Overview

Hoosh Tech LLC is committed to ensuring that all code analysis, compliance checks, and AI-generated outputs comply with applicable copyright law and the public’s right to access legal standards. This statement outlines the legal framework under which our AI Code Assistant and AI Compliance Checker modules operate within the Hoosh Tech Portal and Building QA.

Sources of Code and Regulatory Material

Our AI tools use only official, publicly adopted regulatory content, specifically:

  • California Building Standards Code (Title 24) — as adopted by the California Building Standards Commission (CBSC)
  • Jurisdictional Amendments to Title 24 — issued by local building departments and agencies
  • Municipal Zoning Codes and Ordinances — including overlays, maps, and tables published by cities or counties

Use of Code Content

  • Citations and Section References: We display citations and page references to publicly adopted code and zoning laws.
  • Images and Diagrams: Only publicly adopted diagrams and graphics from official publications are displayed.
  • AI Code Assistant: Uses vector embeddings and similarity search to retrieve relevant legal context, which is interpreted by an AI model. All outputs are original and transformative.
  • AI Compliance Checker: Evaluates user-submitted plans using rule-based and AI logic to generate compliance reports based on adopted codes. No reproduction of full code text is made.
  • Storage and Embedding: All documents are vectorized and indexed for internal use. Original code is not redistributed or republished.

Excluded Content

  • We do not ingest or use proprietary content from the International Code Council (ICC) or their model codebooks.
  • We do not reproduce proprietary formats, layouts, or unadopted content from commercially licensed publications.

Legal Basis

Our approach complies with the following:

  • U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17)
  • Public rights to access government-adopted codes and standards
  • U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org (2020)

All content used has been lawfully adopted and published by public agencies and is utilized under transformative fair use for public benefit and code compliance purposes.

Contact

For legal inquiries or further clarification, please email us at legal@hooshtechllc.com