2024 North Carolina Residential Code: Chapters 1-10, 25-33, 45, 46 and Appendices (230314 Item B-4) (North Carolina Building Code Law & Manuals)

R101.1 Title. These provisions shall be known as the North Carolina Residential Code for One- and Two-family Dwellings and shall be cited as such and will be referred to herein as “this code.” These regulations were adopted by the North Carolina Building Code Council on June 13, 2017, September 12, 2023, to be effective January 1, 2019, 2025. References to the International Codes shall mean the North Carolina Codes. The North Carolina Amendments to the International Codes are underlined.R101.2 Scope. The provisions of the International Residential Code for One- and Two-family Dwellings, this code, shall apply to the construction, alteration, movement, enlargement, replacement, repair, equipment, use and occupancy, location, removal, and demolition of one or more detached one- and two-family dwellings and townhouses located on a parcel and not more than three stories above grade plane in height with a separate means of egress and their accessory structures not more than three stories above grade plane in height. Single-family dwellings otherwise permitted by this code shall include bed and breakfast homes. Read more