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ADVISORY COMMISSION ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
WASHINGTON, D.C.
20575
July, 1966
TO:
MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS
At the suggestion of the U.S. Conferer.ce of Mayors and the
National League of Cities, we are sending to you a copy of a recent
report by the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations,
which will likely be of interest to your locality. This report
deals with: Building Codes: A Program for I ntergovernmental Reform.
The report concludes that obsolete code requirements; unnecessary diversity of such requirements among local jurisdictions,
particularly in metropolitan areas; and inadequate administration
and enforcement, taken together, tend to place unwarranted burdens
on the technology and economics of building. The Commission calls
for a major overhaul and restructuring of intergovernmental responsibilities for building codes to help overcome these and other
obstacles to meeting the Nation's housing and commercial construction
needs.
To implement some of the key recommendations in the report,
the Commission is preparing model State legislation on such matters
as State technical assistance to local governments for building ·.
code administration, a model State building code, a State construction review agency, and State licensing of building inspectors.
Th ese draft bills will be included in the Commission publication,
1967 State Legisla tive Program, available on request l a ter this
summer.
Sincerely
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Execut ive
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