Bradley County Commissioner Charlotte Peak-JonesONLINERead a summary of Bradley County’s current building codes at www.bradleyco.net/buildinginspecthome.aspx.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. – Proposed updates to Bradley County’s building codes are on the table and may go into effect on Jan. 1, 2015.
Bradley County commissioners are scheduled to vote today on whether to advertise the proposed changes in local media. If they vote to go forward, a public comment period will follow.
The current codes date back to 2006. Commissioner Charlotte Peak calls for adopting the 2009 International Energy Conservation Code, the 2012 International Building Code and a number of other 2012 fire, plumbing and mechanical codes.
“Time is running out,” said Peak, a developer. “If the county chooses not to make an update to its codes, the state will step in and mandate that we adopt the upcoming 2015 codes, which are more restrictive.”