Biloxi Code of Ordinances ch. 5, art. III — RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CODE | Code of Ordinances, City of Biloxi, Mississippi (Supp. No. 63, Update 1: codified through Ordinance No. 2607, enacted July 28, 2026) — City of Biloxi

Biloxi Code of Ordinances § 5-3-1 Residential building code.

Sec. 5-3-1. - Residential building code. (a) There is hereby approved and adopted the International Residential Code, 2024 edition, together with Appendices BB, BF, and NE, as published by the International Code Council, Inc. A copy of the International Residential Code shall be kept on file in the office of the community development department of the city as a permanent record. Such International Residential Code is hereby adopted as if set out at length in this section, subject, however, to all amendments, deletions and substitutions contained in the code, and further subject to inconsistent provisions contained in this code. (b) Any provision in this code which refers to the International Residential Code or to any previously adopted version of any such code shall be deemed to refer to the version adopted by this section, and any provision in this code which refers to a specific provision in any previously adopted version of the code of the city shall be deemed to refer to the section contained in the version adopted by this section which corresponds in substantive text, regardless of the numbering systems utilized. (c) The following code section(s) of the International Residential Code, 2024 edition, is hereby amended as follows: Section R313 Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems. Relocated to Section R309 Automatic Sprinkler Systems to exclude Subsection R309.2 and Subsection R903.2.1 with exception to recognize Subsection R309.1 and Subsection 309.1.1. Section P2904 Dwelling Unit Automatic Sprinkler Systems. (Code 1959, § 6-33; Ord. No. 1623, § 1, 11-25-91; Ord. No. 1938, § 2(5), 11-28-00; Ord. No. 2029, § 2, 3-21-06; Ord. No. 2142, § 2, 1-5-10; Ord. No. 2233, § 2, 9-3-13; Ord. No. 2358, § 2, 4-24-18; Ord. No. 2450, § 2, 9-21-2021; Ord. No. 2583, § 2, 6-10-25)

Biloxi Code of Ordinances § 5-3-2 Amendments.

Sec. 5-3-2. - Amendments. The International Residential Code, as adopted in section 5-3-1, is amended as follows: (a) The mayor and city council of the city do hereby create a board to be known as the building and housing board of adjustments and appeals. The building and housing board of adjustments and appeals shall be composed of ten members and appointed in the manner provided by section R112, International Residential Code, 2024 edition. The board shall have the duties and powers provided in the International Residential Code, 2024 edition, as amended by the code. (Code 1959, § 6-33.1; Ord. No. 1623, § 2, 11-25-91; Ord. No. 2029, § 3, 3-21-06; Ord. No. 2233, § 3, 9-3-13; Ord. No. 2358, § 3, 4-24-18; Ord. No. 2450, § 3, 9-21-2021; Ord. No. 2583, § 2, 6-10-25)