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City0t Department OfPlanning and Building Safety <br />Imm � mm�^o",llr ���o�x�749 Main Street Louisvile CO 80027 * 303.335.4584 * www.louisvilleco.goV <br />Building Safety Division <br />COLORADO • SINCE 1678 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />To: Honorable Chair and Members of the Building Code Board of <br />Appeals <br />From: Planning and Building Safety Division <br />Subject: Review of the City Council Study Session <br />Date: July 18' 2013 <br />On July 9, 2013, the Building Code Board of Appeals met in a study session with <br />City Council. The attached document is the information provided to City Council <br />for the study session. <br />The City Council Discussion followed three primary themes: <br />1. Fire Code <br />w Council Member Loo voiced an expectation that the Board of Appeals <br />review 2012 sprinkler requirements and consider including those <br />requirements for Townhomes. Her concerns were twofold: 1) Buildings of <br />this density simply need sprinklers; 2) the City expectations for narrower <br />streets suggest that response times may be siower and thus townhomes <br />need sprinklers. <br />U. Energy <br />• Councilmember Dalton expressed his expectationsthotbui|dingoodeo <br />were intended for Iife safety concerns only and expressed his concerns of <br />non-Iife safety concerns increasing the cost of construction within <br />Louisville. He expressly asked staff and the Board of Appeals, in their <br />recommendation, to include which non -life safety items would increase <br />the cost of construction. <br />The Mayor added his expectationthetenergyoonoernovvereopub|io <br />concern like Iife safety concerns; but, concurred with Councilmember <br />Dalton in requesting a cost assessment of the possible non-Iife safety <br />code items. <br />UL Green Building <br />• Planning Director Russ voiced his concerns related to the International <br />Green Construction Code (IGCC) having land use standards and <br />guidelines which extended beyond Chapter 15 in the Louisville Municipal <br />Code (LMC) and apply to Chapter 17, which is reviewed by the Louisville <br />Planning Commission. He stated the IGCC's land use elements would <br />influence the community character of Louisville and prefer those items be <br />vetted through the upcoming SmaII Area and Neighborhood Planning <br />