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PREFACE The BOCA Nutinncr! Prnpertr Maintenance Cnde, now in its 29th year, provides model code requirements related to the protecuon of the public health. safety and welfare in all existing buildings and premises. The BOCA Nutionu( Properry Maintenance Crulc• contains clear and spc:cific property maintenance reyuirements with required property improvcment provisions. This dcx:umcnt is intended to provide the code official with the authority to consider and approve altemative solutions to achieve code compliance. This fourth edition presents the code as originally issued, with changes approved through 1992. and with certain editorial cham-cs made to maintain the sequence of the caie and to update the references to standards. This code, as are the other codes published by Building Officials and Code Administrators lntemational, is kept up to date throut-'h the review of changes proposed by code enforcement officials, industry and design professionals, and other interested persons and organizations. Proposed changes are discussed in a public hearing, carefully reviewed by committees, and acted upon by ccxic enforcement officials in an open meeting of the organization. A new edition such as this is then prepared every three ycars, and contains all approved changes since the previous edition. Chanizes as described above do notjust happen. The BOCA Narintact! PropertY Maintenance Cncle is dedicated [o Ihe thousanils of code enforcement olticials from throu0hout the Uniteci States and Canada; ro the cnginecrs, architects, technicians, huilcici:s, contractors, material producers, trade associations and others who voluntarily collaborated in its preparation; and to the membcrs of the code chanees committees and their constituent committees, who participated in the imporcant work of keeping the code current. These individuals have given unstintingly of their time and their talents to produce and maintain this code, which has becn wiclcly recognized, highly respected. and adopted by countless communities. Use of the BOCA Narional Propet•n• Maiiuenunce Cnde or any of the other BOCA Natinnol Codes within a government jurisdiction is intended to be accomplished only through adnptinti by reference in a proceedine of the jurisdiction's board, council, or other authoritative 2oveming body. At the time of adoption, jurisdictions should insert the appropriate information in those passages shown in bracketed small capital letters in the code which require specific local information, such as the date of adoption, name of adopting jurisdiction, etc. (see Section 3 of the sample adopting ordinance on page ix)_ Additionally, jurisdictions may amend or modify BOCA Natroiia! Code provisions to accomplish desired local requirements, although use of the codes in substantially original :ind standardized form is encouraged by the BOCA organization. A sample draft of an adopting ordinance for the BOCA Nutirniul Propc•rr-%• Maintenance Cnde is provided on page Lr. This document has been developed under the published procedures of Building Officials and Code Administrators Internation:il. Inc. These procedures are desiened to obtain the views and comments of those in the construction industry willing to panicipate. While these procedures assure the highest de2ree of care, neither BOCA. its members, nor those participating in its activities accepts any liability resulting from compliance or noncampliance with the provisions aiven herein, for any restrictions imposcd on matcri:ils or proresscs, t?r lor 1hc complctcncss ol the text. ? BOCA has no pawer or authoriry to police or enforce compliance with the contents of this code. It is only the govemmental txody that enacts thc code into law that Ooes so. rii