TL;DR
The International Building Code is the model code published by the International Code Council that governs design and construction of commercial, multifamily, and institutional buildings, covering structure, fire resistance, egress, accessibility, and materials. States and cities adopt it with local amendments on a three-year cycle, making the locally adopted edition, not the newest one, the legal standard for a given permit.
What it means
The International Building Code is the model code published by the International Code Council that governs design and construction of commercial, multifamily, and institutional buildings, covering structure, fire resistance, egress, accessibility, and materials. States and cities adopt it with local amendments on a three-year cycle, making the locally adopted edition, not the newest one, the legal standard for a given permit. Detached one- and two-family homes fall instead under its residential sibling, so a contractor crossing into mixed-use or commercial work changes rulebooks.
Where it sits in the glossary
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