Building Code Board of Appeals Agenda and Packet 2013 10 17

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WHEREAS, a third core value of the City in the 2013 Comprehensive Plan promotes: A Balanced Transportation System . . . where the City desires to make motorists, transit customers, bicyclists and pedestrians of all ages and abilities partners in mobility, and where the City intends to create and maintain a multimodal transportation system to ensure that each user can move in ways that contribute to the and economic prosperity, public health, and exceptional quality of life in the City. balancing the design of the streets which ensure appropriate fire access and multimodal safety is necessary to ensure overall safety to the community; and, WHEREAS, a fourth core value of the City in the 2013 Comprehensive Plan promotes: Safe Neighborhoods . . . where the City ensures our policies and actions maintain safe, thriving and livable neighborhoods so residents of all ages experience a strong sense of community and personal security. residential structures along with requiring best engineering practices to create safer streets will ensure safer neighborhoods in Louisville; and, WHEREAS, after a duly noticed public hearing held September 19, 2013 and continued to October 17, 2013, where evidence and testimony were entered into the record, the Louisville Building Code Board of Appeals and City staff reviewed the 2012 Editions of the International Building Code, International Residential Code, International Mechanical Code, International Fuel Gas Code, International Energy Conservation Code, International Fire Code, International Plumbing Code, Existing Building Code and the most recent State adopted Edition of the National Electrical Code and recommends adoption of the same to the City Council; and WHEREAS, based on the findings in the Louisville Building Code Board of Appeals, Staff Report, the recommendation of City Staff, and the testimony of the witnesses and the documents made a part of the record of the public hearing, the Building Code Board of Appeals finds that the proposed ordinance should be adopted in essentially the same form as accompanies this Resolution; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BUILDING CODE BOARD OF APPEALS OF THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE, COLORADO: The Building Code Board of Appeals hereby recommends adoption of the proposed ordinance, entitled n Ordinance Amending Title 15 of the Louisville Municipal Code to Adopt by Reference The 2012 Edition of the International Building Code, The 2012 Edition of the International Residential Code, The 2012 Edition of the International Mechanical Code, The 2012 Edition of the International Fuel Gas Code, The 2012 Edition of the International Energy Conservation Code, The 2012 Edition of the International Fire Code, The 2012 International Plumbing Code, The 2012 Edition of the Existing Building Code and the Most Recent State Adopted Edition of the National Electrical Code; Enacting Certain Amendments to the Foregoing International Codes; Establishing Fees Under the International Building Code; Amending, Repealing and Reenacting Certain Sections of Title 15 of the Louisville Municipal Code in Connection with the Adoption of the Foregoing International Codes; and Establishing Penalties for Violations of Such Codes. 2