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ORDINANCE NO. 1842 SERIES 2022 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 15 OF THE LOUISVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE TO EXPAND THE AVAILABILITY OF THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE AS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR REBUILDING OF STRUCTURES SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED BY THE MARSHALL FIRE WHEREAS, on December 30, 2021, the Marshall Fire ignited in unincorporated Boulder County and quickly spread to the City of Louisville, resulting in severe damage or total loss of almost six hundred (600) structures within the City of Louisville, most of them residential homes; and WHEREAS, also on December 30, 2021, the Mayor of the City of Louisville, pursuant to Chapter 2.32 of the Louisville Municipal Code and C.R.S. § 24-33.5-709, executed a Declaration of Local Disaster Emergency in and for the City of Louisville, which Declaration was thereafter continued in effect by resolution of the City Council, and the Governor of the State of Colorado also issued a Declaration of Statewide Emergency in response to the Marshall Fire; and WHEREAS, on January 1, 2022, President Joseph R. Biden approved a Major Disaster Declaration for the Event (DR-4634-CO) beginning on December 30, 2021 and continuing thereafter; and WHEREAS, the structures damaged and destroyed by the Marshall Fire comprise significant portions of several residential subdivisions within the City; and WHEREAS, the City regulates building and construction standards in Title 15 of the Louisville Municipal Code (the "Building Code"); and WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 1825 adopted on April 4, 2022, the City Council adopted the 2018 International Energy Conservation Code (the "2018 IECC") as an alternative for rebuilding of structures significantly damaged or destroyed by the Marshall Fire; and WHEREAS, use of the 2018 IECC for Marshall Fire rebuilds was limited to rebuilding of residential structures by persons who on December 31, 2021 owned a property within the City on which the home was damaged or destroyed and on which the permit to rebuild was issued; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires by this ordinance to expand the ability of building permit applicants to utilize the 2018 IECC to any applicant who owned a home damaged or destroyed by the Marshall Fire, whether such home was located in Louisville, Superior, or Boulder County, and who wishes to restore or rebuild a home on a lot in Louisville damaged or destroyed by the Marshall Fire; and Ordinance No. 1842, Series 2022 Page 1 of 4