Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 748 - Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission
Chapter 20 - Adopted Codes
Subchapter 6 - IRC[®] 2018
Section 748:20-6-6 - IRC[®] 2018 Chapter 1 Scope and Administration
Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
Chapter 1 of the Oklahoma adopted IRC® 2018, includes the following Preamble at the very beginning of the chapter:
(1) Pursuant to 59 O.S. § 1000.23, the OUBCC has adopted the IRC® 2018 as amended and revised by the OUBCC, as the statewide minimum code to be used by all entities for residential building construction in jurisdictions throughout and including the State of Oklahoma. However, the OUBCC's adoption of Chapter 1 "Scope and Administration" of the IRC® 2018 is for continuity purposes and the OUBCC's adoption of Chapter 1 recognizes the methods of best practice in fully implementing the statewide minimum code for residential construction.
(2) All provisions of the adopted IRC® 2018, including Chapter 1, as amended and revised by the OUBCC, are hereby established and adopted as the statewide minimum code for residential building construction for one- and two-family dwellings and townhouses in Oklahoma pursuant to 59 O.S. § 1000.23, which may only be amended or altered pursuant to Oklahoma law. However, the provisions of Chapter 1 adopted herein are only intended to be in force and effect to the extent that the respective provisions do not conflict with State law or the lawful exercise of code administration and enforcement jurisdiction by entities empowered to do so pursuant to applicable law.
(3) The OUBCC's adoption of Chapter 1 in this manner is made with the recognition that the legal authority granting state and local code administration and enforcement jurisdictions the power and discretion to administer and enforce codes arises from Oklahoma laws governing those jurisdictions. Furthermore, the OUBCC also recognizes that many state and local code administration and enforcement jurisdictions have already created, or have the lawful authority to create, departments, offices and administrative policies pursuant to various applicable laws and other adopted model codes with "Scope and Administration" provisions similar to Chapter 1 of the adopted IRC® 2018.
(4) This limited adoption of Chapter 1 is made in recognition of the authority and discretion possessed by jurisdictions to administer and enforce building codes. Exercising such authority and jurisdiction in a manner inconsistent with Chapter 1 must be supported by Oklahoma law. Code administration and enforcement jurisdictions shall not use the OUBCC's limited adoption of Chapter 1 to circumvent the remainder of the requirements established by the Oklahoma adopted IRC® 2018 and the OUBCC will strongly oppose any such practice.
