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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: Councilmember Clarke
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
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Building Code - Interior Walls Parallel to Windows
FOR the purpose of prohibiting the construction of interior walls close to and parallel with windows.
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BY adding
Article - Building, Fire, and Related Codes
Section(s) 2-103 (IBC §1212)
Baltimore City Revised Code
(Edition 2000)
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the Laws of Baltimore City read as follows:
Baltimore City Revised Code
Article – Building, Fire, and Related Codes
Part II. International Building Code
§ 2-103. City modifications.
The additions, deletions, amendments, and other modifications adopted by the City are as follows:
Chapter 12. Interior Environment
SECTION 1212 INTERIOR WALLS PARALLEL TO WINDOWS.
1212.1 MINIMUM DISTANCE BETWEEN WINDOWS AND PARALLEL WALLS. INTERIOR WALLS RUNNING PARALLEL TO A WINDOW MUST BE AT LEAST 3 FEET (914 MM) AWAY FROM THE WINDOW.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That the catchlines contained in this Ordinance are not law and may not be considered to have been enacted as a part of this or any prior Ordinance.
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