All,

Please see the attached industry notice from the City of Las Vegas related to the adoption and effective dates of the 2021 IBC and IFC (commercial, condos and apartments only).

For commercial, condo and apartment projects (built to the IBC not IRC) submitted between September 2022 and March 23, 2023, you may submit to the 2018 code or the 2021 code.

Any commercial, condo and apartment projects with an initial submittal on or after March 23, 2023 shall be submitted and designed to the 2021 IBC and IFC.

Please note "commercial" also includes rec centers, community pools, and other community amenities that are built to the IBC.

Please note for projects built to the 2018 IRC (single-family detached and attached townhomes), you do not need to update your plans to reference structural or fire sprinkler standards to the 2021 IFC; in other words, if you build to the 2018 IRC code, you may maintain references to the full 2018 family of codes.

As you may recall, the CLV and COH are the only two jurisdictions that have adopted the 2021 IBC and IFC. The previous notice sent out for COH from 9/6/22 can be found here.

SNHBA encourages all membership to reach out directly to their trade contractors if you have any questions related to the adoption of the IBC and IFC in the COH (or in the CLV).