Building Code Board of Appeals Agenda and Packet 2016 03 17

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Building Code Board of Appeals Meeting Minutes March 19, 2015 Page 3 of 4 Staff added for larger projects electronic plans are sent to Colorado Code Consulting, a contracted 3rd party, for plan review. Once they plans have been approved, the application will have to print the plans with the notes off to have on site for the project. Permit Software Staff explained the process staff and the Tyler Tech implementer has gone through with an expected go live date of July 1, 2016. Staff is creating the software system, EnerGov, from the ground up to make sure it has everything we need. So far 49 permit types have been created include the Public Works permits. Staff explained with the new system, sub permits can be created off of the main building permit. Staff will start converting the current permits in Permits Plus over to EnerGov shortly. Staff explained what will be converted and what will be manually entered in. Contacts (contractor's licenses included) and elevators will not be converted due to duplicate entries and issues with pulling the correct data for conversion. The department hired a temporary permit technician to cover the front counter during this process. Staff is hoping to make the temporary position more permanent when the new director is hired. Finance and Human Resources is implementing a new system, Munis, at the same time with the same expected go live date. Both systems will be able to work together. Staff will also be working on verifying addresses and making sure our addresses match up with what Boulder County has on record. Over the Counter Plan Review Staff stated over the counter plan review on January 21, 2015. This takes place every Tuesday from 8 -12. Between January 21st and December 31st, approximately 259 permits have been processed over the counter. This has helped out the permit load for minor permits. Now instead of waiting for the three week plan review process, permits can be done while the applicant waits as long as all the contractors are licensed and no further information is needed. Plan review can still be completed, but the permit cannot be issued until the items are completed. Residential additions, new builds, demos, all commercial and any historic property permits cannot be done as over the counter plan review due to a couple of reasons. Either more work is required for the plan review to take place or other departments need to review the plans prior to approval. Staff added there are changes being implemented in the historic review process including changing the date from 50 years to anything built prior to 1955. Geise asked staff on how the inspect size for size windows and verifying the insulation. Staff replied they look at the manufactures specs, if there are no specs then an architect may be called on. Review of the 2015 ICC Codes Staff is bring forth the review of the 2015 codes to ask if the previous and new board members would like to review them. Last year the board voted to table the review of the changes for the following reasons: the 2012 codes were just adopted, there