The Code Council's code development process stands as a shining example of codes and standards developed in the private sector and meets the fundamental principles of Circular No. A-119 — Federal Register (Federal Participation in the Development and Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and in Conformity Assessment Activities). A key principle of the circular is an appeals process.
In accordance with Section 12.1 of CP 28 Code Development, the International Code Council has received six appeals on the 2019 Group B Final Action results which were posted on April 8, 2020. The appeal deadline was May 8th and all the appeals were received in a timely fashion.
This website will serve as the notification vehicle and repository for all documents related to the processing of the appeals in accordance with CP1 Appeals. Further, based on the cross-over of many of the code changes cited in the appeals, the Code Council Board of Directors has granted a 45-day extension of the 30-day deadline enumerated in Sections 4.1 and 6.1 of CP1 in order for staff to properly coordinate and correlate the processing of the appeals.
The six appeals are as follows:
The Notice of Appeal Hearings identified a significant amount of crossover between some of the appeals. The Appeals Board has decided to consider the appeals in five groups as noted below. The appellants related to each issue area are indicated in parentheses next to the topics. Click the plus symbol next to each category to see the appeal hearing agenda, comments and presentations currently submitted on each topic. On August 27, the appeal hearings for “Impact of Online Voting, Cost Impact, Voting Guides” and “Voter Eligibility, Validation Process” were combined into a single hearing to be held September 14.
Please direct all questions to Mike Pfeiffer, Senior Vice President of Technical Services, at mpfeiffer@iccsafe.org.
Administration
2019 Cycle Code Development Documents
- 2019 IECC – C Public comment agenda
- 2019 IECC-R/IRC-E Public comment agenda
- 2019 IRC – B Public comment agenda
- 2019 Final Action Results
- 2019 Report on the Code Development Process – 2019 Group B Cycle
Videos from the 2019 Group B Committee Action and Public Comment Hearings are now available, streaming here for free.
- Other Important Links
- 2019 Group B Code Cycle: Notice of Appeals
- Code Council Blue Ribbon Committee meeting July 9
- 2019 Group B Code Cycle: Notice of Appeals
- Appeals Board Bios
- Article: Code Development: A Process of Evolution and Improvement by Mike Pfeiffer
- Appeals Hearing Date Change
- Are you planning to participate in the appeal hearings?
