Updated : 04/22/2024
Overview
The Friendship Heights, MD, municipal code neglects to cover any specific information on residential and commercial building codes. See Friendship Heights, MD, Revised Regulations (accessed 2/27/2015). However, because there are several instances that reference "violation of the County Code" and it is small town near Washington, DC, with a population of 4500 people, the building codes for Montgomery County likely apply:
Montgomery County, MD, adopted the 2012 IBC and IRC. Sections 8-13 and 8-14 of the Montgomery County Code (MCC) COMCOR 08.00.02 (adopted), 08.00.02.03. Section 101.1 (amendments).
Helpful resources for Friendship Heights, 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.
Friendship Heights 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 Friendship Heights, MD, municipal code neglects to cover any specific information on residential and commercial building codes. See Friendship Heights, MD, Revised Regulations (accessed 2/27/2015). However, because there are several instances that reference "violation of the County Code" and it is small town near Washington, DC, with a population of 4500 people, the building codes for Montgomery County likely apply:
Montgomery County, MD, adopted the 2012 IBC and IRC. Sections 8-13 and 8-14 of the Montgomery County Code (MCC) COMCOR 08.00.02 (adopted), 08.00.02.03. Section 101.1 (amendments).
Please see the Montgomery 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 Montgomery County materials for more information.
Commercial Building Code
Friendship Heights 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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Comments
The Friendship Heights, MD, municipal code neglects to cover any specific information on residential and commercial building codes. See Friendship Heights, MD, Revised Regulations (accessed 2/27/2015). However, because there are several instances that reference "violation of the County Code" and it is small town near Washington, DC, with a population of 4500 people, the building codes for Montgomery County likely apply:
Montgomery County, MD, adopted the 2012 IBC and IRC. Sections 8-13 and 8-14 of the Montgomery County Code (MCC) COMCOR 08.00.02 (adopted), 08.00.02.03. Section 101.1 (amendments).
Please see the Montgomery County materials for more information.
Existing Buildings
Please see the Montgomery County materials for more information.
Other Building Codes
Please see the Montgomery County materials for more information.
Montgomery County, MD, adopted the 2012 editions of the IBC, the IECC, the IFGC, the IMC, and the IRC with amendments necessary to achieve uniformity and consistency with Maryland and Montgomery County laws and ordinances, as well as department/division policies and procedures. Where this regulation differs from the Montgomery County Fire Safety Code it does not preempt or negate any more restrictive provisions of that code.
