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WHEREAS, many affected by the Marshall Fire have learned they may be significantly underinsured and will thus face financial hardships rebuilding their fire -damaged homes; and WHEREAS, the 2021 IECC includes energy conservation measures that increase the cost of construction over the 2018 IECC and, although grant funding, rebates and other resources have been identified to defray these costs, building permit applicants remain concerned that the financial burden and potential delay that could result by complying with the 2021 IECC will affect their ability to rebuild homes damaged or destroyed by the Marshall Fire; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that rebuilding of homes lost to the Marshall Fire is essential to maintaining the fabric of the community, and that allowing those who face financial hardship to rebuild in accordance with the 2018 IECC will still result in homes that are significantly more energy efficient than the homes that were destroyed; and WHEREAS, the City Council further finds its adoption of the 2021 IECC was in furtherance of its important policy objectives contained in the City's Sustainability Action Plan, and therefore the 2021 IECC should be implemented to the greatest extent possible; and WHEREAS, the determination that a building permit applicant may rebuild a residence damaged or destroyed by the Marshall Fire using the 2018 IECC may only be made based upon satisfaction of those criteria set forth herein, to ensure the sustainability measures in the 2021 IECC are relaxed only to the extent reasonably necessary to facilitate the rebuilding of fire -damaged homes within the community; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that restoring a vibrant and robust community requires rebuilding to occur within a reasonable amount of time, and that the relief set forth herein afforded those who lost their homes in the Marshall Fire who are experiencing financial hardship is rationally related to the important government function of fostering and maintaining such a vibrant and robust community; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds those persons who lost their homes in the Marshall Fire have experienced and been impacted by a natural disaster of epic proportions, and thus are differently situated from those within the City who choose to repair or remodel an existing residence, build a new residence, or make repairs or replacements that occur in the normal course of owning a residence; and WHEREAS, by this ordinance, the City Council furthers its established policy of facilitating rebuilding of structures damaged or destroyed by the Marshall Fire as set forth in previous actions of the City Council; and WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes those persons whose homes were damaged or destroyed by the Marshall Fire have suffered great losses and it is the policy of the City to assist and encourage these residents to rebuild within the City; and Ordinance No. 1842, Series 2022 Page 2 of 4