3 The short title of this Act is the Ontario Forestry Revitalization Act (14 Storey Wood Frame Buildings), 2018 — Bill 19 (41st Parliament, 3rd Session)

Bill 19, 41-3

Ontario — Bills

3RD SESSION, 41ST LEGISLATURE, ONTARIO ELIZABETH II, 2018 Bill

An Act to amend the Building Code Act, 1992 with respect to the height of wood frame buildings Mr. V. Fedeli Private Member’s Bill 1st Reading March 22, 2018 2nd Reading 3rd Reading Royal Assent Bill

An Act to amend the Building Code Act, 1992 with respect to the height of wood frame buildings Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows: 1 The Building Code Act, 1992 is amended by adding the following section: Building code restriction, wood frame buildings 34.0.1

(1) The building code shall not prohibit a building that is storeys or less in building height from being of wood frame construction. Same

(2) For greater certainty, subsection (1) does not prevent the building code from, (

a) imposing requirements on buildings of wood frame construction; and (

b) prohibiting specified classes of buildings from being of wood frame construction. Commencement This Act comes into force four months after the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short title The

short title of this Act is the Ontario Forestry Revitalization Act (14 Storey Wood Frame Buildings), 2018. ______________ EXPLANATORY NOTE The Bill amends the Building Code Act, 1992 to provide that the building code shall not prohibit a building that is storeys or less in building height from being of wood frame construction. This does not prevent the code from imposing requirements on or prohibiting specified classes of wood frame buildings.

Document details

Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 19, 41-3
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p41 s3 bill 19 bill text 41 3 en b019 e.pdf
Language	en
Format	pdf
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	545af1eca0971ed2866deff4afc213eceb69db03

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