Updated : 04/22/2024
Overview
La Plata, MD, adopted the 2012 IBC and IRC with amendments. La Plata, MD, Municipal Code § 75-1 (adopt IBC), § 75-2 (amend IBC), § 75-4 (adopt IRC), and § 75-4.1 (amend IRC).
Helpful resources for La Plata, 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.
La Plata 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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Maryland Bldg. Performance Standards (2021 IRC)(some jurisdictions are allowed to adopt earlier editions)(La Plata, MD 75-3 - Illumination standards.)
...hereby adopted as a part of the Town of La Plata Building Code.
B.
Violations of this standard are subject to the provisions and penalties set forth
in Section 114.4 of the International Building Code 2018 as adopted in Sections 75-1 and 75-2 of...
Drip Edge
Drip Edge: undetermined
Ice Barrier
Are ice barriers required for La Plata ? Undetermined
Comments
La Plata, MD, adopted the 2012 IBC and IRC with amendments. La Plata, MD, Municipal Code § 75-1 (adopt IBC), § 75-2 (amend IBC), § 75-4 (adopt IRC), and § 75-4.1 (amend IRC).
Regarding Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems:
"313.1 Installation Required. Interior automatic fire sprinkler systems shall be installed, and thereafter maintained, in a good state of operation and repair, in all new one- and two-family dwellings for which building permits are applied for on and after November 1, 2006. A one- or two-family dwelling that exists or is under construction on November 1, 2006, and that is demolished and thereafter reconstructed, or that is renovated to such extent as involves the installation of a new plumbing system in at least 50% of the habitable area of the dwelling, shall be deemed a new dwelling for purpose of compliance with the requirements of this section."
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.
La Plata, MD, appears to have adopted Appendix J as part of the code.La Plata, MD, Municipal Code § 75-1 (adopt IBC), § 75-2 (amend IBC), § 75-4 (adopt IRC), and § 75-4.1 (amend IRC). Appendix J provides guidance on existing buildings.
Commercial Building Code
La Plata 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)(La Plata, MD Municipal Code)
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Comments
La Plata, MD, adopted the 2012 IBC and IRC with amendments. La Plata, MD, Municipal Code § 75-1 (adopt IBC), § 75-2 (amend IBC), § 75-4 (adopt IRC), and § 75-4.1 (amend IRC).
Existing Buildings
La Plata, MD, adopted the 2012 IEBC with amendments. La Plata, MD, Municipal Code § 75-15 (adopt IEBC), § 75-16 (amend IEBC).
Other Building Codes
National Electrical Code NEC 2011-NFPA 70
International Mechanical Code 2012
International Energy Conservation Code 2012
International Fuel Gas Code 2012