OAR 918-480-0005: Adopted Oregon Residential Specialty Code

(1) The Low-Rise Residential Dwelling Code, identified in ORS 455.610, will be known as the Oregon Residential Specialty Code. (2) (a) The Oregon Residential Specialty Code is adopted pursuant to OAR chapter 918, division 8; (b) Additional energy provisions are adopted pursuant to OAR chapter 918, division 460, section 500. (3) Effective October 1, 2023, the 2023 Oregon Residential Specialty Code consists of the following: (a) The 2021 edition of the International Residential Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings as published by the International Code Council, Inc., Chapters 1 through 24 and Chapter 44, Appendices E, F, H, K, R, S, U, and W and as further amended by the Division. Chapters 25 through 43, and Appendices A, B, C, D, G, I, J, L, M, N, O, P, Q, T, V, and X are not adopted as part of the 2023 Oregon Residential Specialty Code. (b) The low-rise plumbing provisions of the Oregon Residential Specialty Code are adopted in the 2023 Oregon Plumbing Specialty Code. (c) The low-rise electrical provisions of the Oregon Residential Specialty Code are adopted in the 2023 Oregon Electrical Specialty Code. (d) Low-rise apartment construction provisions of the Oregon Residential Specialty Code are adopted in the 2022 Oregon Structural Specialty Code and the 2022 Oregon Mechanical Specialty Code. (4) Applicability of code changes to pending applications. Code requirements in effect at the time a plan review or permit application is filed controls the construction under the application unless the applicant agrees to be controlled by subsequent changes. (5) For the purposes of implementing a phase-in period for the 2023 Oregon Residential Specialty Code: (a) Chapter 1 of the 2023 Oregon Residential Specialty Code is effective October 1, 2023 with no phase-in period; and (b) The 2021 Oregon Residential Specialty Code, with the exception of Chapter 1, is adopted for a period of six months beginning October 1, 2023 and ending March 31, 2024. (6) During the six-month phase-in period established in section (5), subsection (b) of this rule, all building departments in the state are required to accept plans for low-rise residential dwellings designed to either the 2023 Oregon Residential Specialty Code or to the 2021 Oregon Residential Specialty Code. [Publications: Publications referenced are available for review at the division. See division website for information on purchasing publications.]