1. The state building code commissioner with the approval of the advisory council is hereby empowered and directed to formulate and adopt and from time to time amend or revise and to promulgate, in conformity with and subject to the conditions set forth in this chapter, reasonable rules designed to establish minimum safeguards in the erection and construction of buildings and structures, to protect the human beings who live and work in them from fire and other hazards, and to establish regulations to further protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 103A.7

  • building: includes any part of a building unless the context clearly requires a different meaning. See Iowa Code 103A.3
  • code: means the state building code provided for in section 103A. See Iowa Code 103A.3
  • Commissioner: means the state building code commissioner created by this chapter. See Iowa Code 103A.3
  • Construction: means the construction, erection, reconstruction, alteration, conversion, repair, equipping of buildings, structures or facilities, and requirements or standards relating to or affecting materials used in connection therewith, including provisions for safety and sanitary conditions. See Iowa Code 103A.3
  • Council: means the state building code advisory council created by this chapter. See Iowa Code 103A.3
  • Equipment: means plumbing, heating, electrical, ventilating, conditioning, refrigerating equipment, elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators, and other mechanical facilities or installations. See Iowa Code 103A.3
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Installation: means the assembly of factory-built structures on site and the process of affixing factory-built structures to land, a foundation, footings, or an existing building. See Iowa Code 103A.3
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Sustainable design: means construction design intended to minimize negative environmental impacts and to promote the health and comfort of building occupants including but not limited to measures to reduce consumption of nonrenewable resources, minimize waste, and create healthy, productive environments. See Iowa Code 103A.3
 2. The rules shall include reasonable provisions for the following:

 a. The installation of equipment.
 b. The standards or requirements for materials to be used in construction.
 c. The manufacture and installation of factory-built structures.
 d. Protection of the health, safety, and welfare of occupants and users.
 e. The accessibility and use by persons with disabilities and elderly persons, of buildings, structures, and facilities which are constructed and intended for use by the general public. The rules shall be consistent with federal standards for building accessibility and shall only apply to those buildings, structures, and facilities subject to chapter 104A.
 f. The conservation of energy through thermal efficiency standards for buildings intended for human occupancy and which are heated or cooled and lighting efficiency standards for buildings intended for human occupancy which are lighted.
 g. Standards for sustainable design, also known and referred to as green building standards.
 h. Standards for safe rooms and storm shelters.
 3. These rules shall comprise and be known as the state building code.
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