Updated : 04/22/2024
Overview
Pennsylvania enforces a mandatory state code; The Uniform Construction Code. Link to PA Building Codes.
Helpful resources for Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania include the following.
Residential Building Code
Pennsylvania adopted a statewide mandatory residential code that will control. Authority for local amendments will be limited.See PLRB,
Pennsylvania Building Codes for more information on state level codes.
Bensalem Township adopted the 2015 IRC, statewide. 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 the adoption without amendment to the model code
here.
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Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code (2018 IRC)(Bensalem, PA Municipal Code)
...Adoption not found...
Drip Edge
Drip Edge: yes
Ice Barrier
Are ice barriers required for Bensalem Township ? Undetermined
Commercial Building Code
Bensalem Township adopted the 2015 IBC, statewide. 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 the adoption without amendment to the model code
here.
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Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code (2018 IBC)(Bensalem, PA Sec. 66-4. - Adoption of Uniform Construction Code.)
...(b)
The Uniform Construction Code, contained in 34 P.S. Chapters 401-405, as amended from
time to time, is hereby adopted in its entirety and incorporated herein by reference
as the building code of Bensalem Township....
Other Building Codes
Bensalem Township, PA also adopted the following code:
2009 International Property Maintenance Code. Bensalem Township, PA Muni. Codes § 97-21 (adoption) and § 97-22 (amendments).
