152/Maryland Manual

CODES ADMINISTRATION

Dwight M. Hammerman, Director

2525 Riva Road
Annapolis 21401 Telephone: 269-2701

Codes Administration is responsible for the In-
dustrialized Building and Mobile Homes Code,
the Model Performance Building Code, the Mary-
land Building Code for the Handicapped, the ad-
ministration of the Maryland Safety Glazing law,
and guidelines for energy conservation.

The Industrialized Building and Mobile Homes
Code, established by Chapter 662, Acts of 1971,
offers certification standards for any building,
building sub-system, or component that is manu-
factured or partially assembled off-site to be used
in a Maryland structure. The intent of the Code
is to encourage and enable expanded industrial-
ized building activity in the State. Buildings and
building sub-system components that are certified
by the State under this Code can be used or
erected anywhere in Maryland, regardless of local
building codes, but must, of course, comply with
local zoning laws. The Code also applied to mo-
bile homes offered for sale within the State until
the federal government adopted a new HUD
standard effective June 15, 1976, which supersed-
ed the Maryland standard. The Codes Division
will continue to perform inspection functions in
assistance to enforcement of the HUD standard
under the provisions of Article 41, Section
266EE-7.

The Model Performance Building Code was
adopted by Chapter 663, Acts of 1971. The basis
of the State's Model Performance Code is the
Building Officials and Code Administrators Inter-
national Basic Building Code (BOCA). It is the
intent of the General Assembly that this code
eventually be adopted throughout the State to al-
low builders to adapt their materials to a single
set of modern, performance oriented, standards.
A requirement to include provisions to promote
energy conservation in the Model Performance
Code was adopted by the Legislature in 1974
(Code 1957, Art. 41, sec. 257J).

A Safety Glazing law was adopted by Chapter
116, Acts of 1973, which required the use of
safety glazing in all hazardous locations after
July 1, 1973. This was an updating of a previous
less restrictive law. Administration of this law is
performed by the Codes Administration Division
(Code 1957, Art. 41, secs. 266GG-1 to
266GG-6).

CODE ENFORCEMENT
CERTIFICATION BOARD

Chairperson: Henry P. Wojtanowski

2525 Riva Road
Annapolis 21401 Telephone: 269-2701

The Industrialized Building and Mobile Homes
Act of Chapter 662, Acts of 1971, prescribed that
the certification and inspection of industrialized
buildings and mobile homes be done in part by
accredited local enforcement agency personnel,
and authorized the Secretary of the Department
of Economic and Community Development to es-
tablish a program of training and accreditation of
such personnel. In order to assist the Secretary of
Economic and Community Development to certi-
fy code enforcement inspectors, the Maryland In-
dustrialized Building and Mobile Homes Code
provides for the appointment by the Secretary of
a Code Enforcement Certification Board.

The Board consists of nine members, three of
whom are certified code enforcement officials and
one member each from the following groups and
agencies: licensed architect, registered engineer,
representative of the Department of Economic
and Community Development, educator, member
of the Advisory Commission on Industrialized
Building and Mobile Homes, and a building in-
dustry representative. The Board is responsible for
recommending standards for certification of code
enforcement personnel; examining and certifying
qualified applicants; reviewing qualifications for
certification; revoking certification where warran-
ted; keeping records of all its proceedings; main-
taining a current list of certified code enforcement
officials; and making an annual report to the Sec-
retary (Code 1957, Art. 41, sec. 266EE-4).

ADVISORY COMMISSION ON
ENERGY UTILIZATION IN
BUILDINGS

James Novak, Chairperson

John J. Brunner, Edward Cassedy, Leonard W.
Dayton, H. A. (Hank) Hesse, John Hose, Steve