HUD will review each local and State code submitted under this subpart to determine whether it regulates all of the following areas and subareas:
(a) Fire Safety.
- (1) Allowable height;
- (2) Fire separations;
- (3) Fire resistance requirements;
- (4) Egress doors and windows;
- (5) Unit smoke detectors;
- (6) Flame spread.
(b) Light and ventilation.
- (1) Habitable rooms;
- (2) Bath and toilet rooms.
(c) Structural loads and seismic design.
- (1) Design live loads;
- (2) Design dead loads;
- (3) Snow loads (for jurisdictions with snow loading conditions identified in Section 7 of ASCE-7-88 (formerly ANSI A58.1-82);
- (4) Wind loads;
- (5) Earthquake loads (for jurisdictions in seismic zones 3 or 4, as identified in Section 9 of ASCE-7-88 (formerly ANSI A58.1-82)).
(d) Foundation systems.
- (1) Foundation depths;
- (2) Footings;
- (3) Foundation materials criteria.
(e) Materials standards.
- (1) Materials standards.
(f) Construction components.
- (1) Steel;
- (2) Masonry;
- (3) Concrete;
- (4) Lumber;
- (5) Roof construction and covering;
- (6) Chimneys and fireplaces.
(g) Glass.
- (1) Thickness/area requirements;
- (2) Safety glazing.
(h) Mechanical.
- (1) Heating, cooling and ventilation systems;
- (2) Gas, liquid and solid fuel piping and equipment;
- (3) Chimneys and vents;
- (4) Ventilation (air changes).
(i) Plumbing.
- (1) Materials standards;
- (2) Sizing and installing drainage systems;
- (3) Vents and venting;
- (4) Traps;
- (5) Cleanouts;
- (6) Plumbing fixtures;
- (7) Water supply and distribution;
- (8) Sewage disposal systems.
(j) Electrical.
- (1) Branch circuits;
- (2) Services;
- (3) Grounding;
- (4) Wiring methods;
- (5) Cable;
- (6) Conduit;
- (7) Outlets, switches and junction boxes;
- (8) Panelboards.
[50 FR 39594, Sept. 27, 1985, as amended at 59 FR 36695, July 19, 1994]