District of Columbia Building code adoption
Other / specialized · 0 cities tracked · 0 with amendments.
Overview
Governance
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Cities tracked
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This jurisdiction follows a non-standard governance pattern. See the per-city notes below.
Adopted building codes (state level)
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City-level adoption
No per-city adoption data tracked for this state.
Quirks & watch-items
Quirks & watch-items
- DC is a single jurisdiction — no city/county split
- The "2017 DC Construction Codes" are NAMED 2017 but are BASED ON 2015 ICC codes
- They did not take effect until May 29, 2020 — 5 years after the base model code
- Previous edition was 2013 DC codes (based on 2012 ICC), effective March 28, 2014
- DC uses ASHRAE 90.1-2013 for commercial energy, not IECC
- CCCB expected to start new development cycle based on 2021 ICC codes — status unknown
- DC is significantly behind most surrounding jurisdictions (MD and VA are on 2021 codes)