Legal Documents of White Pine

The following provisions are added at the beginning of the code above Chapter 1: Administration:
QUALITY CONTROL AND EVALUATION AND CERTIFICATION OF MATERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP IS NOT WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THIS CODE EXCEPT AS SUCH RELATES TO THE PURPOSES DESCRIBED HEREIN.

THE PERMITTING OR INSPECTION OF ANY BUILDING, PLAN, OR STRUCTURE DESCRIBED IN THIS CODE SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED OR ACT AS A WARRANTEE OF THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE OR THE ADEQUACY OF ANY PLAN. NEITHER WHITE PINE AND/OR ANY AGENT, EMPLOYEE OR REPRESENTATIVE OF WHITE PINE SHALL BE LIABLE UNDER ANY THEORY FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, RELATED TO ANY ALLEGED DEFECT, HAZARD, CONDITION, AND/OR INADEQUACY OF ANY KIND OF SUCH BUILDING, STRUCTURE, OR PLAN AND SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY ALLEGED FAILURE OF ANY COMPONENT OF SUCH CONSTRUCTION, BUILDING, STRUCTURE OR PLAN, WHICH MAY OCCUR AT ANY TIME, BEFORE, DURING, AND/OR AFTER ANY INSPECTION OR PERMITTING PERFORMED PURSUANT TO THIS CODE.

Further, the following local amendments are hereby adopted:
Section R101.1 Title
Delete "NAME OF JURISDICTION" and replace with "White Pine, Tennessee".

Section R102.5 Appendices.
"The following Appendices are specifically included in the adoption. All others are excluded."
At the end of this section, insert the following:
Appendix B: Sizing of Venting Systems Serving Appliances Equipped with Draft Hoods, Category I Appliances, and appliances listed for use with Type B Vents.
Appendix C: Exit Terminals of Mechanical Draft and Direct-Vent Venting Systems.
Appendix F: Radon Control Methods
Appendix N: Venting Methods
Appendix P: Sizing of Water Piping system

Section 105.2 Work exempt from permit.
Delete Item 1 in its entirety.
Delete "2. Fences not over 7 feet (1829 mm) high," and insert "Fences" in its place.

Table R301.2 (1) Climatic and Geographic Design Criteria.
Insert "10PSF" in the Ground Snow Load
Insert "90" in the table for Wind Speed.
Insert "NO" in the table for Topographic effects.
Insert "C" in the table for Seismic Design Category.
Insert "Severe" in the table for Weathering.
Insert "12 inches" in the table for Frost Line Depth.
Insert "Moderate to Heavy" in the table for Termite.
Insert "19 degrees Fahrenheit" in the table for Winter Design Temp.
Insert "NO" in the table for Ice Barrier Underlayment Required.
Insert "210" in the table for Air Freezing Index.
Insert "59.4" in the table for Mean Annual Temp.
Flood hazard areas shall be as determined by the FEMA Maps.

Section R301.2.2 Seismic provisions.
Delete item 1, renumber item 2 to item 1 and insert "and townhouses" just after the word dwellings and at the end of the section, insert "All references to "townhouses in seismic design category C" in chapters 6, 7, and 28 shall not apply in White Pine.

Section R302.5.1 Opening protection.
Delete the words "equipped with a self-closing device" and insert a period after the word "door."

Section R303.4 Mechanical ventilation.
Add the word "(Optional)". In the section title after the word ventilation. Delete the words "the dwelling unit shall be provided with whole-house mechanical ventilation" and replace with the words "dwelling units provided with wholehouse mechanical ventilation shall be".

Section R313 Automatic Fire Sprinkler System.
Add the words "(Optional, see Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-120-101(a)(8)).

"Section R313.1 Townhouses automatic fire sprinkler systems.
Delete the words "an automatic residential fire sprinkler system shall be installed in townhouses." And replace with "When an automatic residential fire sprinkler system is installed in townhouses, the following shall apply".

Section R313.2 One and two-family dwellings automatic fire sprinkler systems.
Delete the words "an automatic residential fire sprinkler system shall be installed in one and two- family dwellings." And replace with "When an automatic residential fire sprinkler system is installed in one and two-family dwellings, the following shall apply".

Section R502.11.4 Truss Design Drawings.
Delete "to the building official and approve prior to installation" and replace it with "for review when required by the building official".

Section R802.10.1 Truss Design Drawings.
Delete "to the building official and approve prior to installation" and replace it with "for review when required by the building official". Delete "to the building official and approve prior to installation" and replace it with "for review when required by the building official".

Table N1102.1.1 (R402.1.1) Insulation and Fenestration Requirements by Component.
In the row for climate zone "14 except Marine", Ceiling Value from "R49" to R-38", and change the Wood Frame Wall R-Value from "20" or "13+5" to "13".
Section N1102.2.6 (r402.2.6) Steel-Frame ceilings, walls, and floors.

After the first occurrence of the word "of" insert "TableN1102.1.1 OR"
Section N1102.4.1.1 (R102.4.1.1) Installation.
Add the words "and visual inspection option" after the word "installation" in the section title. Add the words "and be field verified" after the word "construction".

Section N1102.4.1.2 (R402.4.1.2) Testing
Add the word "(optional)" after the word "Testing" in the section title. Before the first sentence insert "Where required by the building official".
Section N1103.1.1 (R403.1.1) Programmable thermostat.
Add the word "(optional)". After the word "thermostat" in the section title. Before the first sentence insert "Where required by the building official".

Section N1103.2.2 (R403.2.2) Sealing (Mandatory).
Before the words "Duct" insert "Where required by the building official".
Section N1103.6 (R403.6) Mechanical Ventilation (Mandatory).
Delete the word "Mandatory" and replace with word "Optional" in the section title. Delete "The building shall be provided with ventilation that meets" and replace with "Buildings provided with ventilation shall meet".

Section N1103.9 (R403.9) Pools and in ground permanently installed spas (Mandatory).
Delete the word "Mandatory" and replace with the word "Optional" in the section title. Before the first sentence insert "Where required by the building official".

Section N1103.10 (R403.10) Pools and permanent spa energy consumption (Mandatory).
Delete the word "Mandatory" and replace with the word "Optional" in the section title. Before the first sentence insert "Where required by the building official".

Section P2603.5.1 Sewer depth.
Delete "(NUMBER)" in two places and insert "twelve inches" in two places".

Section AF1036.5.3 Vent pipe
At the end of the section insert "Exception: The vent pipe shall be allowed to terminate in the attic and may be capped unless tests verify the radon potential to be 4 pCi/L or greater".

Section AF103.12 Power Source.
Delete Section AF103.12 in its entirety.
(1978 Code, § 4-502, as replaced by Ord. #6-05, May 2005, Ord. #3-13, April 2013, and Ord. #10-21, Oct. 2021 Ch15_11-07-23)