Bill 52 explained in plain English
Ontario Forestry Industry Revitalization Act (Height of Wood Frame Buildings), 2012
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 40th Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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This bill amends the Building Code Act, 1992, to allow wood frame buildings up to six storeys high, while permitting the building code to still set requirements or prohibit certain classes of such buildings.
This bill, also known as the Ontario Forestry Industry Revitalization Act (Height of Wood Frame Buildings), 2012, amends the Building Code Act, 1992. It states that the building code cannot prevent buildings that are six storeys or less in height from being constructed with wood frames. However, the building code can still set requirements for wood frame buildings or prohibit certain types of wood frame buildings. This Act comes into effect four months after it receives Royal Assent.
- It amends the Building Code Act, 1992.
- It introduces a provision that prevents the building code from prohibiting wood frame construction for buildings up to six storeys in height.
- It clarifies that this change does not prevent the building code from imposing requirements on wood frame buildings or prohibiting specific classes of wood frame buildings.
- It sets a commencement date for the Act, which is four months after it receives Royal Assent.
- Builders and developers of wood frame buildings
- Building code officials and administrators
- Architects and engineers
- The forestry industry
- Wood frame buildings up to six storeys in height are permitted.
- The building code can still impose requirements on wood frame buildings.
- The building code can still prohibit specific classes of wood frame buildings.
- The Act comes into force four months after it receives Royal Assent.
- The bill does not specify what 'building height' or 'storeys' are defined as in the context of the Building Code Act, 1992.
- The bill does not define 'specified classes of buildings' that could be prohibited from wood frame construction.
- The specific requirements that can be imposed on wood frame buildings by the building code are not detailed in this Act.
This Act adds a new section (30.1) to the Building Code Act, 1992, to specify that buildings of wood frame construction that are six storeys or less in height cannot be prohibited by the building code.
Source: Section 1
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