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The enacted bill updates Philadelphia’s Residential Code by adopting the 2015 International Residential Code along with state and local amendments, effective October 1, 2018. The standards apply to construction, alterations, repairs, and occupancy of detached one- and two-family homes, certain townhouses up to three stories, and their accessory structures, including requirements for stairs, flood protection, smoke alarms, fire-sprinkler offers, roofs, and plumbing.

Amending Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code," by adopting the 2015 edition of the "International Residential Code" as published by the International Code Council, with previously adopted amendments thereto, as adopted through the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code Act, all under certain terms and conditions.