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FOREWORD
This publication is the “Second Edition” of Best Practices, originally published in 2017. This Second Edition
contains updates of the existing best practices that appeared in the original 2017 publication, new best
practices submitted by those jurisdictions, new best practices submitted by other jurisdictions since the
initial publication, and new best practices submitted by building departments that have achieved IAS
Building Department Accreditation. All new best practices submittals were reviewed and approved for
inclusion in this updated publication as either a “Best Practice” or a “Noteworthy Practice.”
The “Best Practices” and “Noteworthy Practices” in this updated publication are organized into the following
nine categories:
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Plan Review Services
Permitting Services
Inspection Services
Management/Administration
Legal
Customer Service
Information Technology
Property Maintenance Code Enforcement Services
Other (Specified)
To assist readers of this updated publication to identify best practices and noteworthy practices that may
be applicable to jurisdictions of a given population, the best practices and noteworthy practices in the above
categories have been further classified into the following four population ranges:
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Up to 100,000
100,001 to 249,999
250,000 to 499,999
500,000+ or State Capitol
To facilitate inclusion of future best practices and noteworthy practices into this updated publication and
where no best practices candidates were received for a given category or population range, a note “This
section left blank for future content” has been inserted.
This updated publication was a collaborative effort of the International Code Council (ICC) Major Jurisdiction
Steering Committee, the ICC Building Membership Council (BMC) Community Building Best Practices &
Innovations (CBBPI) Best Practices Task Group, and the International Accreditation Service (IAS), We would
like to thank the members of the MJC Steering Committee, the BMC CBBPI Task Group, and the IAS staff
members who contributed invaluable time and assistance in the development of this updated publication!
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