Codes and Regulations - Questions

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Well the reason it could also be the building code, is if I'm building this structure and maybe I don't have a setback in the zoning code or maybe my setback is two feet or something like that, but with the construction type that this particular building has, and the occupancy type, there may be requirements for a certain level of fire rating, and the fire rating for that construction type may not meet the abilities for that location, just two feet off or right up next to the property line. So the building code will add additional information, mostly it's about fire ratings of bearing walls that would say, "Well, if you're gonna do this occupancy "with this construction type, you can only get "a fire rating capacity of, say, "one hour or two hour." But you might not be able to do that within the first couple of feet of the property line. And the thinking there is, you can build whatever you want in your property, they just don't want you to build something that's dangerous to the property next door, that if there was a fire in your building, it wouldn't be able to spread to the property next door easily.

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