TITLE 4. THE PHILADELPHIA BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AND OCCUPANCY CODE
Footnotes
[1] Prior Title 4
entitled "Building Code" was repealed and replaced by the following
ordinances:
Bill No. 960591-A (approved March 26, 1997) — enacting
Subcode "A" and repealing former Title 4;
Bill No. 970038 (approved March 19, 1997) — enacting
Subcodes "B" and "M";
Bill No. 960590-A (approved March 26, 1997) — enacting
Subcode "E" and repealing former Title 4.1;
Bill No. 960588-A (approved March 26, 1997) — enacting
Subcode "F" and repealing former Title 5;
Bill No. 960589 (approved March 19, 1997) — enacting
Subcode "P" and repealing former Title 8; and
Bill No. 960587-A (approved March 26, 1997) — enacting
Subcode "PM" and repealing former Titles 4.2 and 7.
[2] Added, Bill No.
960591-A (approved March 26, 1997). Bill No. 960591-A added this Subcode
"A" and repealed in its entirety previous Title 4, which was based
on 1991 Ordinances, p. 188, as amended.
[3] This
Chapter includes certain material inadvertently omitted in the enrolled bill
(Bill No. 960591-A). The omissions were subsequently corrected by Bill No.
980795 (approved January 5, 1999).
[4] Amended, Bill
No. 020411 (approved October 15, 2002).
[5] Amended, Bill
No. 020411 (approved October 15, 2002).
[6] Amended, Bill
No. 020411 (approved October 15, 2002).
[7] Added, Bill No.
980646 (approved December 30, 1998).
[8] Enrolled bill
printed "order" after the word "erect."
[9] This
Chapter includes certain material inadvertently omitted in the enrolled bill
(Bill No. 960591-A). The omissions were subsequently corrected by Bill No.
980795 (approved January 5, 1999). Former Section A-907.0, added by Bill No.
980760 (approved December 30, 1998), was deleted by Bill No. 000348 (approved
August 11, 2000).Accelerated plan review is now addressed in subsection
A-901.8.
[10] Amended, Bill
No. 000348 (approved August 11, 2000). Section 4 of Bill No. 000348 provided
that the amendments were effective July 1, 2000.
[11] Former
subsection A-902.10 deleted, Bill No. 980760 (approved December 30, 1998).
Accelerated plan review is now addressed in subsection A-901.8.Amended and
former subsections A-902.2.1.1 through A-902.2.1.4 and A-902.7 through A-902.9
deleted, Bill No. 000348 (approved August 11, 2000).
[12] These
versions of subsections A-902.2 and A-902.2.1 are effective January 1, 2001.See
Section 4, Bill No. 000348 (approved August 11, 2000).For the versions of
subsections A-902.2 and A-902.2.1 effective until January 1, 2001, see Bill No.
000348.
[13] Amended and
subsection A-903.2.3 deleted, Bill No. 000348 (approved August 11,
2000).
[14] Amended, Bill
No. 990158 (approved June 25, 1999).
[15] Amended, Bill
No. 990158 (approved June 25, 1999).
[16] Amended, Bill
No. 000712 (approved April 18, 2001).
[17] Added,
Bill No. 970038 (approved March 19, 1997).
[18] Amended, Bill
No. 010274 (approved October 4, 2001), effective ninety days following
enactment.
[19] Amended, Bill
No. 010274 (approved October 4, 2001), effective ninety days following
enactment.
[20] Added,
Bill No. 960590-A (approved March 26, 1997). This Subcode "E"
repealed and replaced in its entirety previous Title 4.1, which was based on
1964 Ordinances, p. 1262, as amended.
[21] Bill No.
960590-A (approved March 26, 1997) numbered this subsection as
"E-2708" in error.
[22] Added,
Bill No. 960588-A (approved March 26, 1997). This Subcode "F"
incorporates and amends prior Title 5, which was based on 1994 Ordinances, p.
930, as amended. 1994 Ordinances, p. 930 repealed and replaced in its entirety
an earlier version of Title 5, and it also repealed 1994 Ordinances, p.
2.
[23] Bill No.
960588-A added this section and numbered it F-106.0, but did not delete the
section F-106.0 that appears in The BOCA National Fire Prevention
Code.
[24] Bill No.
960588-A renumbered this section as 108.0, but did not delete the section
F-108.0 that appears in The BOCA National Fire Prevention Code.
[25] Enrolled bill
at 1994 Ordinances, p. 930 read "hearing".
[26] Enrolled bill
read "pace."
[27] Enrolled bill
read "last."
[28] Enrolled bill
read "plan".
[29] Amended,
Bill No. 990868 (approved December 31, 1999).
[30] Added,
Bill No. 970038 (approved March 19, 1997).
[31] The words
appearing after "this code" do not appear in the enrolled bill, but
the editor has added them to conform to Sections B-101.4, E-2701.2, F-101.4,
P-101.4, and PM-101.4.
[32] Enrolled bill
omitted the word "ducts."
[33] Enrolled bill
read "M-103.3."
[34] Added,
Bill No. 960589 (approved March 19, 1997). This Subcode "P" repealed
and replaced in its entirety previous Title 8, which was based on Bill No. 891
(approved February 17, 1995), 1995 Ordinances, p. 91, as amended.
[35] This Section
previously appeared in repealed Title 8 as §8-201.0. Bill No. 960589, which
incorporated all of former Title 8 as Subcode "P" of this Title 4,
inadvertently failed to renumber §8-201.0. The editor has renumbered it as
Section P-202.0.
[36] Added,
Bill No. 960587-A (approved March 26, 1997). This Subcode "PM"
repealed and replaced in its entirety previous Title 4.2, which was based on
1981 Ordinances, p. 1258, as amended, and Title 7, which was based on 1954
Ordinances, p. 516, as amended.
[37] Added, Bill
No. 010695-A (approved June 13, 2002).
[38] Amended, Bill
No. 990158 (approved June 25, 1999).
[39] Amended, Bill
No. 000712 (approved April 18, 2001); amended, Bill No. 000713 (approved April
18, 2001).
[40] Amended, Bill
No. 000712 (approved April 18, 2001).
[41] Added, Bill
No. 000713 (approved April 18, 2001).
[42] Amended, Bill
No. 020164 (approved May 29, 2002).
[43] Amended, Bill
No. 000713 (approved April 18, 2001); amended, Bill No. 000602 (approved August
31, 2001).
[44] Amended, Bill
No. 000602 (approved August 31, 2001).
[45] Added, Bill
No. 020164 (approved May 29, 2002).
[46] Added, Bill
No. 990158 (approved June 25, 1999).
[47] Amended, Bill
No. 980646 (approved December 30, 1998).
[48] Added, Bill
No. 020310 (approved June 26, 2002).
[49] Amended, Bill
No. 000404 (approved October 31, 2000).
[50] Amended, Bill
No. 000404 (approved October 31, 2000).
[51] Amended, Bill
No. 020310 (approved June 26, 2002).
[52] Amended, Bill
No. 000025 (approved May 16, 2000). Section 2 of Bill No. 000025 provided that
the amendments were effective July 1, 2000.
[53]. Amended,
Bill No. 000025 (approved May 16, 2000). Section 2 of Bill No. 000025 provided
that the amendments were effective July 1, 2000.
[54] Amended, Bill
No. 980794 (approved December 30, 1998).
[55] Amended, Bill
No. 010369 (approved October 4, 2001).
[56] Added, Bill
No. 990605 (approved November 8, 1999).
[57] Added, Bill
No. 990605 (approved November 8, 1999).
[58] Added, Bill
No. 990605 (approved November 8, 1999).
[59]. Added, Bill
No. 990605 (approved November 8, 1999).
[60] Added, Bill
No. 990495(approved November 8, 1999).Enrolled Bill No. 990495 numbered this
subsection 27, renumbered by Code editor.
[61] Added, Bill
No. 020119 (approved May 1, 2002).
[62] Added, Bill
No. 020119 (approved May 1, 2002).
[63] Added, Bill
No. 020119 (approved May 1, 2002).
[64] Added, Bill
No. 010369 (approved October 4, 2001).
[65] Amended, Bill
No. 020119 (approved May 1, 2002).
[66] Amended, Bill
No. 020119 (approved May 1, 2002).
[67] Amended, Bill
No. 020119 (approved May 1, 2002).
[68] Amended, Bill
No. 020119 (approved May 1, 2002).
[69] Amended, Bill
No. 980794 (approved December 30, 1998).
[70] Amended, Bill
No. 980794 (approved December 30, 1998).
[71] Added and
former Section PM-705.0 repealed, Bill No. 970358 (approved July 1,
1997).
[72] Added, Bill
No. 000771-A (approved August 31, 2001).
[73] Enrolled Bill
No. 000771-A reads 19-205(5). There is no such section of the Philadelphia Code.
A definition of "Vacant Lot" is provided in Section 19-2502(5) of
the Code.
[74] Added and
former Section PM-705.0 repealed, Bill No. 970358 (approved July 1,
1997).