Nev. Admin. Code § 477.283 - Changes to codes adopted by reference: International Fire Code; International Building Code; International Wildland-Urban Interface Code
1. The following changes are made to the 2018
edition of the International Fire Code as adopted by reference in NAC
477.281:
(a) "International Fuel Gas Code" is deleted
and replaced with "N.F.P.A. Standard 54, 2018 edition, or the most current
version adopted by the Board for the Regulation of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas
in NAC 590.610."
(b) "International Mechanical Code" is
deleted and replaced with "2018 Uniform Mechanical Code."
(c) "International Plumbing Code" is deleted
and replaced with "2018 Uniform Plumbing Code."
(d) Section 105.6.20 is revised by adding a
new paragraph to read as follows: "When a permit is required to be obtained for
hazardous material, the Nevada Combined Agency Hazardous Material Facility
Report must be completed and the appropriate fees paid."
(e) Section 109 is deleted.
(f) In section 202, in the definition of
"High-Rise Building," "75 feet (22 860 mm)" is deleted and replaced with "55
feet (16 764 mm)."
(g) In section
202, under "Occupancy Classification":
(1) The
definition of "Institutional Group I-2" is revised by adding: "All portions of
a care facility which houses patients or residents which are classified by the
State Board of Health as a 'Category 2 resident' and which has an occupant load
of more than 10 residents, is classified as an 'I-2' occupancy
classification."
(2) In the
definition of "Institutional Group I-4, day care facilities," "five" is deleted
and replaced with "six."
(3) The
definition of "Residential Group R-1" is revised by adding "Brothel" to the
list.
(4) In compliance with
NRS
449.1865, in the definition of "Residential
Group R-3," " for five or fewer persons receiving care" is deleted and replaced
with "for three or more persons receiving care."
(5) The definition of "Residential Group R-4"
is revised by adding:
(I) "Reintegration
facilities"; and
(II) "Transitional
living facilities."
(h) Section 308.1.4 is deleted.
(i) In section 308.1.6.3, "an untethered sky
lantern" is deleted and replaced with "a sky lantern or similar device with an
open flame fuel source."
(j) In
section 503.2.3, "surfaced so as to provide all-weather driving capabilities"
is deleted and replaced with "surfaced and paved so as to provide all-weather
driving capabilities that are acceptable to and approved by the authority
having jurisdiction.
Exception: Temporary access roads serving only buildings under construction are not required to be paved."
(k) In section 505.1 is deleted and replaced
with: "New and existing buildings must be provided with approved address
numbers, building numbers or address identification. The address numbers,
building numbers or address identification must be legible and placed in a
position that is visible from the street or road fronting the property. The
characters in address numbers, building numbers or address identification must
contrast with their background. Address numbers, building numbers or address
identification must be Arabic numbers or alphabetical letters. Each number,
character and letter must be a minimum of 6 inches (152.4 mm) high for
buildings that are within 50 feet of the street, 12 inches high for buildings
that are within 51 to 100 feet of the street and 18 inches high for buildings
that are over 100 feet from the street. Each number, character and letter must
be a minimum stroke width of 0.5 inch (12.7 ). Where access is by means of a
private road or driveway and the building cannot be viewed from the public way,
a monument, poke or other sign or means must be used to identify the structure.
The requirements of this paragraph can be adjusted to allow large Arabic
numbers or apathetical letters as required by fire code official for the needs
of campuses and complexes for planning and coordination as listed under
N.F.P.A. 3000, 2018 edition."
(l)
Section 507.3 is revised by adding a new paragraph to read as follows: "Subject
to the approval of the fire authority, if the required fire flow is not
available for adequate fire protection, an approved automatic fire sprinkler
system must be installed throughout the building or buildings. The sprinkler
system must meet the requirements of the appropriate N.F.P.A. standard. The
provisions of this paragraph do not apply if a fire sprinkler system is
otherwise required by this chapter or the adopted codes."
(m) Section 510.1 is deleted and replaced
with: "Emergency responder radio coverage systems must be provided throughout
any building that meets one of the following standards:
1.
High-rise buildings:
Buildings with a floor used for human occupancy that is located more than 55
feet above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access.
2.
Underground and below-grade
buildings: Buildings with a floor level that is below the finished
floor of the lowest level of the exit discharge of any level.
3.
Other buildings: The fire
code official is authorized to require a technical opinion and report, in
accordance with section 104.7.2, for buildings whose design, due to location,
size, construction type or other factors, could impede radio coverage as
required by section 510.4.1.
The report shall make a recommendation regarding the need for an emergency responder radio coverage system."
(n) Section 510.2 is deleted and replaced
with: "Existing buildings, other than buildings with an occupational
classification of Residential Group R-3, which do not have approved radio
coverage for emergency responders in the building based on existing coverage
levels of the public safety communications systems, must be equipped with such
coverage according to one of the following conditions:
1. Existing buildings that do not have
approved radio coverage, as determined by the Fire Chief, in accordance with
section 510.4.1.
2. Where an
existing wired communication system cannot be repaired or is being
replaced.
3. Within a time frame
established by the adopting authority.
Exception: An existing building is not required to be equipped with such coverage where the fire code official determines that the radio coverage for emergency responders is not needed."
(o)
Section 903.2.1.2 is revised by adding a new paragraph to read as follows:
"Occupancies containing a casino, regardless of occupancy classification, must
be designed and built with a sprinkler system classified as an ordinary Hazard
Group 2."
(p) Section 903.2.3 is
revised by adding a new paragraph to read as follows: "In high schools where
automatic sprinkler systems are provided, the automatic sprinkler systems for
the automotive and woodworking shops must be designed to meet ordinary hazard
group 1 criteria."
(q) Section
903.2 is revised by adding a new paragraph to read as follows: "In all
occupancies except group R-3 and U occupancies, a building that is more than
two stories in height, including any height added by usable floor space, must
have an automatic sprinkler system throughout. Any open parking garage and any
airport control tower is exempt from this requirement to install an automatic
sprinkler system."
(r) Section
906.2 is revised by adding new sentences following the first sentence to read
as follows: "The internal components of carbon dioxide, wet chemical,
halogenated agent, aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) and film-forming
fluoroprotein (FFFP) portable fire extinguishers shall be examined in
accordance with N.F.P.A. Standard 10, 2018 edition, table 7.3.3.1. The internal
components of all other portable fire extinguishers shall be examined
annually."
(s) Section 907.5.2.1.1
is revised by adding a new paragraph to read as follows: "The minimum sound
pressure levels of audible alarm notification appliances shall be 90 dBA in
mechanical equipment rooms and 80 dBA in all other occupancies."
(t) Section 907.5.2.3 is revised by adding
the following exceptions following exception 4:
"5. Visible alarm notification appliances are
not required in storage rooms, electrical rooms and mechanical rooms that are
not normally occupied and are less than 400 square feet.
6. Visible alarm notification appliances are
not required in janitor closets."
(u) Section 907.10 is revised by adding: "The
provisions of this section apply when any work that requires a permit is
conducted on a new or existing building or structure."
(v) In section 915.1.1, "occupancies and" is
deleted and replaced with "occupancies, including, without limitation,
Residential Group R-3 occupancies used for transient occupancy of less than 30
days, and".
(w) Chapter 11 is
deleted.
(x) Section 5601.1.3 is
revised by deleting the first sentence and adding a new sentence to read as
follows: "Except as otherwise provided in this section, the possession,
manufacture, storage, sale, use and handling of Class 1.3 and Class 1.4
pyrotechnics are only allowed in jurisdictions where specifically approved by
local ordinance."
(y) Section
6101.1 is revised by adding a new paragraph to read as follows: "In the event
of a conflict between any provision in this chapter and the regulations of the
Board for the Regulation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, the regulations of the
Board take precedence."
(z) In
table B105.2 of Appendix B, "25 percent" is deleted and replaced with "50
percent."
2. The
following changes are made to the 2018 edition of the International Building
Code as adopted by reference in NAC
477.281:
(a) "International Fuel Gas Code" is deleted
and replaced with "N.F.P.A. Standard 54, 2018 edition, or the most current
version adopted by the Board for the Regulation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas in
NAC 590.610."
(b) "International Mechanical Code" is
deleted and replaced with "2018 Uniform Mechanical Code."
(c) "International Plumbing Code" is deleted
and replaced with "2018 Uniform Plumbing Code."
(d) Section 113 is deleted.
(e) In section 202, in the definition of
"High-Rise Building," "75 feet (22 860 mm)" is replaced with "55 feet (16 764
mm)."
(f) Section 308.3 is revised
by adding a new paragraph to read as follows: "All portions of a care facility
which houses patients or residents which are classified by the State Board of
Health as a 'Category 2 resident' and which has an occupant load of more than
10 residents, is classified as an 'I-2' occupancy classification."
(g) In section 308.5, "five" is deleted and
replaced with "three."
(h) Section
310.2 is revised by adding "Brothel" to the list.
(i) In compliance with
NRS
449.1865, in section 310.4, "for five or
fewer persons receiving care" is deleted and replaced with "for three or more
persons receiving care."
(j) In
section 310.5, the following are added:
(1)
"Reintegration facilities"; and
(2)
"Transitional living facilities."
(k) To section 403.5.3 at the end of the last
sentence, is added: "or an activation of any fire alarm initiating device
within the building or a failure of both the primary and backup power
supplies."
(l) In section 403.5.4,
"75 feet (22 860 mm)" is deleted and replaced with "55 feet (16 764
mm)."
(m) Section 903.2.1.2 is
revised by adding a new paragraph to read as follows: "Occupancies containing a
casino, regardless of occupancy classification, must be designed and built with
a sprinkler system classified as an ordinary Hazard Group 2."
(n) Section 903.2.3 is revised by adding a
new paragraph to read as follows: "In high schools where automatic sprinkler
systems are provided, the automatic sprinkler systems for the automotive and
woodworking shops must be designed to meet ordinary hazard group 1
criteria."
(o) Section 903.2 is
revised by adding a new paragraph to read as follows: "In all occupancies
except group R-3 and U occupancies, a building that is more than two stories in
height, including any height added by usable floor space, must have an
automatic sprinkler system throughout. Any open parking garage and any airport
control tower is exempt from this requirement to install an automatic sprinkler
system."
(p) Section 907.5.2.1.1 is
revised by adding a new paragraph to read as follows: "The minimum sound
pressure level of audible alarm notification appliances shall be 90 dBA in
mechanical equipment rooms and 80 dBA in all other occupancies."
(q) Section 907.5.2.3 is revised by adding
the following exceptions following exception 4:
"5. Visible alarm notification appliances are
not required in storage rooms, electrical rooms and mechanical rooms that are
not normally occupied and are less than 400 square feet.
6. Visible alarm notification appliances are
not required in janitor closets."
(r) In section 1008.1.9.11, exception 3 is
revised to read as follows: "In stairways serving buildings other than
high-rise buildings, doors are permitted to be locked on the side opposite the
egress side, provided that the doors can be opened from the egress side. Doors
must automatically unlock upon the activation of a fire alarm system or a fire
sprinkler waterflow alarm, or for a power failure. Exit discharge doors must
remain unlocked."
3. The
following changes are made to the 2018 edition of the International
Existing Building Code as adopted by reference in NAC
477.281:
(a) "International Fuel Gas Code" is deleted
and replaced with "N.F.P.A. Standard 54, 2018 edition, or the most current
version adopted by the Board for the Regulation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas in
NAC 590.610."
(b) "International Mechanical Code" is
deleted and replaced with "2018 Uniform Mechanical Code."
(c) "International Plumbing Code" is deleted
and replaced with "2018 Uniform Plumbing Code."
4. The following changes are made to the 2018
edition of the International Wildland-Urban Interface Code as adopted by
reference in NAC
477.281:
(a) Section 106 is deleted.
(b) In section 108.4, "pursuant to Section
502" is deleted.
(c) In section
302.3, "on a three-year basis or more frequently as deemed necessary by the
legislative body" is deleted and replaced with "as deemed necessary by the code
official."
(d) Section 404.1 is
revised by deleting "provided in order to qualify as a conforming water supply
for the purpose of Table 503.1 or as."
(e) Chapter 5 is deleted.
(f) Section 602.1 is deleted.
(g) Section 603.2 is revised by deleting
"Building or structures, constructed in compliance with the conforming
defensible space category of table 503.1, shall comply with the fuel
modification distance contained in table 603.2."
(h) Section B101.1 is revised to read as
follows: "Where required, vegetation management plans must be submitted to the
code official and the State Forester Firewarden for review and approval as part
of the plans required for a permit."
5. The following changes are made to the 2018
edition of the Uniform Mechanical Code as adopted by reference in NAC
477.281:
(a) "International Fuel Gas Code" is deleted
and replaced with "N.F.P.A. Standard 54, 2018 edition, or the most current
version adopted by the Board for the Regulation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas in
NAC 590.610."
(b) "International Plumbing Code" is deleted
and replaced with "2018 Uniform Plumbing Code."
6. As used in this section, "casino" means
any room in which gaming is conducted, including, without limitation, any bar,
cocktail lounge or other facility housed therein as well as the area occupied
by the games. The term does not include any establishment that is operated
pursuant to a restricted license as defined in
NRS
463.0189.
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