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CITY OF HOUSTON BUILDING CODE CHRONOLOGY March 25, 1963: Modified Uniform Building Code Approx. June 1972: Modified Uniform Building Code, 1970 Edition May 4,1986: Based on 1985 Edition of the UBC May 25,1990: Based on 1988 Edition of the UBC July 11, 1993: Based on 1991 Edition of the UBC January 25, 1997: Based on 1994 Edition of the UBC March 14, 2000: Based on 1997 Edition of the UBC July 15, 2002: Based on the 2000 Edition of the IBC