Updated : 04/22/2024
Overview
The Hancock, MD, website neglects to cover any specific information on residential and commercial building codes. See Galestown, MD, Website (accessed 3/16/2015). Hancock, MD, located in Washington County, is small town with a population of about 1500 people. Therefore, the building codes for Washington County likely apply:
Washington County, MD, adopted the 2012 IBC and IRC. Washington County, MD, County Code § 1-501 (adopted), ORD-2012-15 (amended).
Helpful resources for Hancock, 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.
Hancock 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 Hancock, MD, website neglects to cover any specific information on residential and commercial building codes. See Galestown, MD, Website (accessed 3/16/2015). Hancock, MD, located in Washington County, is small town with a population of about 1500 people. Therefore, the building codes for Washington County likely apply:
Washington County, MD, adopted the 2012 IBC and IRC. Washington County, MD, County Code § 1-501 (adopted), ORD-2012-15 (amended).
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 Washington County materials for more information.
Commercial Building Code
Hancock 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 Hancock, MD, website neglects to cover any specific information on residential and commercial building codes. See Galestown, MD, Website (accessed 3/16/2015). Hancock, MD, located in Washington County, is small town with a population of about 1500 people. Therefore, the building codes for Washington County likely apply:
Washington County, MD, adopted the 2012 IBC and IRC. Washington County, MD, County Code § 1-501 (adopted), ORD-2012-15 (amended).
Existing Buildings
Please see the Washington County materials for more information.
Other Building Codes
Please see the Washington County materials for more information.