Updated : 04/22/2024
Overview
Church Creek, MD, has no website and the charter code neglects to cover any specific information on residential and commercial building codes. See Church Creek, MD Charter (accessed 3/31/2015). Church Creek, MD, located in Dorchester County, is a small town with a population of about 125 people. Therefore, the building codes for Dorchester County likely apply:
Dorchester County, MD, adopted the "2003 edition or current edition" IBC and IRC. Dorchester County, MD, Municipal Code § 65-2 (definition), § 65-3 (adopted), § 65-4 (amendments).
Helpful resources for Church Creek, 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.
Church Creek adopted the 2015 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
Church Creek, MD, has no website and the charter code neglects to cover any specific information on residential and commercial building codes. See Church Creek, MD Charter (accessed 3/31/2015). Church Creek, MD, located in Dorchester County, is a small town with a population of about 125 people. Therefore, the building codes for Dorchester County likely apply:
Dorchester County, MD, adopted the "2003 edition or current edition" IBC and IRC. Dorchester County, MD, Municipal Code § 65-2 (definition), § 65-3 (adopted), § 65-4 (amendments).
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 Dorchester County materials for more information.
Commercial Building Code
Church Creek adopted the 2015 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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Comments
Church Creek, MD, has no website and the charter code neglects to cover any specific information on residential and commercial building codes. See Church Creek, MD Charter (accessed 3/31/2015). Church Creek, MD, located in Dorchester County, is a small town with a population of about 125 people. Therefore, the building codes for Dorchester County likely apply:
Dorchester County, MD, adopted the "2003 edition or current edition" IBC and IRC. Dorchester County, MD, Municipal Code § 65-2 (definition), § 65-3 (adopted), § 65-4 (amendments).
Existing Buildings
Please see the Dorchester County materials for more information.
Other Building Codes
Please see the Dorchester County materials for more information.