Show LY F i r oo v lYs f fj t F i r Revised Building Code Adopted by Salt St lake The city commission Tuesday adopted a revised uniform building building build build- ing Ingo code over the protests of the Utah chapter chapler National Association Association Association tion of Home Builders The code was recommended by bythe bythe bythe the Pacific coast building building- officials officials' oW- oW clais' clais conference held in September September Septem Septem- ber 1945 and has since been adopted by many leading western cities Variations from irom the former building code drawn up by the Pacific coast group in 1939 which drew objections from the Utah chapter included The foot eight ceiling limit on 50 o of or group roup H floor space which would allegedly preclude the remodeling of basements basement and apartments The seven foot six-inch six ceiling limit in group I occupancies for tor forthe forthe the same reasons I The three-foot three minimum yard ard space requirement for garages The head room clause raising the space spare above stairways four inches to six feet six inches which say the tho Utah builders would take tae up an ate amount of space in low cost bracket houses The builders' builders chapter also objected objected objected ob ob- ob- ob to proposed building permit permit per per- mit and plan checking fees which the code provides I Answering these objections William WilHam Y Tipton city J 1 of the bureau of cal inspection wrote the homebuilders home homo builders group that the building inspection department is operatIng operating operating ing at a 20 loss los of ot operational costs The permit increase would be 2 2 per house or one-fortieth one of ot 1 per cent of oi the building cos coson costs on the average home he pointed out adding that the department would attempt to continue plan- plan checking w wit without i t h o 0 u t additional charges The ceiling requirements deal only with new construction and tolerance undoubtedly would be permitted in the thc case of remodeling remodeling remodeling remodel remodel- ing work wrote Mr Tipton He advocated that the garage space requirement be given a trial since it entails no additional expense at atthe atthe atthe the present time lime The old building code he concluded con con- already required space above stairways but the provision pro has not been enforced rigidly rig |