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<br />(1) The building permit application is for major structural repair or
<br />rebuilding of a residence that sustained fire damage from the Mar-
<br />shall Fire, or for repair or rebuilding of a primary residential struc-
<br />ture that sustained smoke, heat, water, ash or other damage from
<br />the Marshall Fire not consisting solely of smoke or ash damage,
<br />that rendered the residence not habitable;
<br />(2) The building permit application has been filed by the owner of
<br />record of the property, or an authorized representative, and such
<br />person was the owner of record on December 30, 2021;
<br />(3) The building permit application was filed on or before Decem-
<br />ber 31, 2024 and
<br />(4) The applicant certifies that a financial hardship prevents com-
<br />pletion of the work to be performed in accordance with the 2021
<br />IECC due to inadequate insurance coverage.
<br />Section 2. Section 15.18.020 of the Louisville Municipal Code is here-
<br />by amended to read as follows (words to be added underlined;
<br />words to be deleted stricken):
<br />Sec. 15.18.020. Appendices to 2021 IECC Adopted.
<br />The following appendices of the 2021 International Energy Conser-
<br />vation Code are hereby specifically adopted; any appendices not
<br />listed are not adopted: Appendix RC, Zero Energy Residential Build-
<br />ing Provisions, Appendix CB. Solar Ready Zone - Commercial and
<br />Appendix RB, Solar Ready Provisions - Detached One and Two -
<br />Family Dwellings and Townhouses. Group R2, R3, and R4, three sto-
<br />ries or less shall comply with Appendix RB. A building permit appli-
<br />cant may request not to comply with Appendix RC, Zero Energy
<br />Residential Building Provisions, for major structural repair or re-
<br />building of a residential property that sustained fire damage from
<br />the Marshall Fire, or for repair or rebuilding of a primary residential
<br />structure that sustained smoke, heat, water, ash or other damage
<br />from the Marshall Fire, which request shall be approved by the
<br />Chief Building Official upon finding the criteria in Section
<br />15.18.010(b)(1)-(3) are all met and the applicant certifies that a fi-
<br />nancial hardship prevents completion of the work to be performed
<br />in accordance with Appendix RC of the 2021 IECC due to inadequate
<br />insurance coverage.
<br />Section 3. If any portion of this ordinance is held to be invalid
<br />for any reason, such decision shall not affect the validity of the re-
<br />maining portions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby de-
<br />clares that it would have passed this ordinance and each part here-
<br />of irrespective of the fact that any one part be declared invalid.
<br />Section 4. The repeal or modification of any provision of the
<br />Municipal Code of the City of Louisville by this ordinance shall not
<br />release, extinguish, alter, modify, or change in whole or in part any
<br />penalty, forfeiture, or liability, either civil or criminal, which shall
<br />have been incurred under such provision, and each provision shall
<br />be treated and held as still remaining in force for the purpose of
<br />sustaining any and all proper actions, suits, proceedings, and pros-
<br />ecutions for the enforcement of the penalty, forfeiture, or liability,
<br />as well as for the purpose of sustaining any judgment, decree, or
<br />order which can or may be rendered, entered, or made in such ac-
<br />tions, suits, proceedings, or prosecutions.
<br />Section 5. All other ordinances or portions thereof inconsis-
<br />tent or conflicting with this ordinance or any portion hereof are
<br />hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency or conflict.
<br />Section 6. As set forth in Section 15.18.070, it shall be unlawful for
<br />any person, firm, or corporation to erect, construct, enlarge, alter,
<br />repair, move, improve, remove, convert or demolish, equip, use, oc-
<br />cupy or maintain any building or structure or cause or permit the
<br />work to be done, in violation of the provisions of Chapter 15.18 of
<br />the Louisville Municipal Code or the terms of the code or standards
<br />adopted and incorporated in Chapter 15.18. Any person convicted
<br />of a violation of any provision of this chapter or of the provisions of
<br />the code or standards adopted and incorporated in this chapter
<br />shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 1.28.010 of the
<br />Louisville Municipal Code.
<br />INTRODUCED, READ, PASSED ON FIRST READING, AND OR-
<br />DERED PUBLISHED this 28th day of November, 2023.
<br />Christopher M. Leh, Mayor
<br />ATTEST:
<br />Meredyth Muth, City Clerk
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