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The 2018 edition of the International Building Code, including Appendices C and J, issued by the International Code Council;
The 2015 edition of the International Residential Code, issued by the International Code Council;
Appendix Q of the 2018 edition of the International Residential Code, issued by the International Code Council;
The 2018 edition of the International Plumbing Code, issued by the International Code Council;
The 2018 edition of the International Mechanical Code, issued by the International Code Council;
The 2018 edition of the International Fuel Gas Code, issued by the International Code Council;
The 2018 edition of the International Fire Code, issued by the International Code Council;
The 2020 edition of the National Electrical Code, issued by the National Fire Protection Association;
The residential provisions of the 2015 edition of the International Energy Conservation Code, issued by the International Code Council;
The commercial provisions of the 2018 edition of the International Energy Conservation Code, issued by the International Code Council;
The 2018 edition of the International Existing Building Code, issued by the International Code Council;
The residential provisions of the 2018 edition of the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, issued by the International Code Council;
Subject to Subsection 15A-2-104(2), the HUD Code;
Subject to Subsection 15A-2-104(1), Appendix E of the 2015 edition of the International Residential Code, issued by the International Code Council;
Subject to Subsection 15A-2-104(1), the 2005 edition of the NFPA 225 Model Manufactured Home Installation Standard, issued by the National Fire Protection Association; and
Subject to Subsection (3), for standards and guidelines pertaining to plaster on a historic property, as defined in Section 9-8-302, the U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary's Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings. The standards and guidelines described in Subsection (1)(n) apply only if: (a) the owner of the historic property receives a government tax subsidy based on the property's status as a historic property; (b) the historic property is wholly or partially funded by public money; or (c) the historic property is owned by a government entity, and
Consistent with Title 65A, Chapter 8, Management of Forest Lands and Fire Control, the Legislature adopts the 2006 edition of the Utah Wildland Urban Interface Code, issued by the International Code Council, with the alternatives or amendments approved by the Utah Division of Forestry, as a construction code that may be adopted by a local compliance agency by local ordinance or other similar action as a local amendment to the codes listed in this section, and
Statewide Amendments are incorporated as Part of the State Construction Code.