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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
<br />ORDINANCE NO. 1886, SERIES 2024
<br />NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at a regular meeting 0f the City
<br />Council of the City of Louisville, Colorado. t0 be held on Tuesday,
<br />November 19. 1024 at the hour Of 6:00 p.m., at Louisville City Hall.
<br />749 Main Street. Louisville. CO 80027 or In an electronic meeting.
<br />the City Council will hole a Public Hearing on the final passage and
<br />adoption of a proposed ORDINANCE AM DING CHAPTER 15 OF THE
<br />LOUISVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE TO EXTEND THE DEADLINE TO FILE A
<br />BUILDING PERMIT EXPAND THE AVAILABILITY OF THE 201a INTER-
<br />NATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE AS Ak ALTERNATIVE FOR
<br />REBUILDING OF STRUCTURES .
<br />Published in the Daily Camera on November 10, 2024 with full ordb
<br />Hance.
<br />Full copies available in the City Clerk's Office, 749 Main Street.
<br />Louisville. CO 80027
<br />ORDINANCE N0.1886
<br />SERIES 2024
<br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER IS OF THE LOUISVILLE MU-
<br />NICIPAL CODE TO EXTEND THE DEADLINE TO FILE A BUILDING PER-
<br />MIT EXPAND THE AVAILABIUTY OF THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL ENER-
<br />GY CONSERVATION CODE AS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR REBUILDING OF
<br />STRUCTURES
<br />WHEREAS, an December 30, 2021. the Marshall Fire ignited in unin-
<br />corporated.Bouider County and quicklyspread to the City of Louis-
<br />ville, resulting in severe damage or total loss of almost six hundred
<br />(600) structures within the City of Louisville, most of them residen-
<br />tial homes: and
<br />WHEREAS. also on December 30, 2021. the Mayor Of the City of
<br />Louisville, pursuant 10 Chapter 2.32 Of the Louisville Municipal Code
<br />and C.R.S. § 24.33,5.709, executed a DeCiaratiOn of Local Disaster
<br />Emergency in and for the City of Louisville, which Declaration was
<br />thereafter Continued In effect by resolution of the City Council, and
<br />the Governor of the State of Colorado also issued a Declaration of
<br />Statewide Emergency In response to the Marshall Fire; and
<br />WHEREAS, On January 1, 2022. President Joseph R. Biden approved
<br />a Major Disaster Declaration for the Event (OR-4634-00) beginning
<br />en December 30, 2021 and xnrinuing thereafter; and
<br />WHEREAS, the structures damaged and destroyed by the Marshall
<br />Fire comprise significant portions of several residential subdivi-
<br />sions within the City: and
<br />WHEREAS. the City regulates building and construction standards
<br />in Title 15 of the Louisville Municipal Code (the "Building Code);
<br />and
<br />WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 1816 adapted on DatOber 19, 2021, the
<br />City Council adopted, with certain amendments, the 2021 Interna-
<br />tiaral EnergyConservation Code
<br />with Appendix RC Zero Energy Residential Building Provisions (the
<br />"2021 IECC"); anti
<br />WHEREAS. by Ordinance NO. 1825 adopted On April 5, 2022, the City
<br />Council adopted the 2018 international Energy Conservation Code
<br />(the "2018 IECC") or the 2021 International Energy COnservat1On
<br />Code without Appendix RC (collectively. the "Marshall fire Alter-
<br />nate Codes") as an alternative, for rebuilding of structures signifi-
<br />cantly damaged or destroyed by the Marshall Fire: and
<br />WHEREAS. use of the Marshall Fire Altemate Codes for Marshall
<br />Fire rebuilds was limited to rebuilding of residential structures by
<br />persons who an December 31, 2021 owned a property within the
<br />City on which the home was damaged or destroyed and on which
<br />the permit to rebuild was issued and for which a building permit ap-
<br />plication was filed with the City by December 31, 2024; and
<br />WHEREAS, on October 3. 2022. the City Council adopted Ordinance
<br />No. 1842, Series 2022, which expatttded use of the Marshall Fire Al-
<br />ternate Codes to any building permit applicant who owned a home
<br />damaged or destroyed by the Marshall Fire in any jurisdiction. and
<br />who wished to restore or rebuild a home on a lot in Louisville that
<br />was damaged Or destroyed by the Marshall Fire; arld
<br />WHEREAS. on December 19. 2023, the City Ceuntil adopted Ordi-
<br />nance No. 18E8. Series 2023. which expanded the use of the Mar-
<br />shal! Fire Alternate Codes to building permit applicants whose
<br />home sustained smoke, heat. water, ash, or other damage as a re-
<br />sult of the Marshall Fire, and extended the deadline for !wilding
<br />permit applications to December 31, 2025: and
<br />WHEREAS. the City Council recognizes that not all homeowners
<br />wishing to rebuild or make repairs will be able to file for a building
<br />permit by December 31. 2025 and desires to extend the deadline for
<br />doing so: and
<br />WHEREAS, many allotted by the Marshall Fire have learned they
<br />may be significantly underinsured and will thus face financial hard-
<br />ships rebuilding their tire -damaged homes; and
<br />WHEREAS, the 2021 !FCC inc.:.Ides energy conservation measures
<br />that increase the cost of construction over the 2018 IECC and. al-
<br />th0uoh grant funding, rebates and other resources have been iden-
<br />tified to defray these costs, building permit applicants remain con-
<br />cerned that the financial burden and potential delay that could re -
<br />suit by complying with the 2071 IECC will affect their ability to re-
<br />build homes damaged or destroyed by the Marshall Fire; and
<br />WHEREAS, the City Council finds that rebuilding of homes lost
<br />to the Marshall Fire is essential to maintaining the fabric of the
<br />community- and that allowing those who face financial hardship to
<br />rebuild in accordance with the Marshall Fire Alternate Codes will
<br />still result in homes that are significantly more energy efficient
<br />than the homes that were destroyed: and
<br />WHEREAS. the City Council further finds its adoptlOn of the 2021
<br />IECC was in furtherance of 115 important policy objectives con-
<br />tained in the City's Sustainability Action Plan, and therefore the
<br />2021 IECC should be implemented to the greatest extent possible;
<br />and
<br />WHEREAS, the determination that a building permit applicant may
<br />rebuild a residence damaged or destroyed by the Marshall Fire us.
<br />Ing the Marshall Fire Alternate Codes may only be made based
<br />upon satisfaction of those criteria set forth In Section 15.18.010 of
<br />the Louisville Municipal Code. to ensure the sustalnability meas-
<br />ures in the 2021 BECC are relaxed only, to the extent reasonably nec-
<br />essary to facilitate the rebuilding of fire -damaged homes within the
<br />community: and
<br />WHEREAS. the City Council finds that restoring a vibrant and robust
<br />community requires rebuilding to occur within a reasonable
<br />amount of time, and that the relief set forth herein afforded those
<br />who lost their homes in the Marshall Fire whO are experiencing fi-
<br />nancial hardship is rationally related to the important government
<br />function of fostering and maintaining such a vibrant and robust
<br />Community: and
<br />WHEREAS. the City Council finds those persons who lost their
<br />tomes in the Marshall Fire have experienced and been Impacted by
<br />a natural disaster of epic proportions, and thus are differently situ-
<br />ated from those within the City who choose to repair or remodel an
<br />existing residence, build a new residence, or make repairs or re-
<br />placements that occur in the normal Course of owning a residence:
<br />and
<br />WHEREAS, bythis ordinance, the City Council furthers its establish-
<br />ed policy offacilitatingrebuilding of structures damaged or de-
<br />stroyed by the Marshall Fire as set forth in nrnvinus aennns of the
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