, Nov. 3, P.L. 1932, No. 123, § 1, effective in 60 days [Jan. 3, 2023].
Footnotes
35 P.S. § 1656.1 et seq.
42 U.S.C.A. § 5301 et seq.
35 P.S. § 1651.1 et seq.
35 P.S. § 7210.503.
35 P.S. § 7210.304.
35 P.S. § 7210.901, PA ST 35 P.S. § 7210.901
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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