Authorize staff to draft an Ordinance Amendment to the 2006 International Residential Code to remove the requirement to field treat cut, notched and bored ends of treated wood; and to change the design requirements allowing walls more than 10 feet in height and up to 12 feet in height to be constructed using a prescriptive design and to have a third party engineer review the stud height design proposal.


Residential Contractor Board Recommendation:
Authorize staff to draft an Ordinance Amendment to the 2006 International Residential Code to remove the requirement to field treat cut, notched and bored ends of treated wood; and to change the design requirements allowing walls more than 10 feet in height and up to 12 feet in height to be constructed using a prescriptive design and to have a third party engineer review the stud height design proposal.