relating to the City's Buildings and Construction Code; reenacting Title 14 of the Des Moines Municipal Code (DMMC) ; adopting by reference, as amended herein, excepted or added to, the latest editions of the International Building Code, International Residential Code, International Property Maintenance Code, International Fire Code, International Mechanical Code, National Fuel Gas Code, International Fuel Gas Code, Liquefied Petroleum Gas Code, Washington State Energy Code, Washington State Ventilation & Indoor Air Quality Code, Washington State Historic Building Code, National Electr ical Code, and Uniform Plumbing Code; re-establishing general rules for administration and enforcement of the codes, adopting Sound Control Requirements, a Land Clearing, Filling, and Grading Code, a Flood Hazard Areas Code, a Mobil e Home Park Regulation Code, a Building Transportation Code, a Sewage Disposal Systems Code, a Protective Parking Devices Code, and regulations for street names and building addresses; repealing the previously codified provisions of Title 14 and underlying ordinances; providing penalties; providing for severability; and establishing an effective date. WHEREAS, the current Buildings and Construction Code for the City of Des Moines consists of more than 40 ordinances, and WHEREAS, such ordinances were enacted over a period of time since 1959, and WHEREAS, a number of provisions contained in t he City's Buildings and Construction Code need updating in order to be consistent with the State Buil ding Code, and WHEREAS, RCW 19.27. 031 mandates that all cities use and enforce the State Building Code adopted by the State Building Code Council, and WHEREAS, effective Jul…Open full document
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Concerning sound insulation code. The portions of this concerning noise mitigation (sound code) were later repealed with Ordinance No. 1539.