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ORDINANCE NO. 1886 SERIES 2024 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 15 OF THE LOUISVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE TO EXTEND THE DEADLINE TO FILE A BUILDING PERMIT AND EXPAND THE AVAILABILITY OF THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE AS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR REBUILDING OF STRUCTURES 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. 1816 adopted on October 19, 2021, the City Council adopted, with certain amendments, the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code with Appendix RC Zero Energy Residential Building Provisions (the "2021 IECC"); and WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 1825 adopted on April 5, 2022, the City Council adopted the 2018 International Energy Conservation Code (the "2018 IECC") or the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code without Appendix RC (collectively, the "Marshall Fire Alternate Codes") as an alternative for rebuilding of structures significantly damaged or destroyed by the Marshall Fire; and WHEREAS, use of the Marshall Fire Alternate Codes 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 for which a building permit application was Ordinance No. 1886, Series 2024 Page 1 of 4