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building code in tx?
does texas have any kind of state-wide building code?
this is industrial building in small town, no building permit required, and i can't find anything on the state website that mentions that any particular building code is applied statewide. am i overlooking anything?
thanks.
jstephen,
you may have looked here already but just in case you haven't i'll post the link again.
there are high wind counties by the coast where they take code design seriously. check:
mike, that was partly the reason for my question. it shows that texas has adopted ibc. but i couldn't find any mention of that on the texas state website. certainly not anything to suggest that it is just a state building code as the iccsafe website suggests. looks like jed's posts are about what there is- coverage in hurricane areas.
governor perry signed the senate bill into law this past regular session (the bill number escapes me). effective 01/01/06, the 03 ibc is the effective statewide building code, unless a local jurisdiction has adopted a more stringent code.
it was sb1458 of the 79th regular session. you can do a search for the bill text at
that was exactly the information that i was not finding on the state web site. thanks!
by the way, i notice it is still limited to "municipalities", not rural areas- but it applies to every municipality, not just ones that choose to adopt ibc.
another limitation- it is commercial buildings only- not non-building structures or residential.

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