Adoption of the “2021 International Existing Building Code”, pursuant to the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code Act (“Act”), with state amendments and local amendments that were in effect prior to enactment of the Act or approved pursuant to Section 503 of the Act.

Philadelphia Code tit. 4, pt. EB, art. EB-1.0

in effect

Philadelphia Code § EB-1.1

§ EB-1.1 The “2021 International Existing Building Code”, as published by the International Code Council, is hereby adopted as the Existing Building Code of the City of Philadelphia and is incorporated as if fully set forth herein, subject to the amendments provided in this Subcode EB. Editor's note: The 2021 International Existing Building Code can be found at: https://codes.iccsafe.org/content/IEBC2021P1

Philadelphia Code § EB-1.1.1

§ EB-1.1.1 The numbers of all local amendments shall be preceded with the prefix “EB-”.

Philadelphia Code § EB-1.1.2

§ EB-1.1.2 Throughout the code, references to “International” codes or “ICC” codes shall be deemed to refer to the “Philadelphia” codes of the same name.

Source: City of Philadelphia, The Philadelphia Code and Home Rule Charter (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/philadelphia/latest/philadelphia_pa/0-0-0-269471Fetched: 10/27/2026