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Note that the PREFACE page of any ICC Commentary states:

"The Commentary is advisory only: the code official alone possesses the authority and responsibility for interpreting the code."

Note that the PREFACE page of any ICC Commentary states:

"The Commentary is advisory only: the code official alone possesses the authority and responsibility for interpreting the code."

Lawyers will typically use anything and everything to support a line of reasoning for an interpretation of the code text including commentary, letters, emails, text messages and depositions.