Updated : 04/22/2024
Overview
The Burkittsville, MD, website neglects to cover any specific information on residential and commercial building codes (accessed 2/25/2015). Burkittsville, MD, located in Frederick County, is small town with a population of about 150 people. Therefore, the building codes for Frederick County likely apply:
Frederick County, MD, adopted the 2012 IBC and IRC, including the amendments adopted by the State of Maryland in the Maryland Building Performance Standards (COMAR 05.02.07), and subject to the local amendments in § 1-6-18A and § 1-6-18B.
Helpful resources for Burkittsville, Maryland include the following.
Residential Building Code
Maryland adopted a model state residential code but it is not in force unless adopted locally.See PLRB,
Maryland Building Codes for more information on state level codes.
Burkittsville adopted the 2012 IRC, locally. Note that adoptions usually come with amendments. So, it is important to review those amendments in addition to the unamended model code.
You can find a copy of the model code here.
You can find information about amendments to the model code
here.
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Comments
The Burkittsville, MD, website neglects to cover any specific information on residential and commercial building codes (accessed 2/25/2015). Burkittsville, MD, located in Frederick County, is small town with a population of about 150 people. Therefore, the building codes for Frederick County likely apply:
Frederick County, MD, adopted the 2012 IBC and IRC, including the amendments adopted by the State of Maryland in the Maryland Building Performance Standards (COMAR 05.02.07), and subject to the local amendments in § 1-6-18A and § 1-6-18B.
Please see the Frederick County materials for more information.
Existing Buildings
Existing buildings, meaning buildings that were built in accordance to code at the time of
construction, typically merit extra consideration in a current updated code.
Please see the Frederick County materials for more information.
Commercial Building Code
Burkittsville adopted the 2012 IBC, statewide with limitations. Note that adoptions usually come with amendments. So, it is important to review those amendments in addition to the unamended model code.
You can find a copy of the code
here.You can find information about amendments to the model code
here.
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Maryland Bldg. Performance Standards (2021 IBC)(Burkittsville, MD Section 4.01 Adoption Of Building Code)
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Comments
The Burkittsville, MD, website neglects to cover any specific information on residential and commercial building codes (accessed 2/25/2015). Burkittsville, MD, located in Frederick County, is small town with a population of about 150 people. Therefore, the building codes for Frederick County likely apply:
Frederick County, MD, adopted the 2012 IBC and IRC, including the amendments adopted by the State of Maryland in the Maryland Building Performance Standards (COMAR 05.02.07), and subject to the local amendments in § 1-6-18A and § 1-6-18B.
Please see the Frederick County materials for more information.
Existing Buildings
Please see the Frederick County materials for more information.
Other Building Codes
Please see the Frederick County materials for more information.