31A-240 approval letter remo 3rd fl 10-17-2014
Michele O’Connor St. Pierre October 17, 2014
17 Trumbull Road
Northampton, MA 01060
Subject Location: 55 Kensington Avenue
Map Block: 31A-240
Ms. St. Pierre,
Your building permit application and plans dated 9-30-14 have been approved as drawn and per this memo. All work must meet all applicable codes whether noted or not included within this
memo.
Please follow up on the following items:
These items will need to be accomplished as the project moves forward and before rough inspections;
Items 1, 2, and 3 will need provided before a permit can be issued;
All structural loads must have continuous load paths to appropriate bearing
All new sashes in hazardous location must have tempered glass.
Rear porch bearing must be verified and increased as need to carry the additional loads.
As of August 4th 2011 the 8th Edition MA code is the 2009 IBC with MA amendments.
In the following are some generic requirements which seem to be problematic.
This is not intended to be comprehensive, nor is it a substitute for purchasing and reading the MA codes.
Read only international codes are available on line at http://publicecodes.cyberregs.com/icod/ one must also consider the MA amendments to these codes which can be found at www.mass.gov/dps/bbrs
.
The current relevant building codes are:
2009 IBC, 2009 IEBC, 2009 IMC, 2009 IRC, 2009 or 2012 IECC, AA115, MA amendments.
Relevant items must be submitted to the building department for approvals before inspections and or Certificates of Occupancy can be issued.
Feel free to call if you have any questions. My telephone number is 587-1240 and office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, excepting we close for walk-ins at 12:00
noon on Wednesdays. My email address is: cmiller@northamptonma.gov
Thank you for your cooperation on these matters.
Chuck Miller
City of Northampton
Assistant Commissioner and Zoning Enforcement