Building Code Board of Appeals Agenda and Packet 2013 09 19

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without compromising the needs of future generations.", and maintaining current building codes provides additional energy conservation and best building practices which are both recognized as a sustainable community practices; and, 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 economic prosperity, public health, and exceptional quality of life in the City.", and 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.", and requiring sprinklers in all 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, City Council has provided notice of a public hearing on said ordinance by publication as provided by law and held a public hearing as provided in said notice; 1111 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE, COLORADO: Section 1. Chapter 15.04 of the Louisville Municipal Code is hereby repealed and reenacted, with amendments, to read as follows: Sec. 15.04.010. Adoption. The International Building Code, 2012 Edition published by the International Code Council, 4051 West Flossmoor Road, Country Club Hills, Illinois, 60478, is hereby adopted by reference thereto and incorporated into and made a part of the city Code.