675 IAC 18-1.6-2 Chapter 1; administration

Sec. 2. Delete Chapter 1 and insert to read as follows: (a) 101.1 Title. This rule shall be known as the 2014 Indiana Mechanical Code and shall be published, except incorporated documents by the Department of Homeland Security for general distribution and use under that title. Wherever the term "this code" is used throughout this rule, it shall mean the 2014 Indiana Mechanical Code. (b) 101.2 Scope. (1) The scope and purpose of this code is to establish the minimum requirements for the following: (A) Construction, addition, alteration, erection, or assembly of any part of a Class 1 structure at the site where the structure will be used. (B) Installation of any part of the permanent heating, ventilating, air conditioning, electrical, plumbing, sanitary, emergency detection, emergency communication, or fire or explosion suppression systems for a Class 1 structure at the site where it will be used. (C) Work undertaken to alter, remodel, rehabilitate, or add to any part of a Class 1 structure. (D) Safeguarding life or property from the hazards of fire and explosion for Class 1 structures. (E) Fabrication of any part of a Class 1 industrialized building system for installation, assembly, or use at another site, except mobile structures. (F) Work undertaken to relocate any part of a Class 1 structure except a mobile structure. (G) Assembly of a Class 1 industrialized building system that is not covered by subdivision (E), except mobile structures. (2) Detached one (1) and two (2) family dwellings and townhouses not more than three stories high and their accessory structures shall comply with the Indiana Residential Code, 675 IAC 14. (c) 101.3 Intent. The intent of this code is to prescribe maintenance, new construction requirements, and operational rules for the safeguarding to a reasonable degree of life and property from the hazards of fire or explosion arising from the storage, handling, or use of substances, materials, and devices. (d) 101.5 Appendices and Standards. Provisions in the appendices are not enforceable unless specifically adopted. The codes and standards referenced in this code shall be considered part of the requirements of this code to the prescribed extent of each such reference. Where differences occur between provisions of this code, referenced codes, and standards, the provisions of this code shall apply. Exception: Where enforcement of a code provision would violate the conditions of the listing, labeling, or manufacturer's installation instructions of the equipment or appliance, the conditions of the listing, labeling, or manufacturer's instructions shall apply. (e) 101.6 Appeals and Interpretations. Appeals from orders issued by the Fire Prevention and Building Safety Commission or the Division of Fire and Building Safety are governed by IC 4-21.5 and IC 22-12-7. Appeals from orders by a local unit of government are governed by IC 22-13-2-7 and local ordinance. Upon the written request of an interested person who has a dispute with a county or municipal government concerning a building rule, the state building commissioner may issue a written interpretation of a building law. The written interpretation as issued under IC 22-13-5 binds the interested person and the county or municipality with whom the interested person has the dispute until overruled in a proceeding under IC 4-21.5. A written interpretation of a building law binds all counties and municipalities if the state building commissioner publishes the written interpretation of the building law in the Indiana Register under IC 4-22-7- 7(b). (f) 101.7 Plans. Plans shall be submitted for Class 1 structures as required by the General Administrative Rules (675 IAC 12-6) and the rules for Industrialized Building Systems (675 IAC 15). (g) 101.8 Existing Construction. For existing Class 1 structures, see the General Administrative Rules (675 IAC 12-4) and for Class 2 structures as required by local ordinance. (h) 101.9 Additions and Alterations. Additions and alterations to any Class 1 structure shall conform to that required of a new structure without requiring the existing structure to comply with all the requirements of this code. Additions or alterations shall not cause an existing structure to become unsafe (see the General Administrative Rules (675 IAC 12-4)). (i) 101.10 Alternate Materials, Methods, and Equipment: See the General Administrative Rules (675 IAC 12-6-11) and the rules for Industrialized Building Systems (675 IAC 15).