Legal Documents of Sweetwater

Pursuant to authority granted by Tennessee Code Annotated, §§ 6-54-501 through 506, and for the purpose of securing the public safety, health, and general welfare through structural strength, stability, sanitation, energy conservation, adequate light and ventilation in dwellings, apartment houses, rooming houses, and buildings, structures, or premises used as such, the International Residential Code,⁶ 2018 edition, as prepared and adopted by the International Code Council -- except:

1. Section R313 Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems is not mandatory, pursuant to T.C.A. § 68-120-101(a)(8);
2. Chapters 34-43 relating to Electrical Installations are deleted and the National Electrical Code 2017 Edition shall apply;
3. Figure R301.2 (2) Seismic Design Categories is deleted and replaced with Figure R301.2(2) Seismic Design Categories Site Class D from the 2012 IRC;
4. See Table R301.2(1) for Climatic and Geographic Design Criteria as attached to this ordinance;
5. Section N1102.4.1.2 (R402.4.1.2) Testing is replaced with Section N102.4.2.1 Testing Option and Section N1102.4.2.2 Visual Inspection from 2009 IRC;
6. Section N1103.3 (R403.3.3) Duct Testing (Mandatory) and Section N1103.3.4 (R403.3.4) Duct Leakage (Prescriptive) are optional;
7. Table N1102.1.2 (R402.1.2) Insulation and Fenestration Requirement by Component and Table N1102.1.4 (R402.1.4) Equivalent U-Factor from 2018 are replaced with Table N1102.1 Insulation and Fenestration Requirements by Component and Table N1102.1.2 Equivalent U-Factor from 2009 IRC;
8. Section N1102.4.4 (R402.4.4) Rooms Containing Fuel-Burning Appliances is deleted in its entirety; and
9. Table N1102.1 Insulation and Fenestration Requirements by Component in the 2009 edition is adopted and amended by adding the following as Footnote "M"; "Log walls complying with ICC400 and with a minimum average wall thickness of 5" or greater shall be permitted in Zone 4 when a fenestration U-factor of . 35 or lower is used, a skylight U-Factor of .60 or lower is used, a 90 AFUE Furnace is used, an 85 AFUE Boiler is used, and a 9.0 HSPF Heat Pump (heating) and 15 SEER (cooling) are used -- is hereby adopted and incorporated by reference as a part of this code, and is hereinafter referred to as the residential code. (1982 Code, § 4-501, as amended by Ord. #777, Dec. 2005, replaced by Ord. #850, July 2010, and Ord. #896, June 2013, amended by Ord. #918, Oct. 2014, and replaced by Ord. #998, June 2022, Ch8_08-05-24)