---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 200.926a"
title: "24"
number: "200.926a"
heading: "Residential building code comparison items."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/200.926a"
---

# §200.926a. Residential building code comparison items.


HUD will review each local and State code submitted under this subpart to determine whether it regulates all of the following areas and subareas:

- (a) **Fire Safety.**
  - (1) Allowable height;
  - (2) Fire separations;
  - (3) Fire resistance requirements;
  - (4) Egress doors and windows;
  - (5) Unit smoke detectors;
  - (6) **Flame spread.**
- (b) **Light and ventilation.**
  - (1) Habitable rooms;
  - (2) **Bath and toilet rooms.**
- (c) **Structural loads and seismic design.**
  - (1) Design live loads;
  - (2) Design dead loads;
  - (3) Snow loads (for jurisdictions with snow loading conditions identified in [Section 7](/cfr/24/7.md) of ASCE-7-88 (formerly ANSI A58.1-82);
  - (4) Wind loads;
  - (5) Earthquake loads (for jurisdictions in seismic zones 3 or 4, as identified in [Section 9](/cfr/24/9.md) of ASCE-7-88 (formerly ANSI A58.1-82)).
- (d) **Foundation systems.**
  - (1) Foundation depths;
  - (2) Footings;
  - (3) **Foundation materials criteria.**
- (e) **Materials standards.**
  - (1) **Materials standards.**
- (f) **Construction components.**
  - (1) Steel;
  - (2) Masonry;
  - (3) Concrete;
  - (4) Lumber;
  - (5) Roof construction and covering;
  - (6) **Chimneys and fireplaces.**
- (g) **Glass.**
  - (1) Thickness/area requirements;
  - (2) **Safety glazing.**
- (h) **Mechanical.**
  - (1) Heating, cooling and ventilation systems;
  - (2) Gas, liquid and solid fuel piping and equipment;
  - (3) Chimneys and vents;
  - (4) **Ventilation (air changes).**
- (i) **Plumbing.**
  - (1) Materials standards;
  - (2) Sizing and installing drainage systems;
  - (3) Vents and venting;
  - (4) Traps;
  - (5) Cleanouts;
  - (6) Plumbing fixtures;
  - (7) Water supply and distribution;
  - (8) **Sewage disposal systems.**
- (j) **Electrical.**
  - (1) Branch circuits;
  - (2) Services;
  - (3) Grounding;
  - (4) Wiring methods;
  - (5) Cable;
  - (6) Conduit;
  - (7) Outlets, switches and junction boxes;
  - (8) **Panelboards.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[50 FR 39594, Sept. 27, 1985, as amended at 59 FR 36695, July 19, 1994]

### Authority

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1702-1715z-21; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).

### Source

Source: 36 FR 24467, Dec. 22, 1971, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[50 FR 39594, Sept. 27, 1985, as amended at 59 FR 36695, July 19, 1994]