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WORK SESSION MEMORANDUM
Date: September 18, 2025
To: Mayor and City Councilmembers
Through: Kelly DiMartino, City Manager
Tyler Marr, Deputy City Manager
Caryn Champine, Director of Planning, Development and Transportation
Lori Schwarz, Deputy Director of Planning, Development and Transportation
From: Marcus Coldiron, Chief Building Official
Subject: September 9, 2025, Work Session Summary – 2024 Building Codes Adoption
BOTTOM LINE
The purpose of this memo is to document the summary of discussions during the September 9,
2025, Work Session. All Councilmembers were present.
The purpose of the Work Session was to seek Council direction on adoption of the 2024
International Codes (I-Codes) and local Code amendments that align with City plans and
policies, including, but not limited to City Plan, Our Climate Future, Housing Strategic Plan, and
Electric Vehicle readiness. Changes in the 2024 I-Codes and local amendments address
building performance that promote efficient and cost-effective provisions supporting alignment
with community goals and protecting the life, health and safety of everyone who lives, works
and plays in Fort Collins.
DISCUSSION SUMMARY
Overall, Council provided feedback that generally supported the 2024 Building Code adoption
process and proposed amendments.
Specific Feedback
Councilmembers expressed interest in reviewing a more detailed cost impact analysis of
the building codes and local amendments.
Councilmembers expressed interest in integrating the ability to require gender neutral
bathroom signage in existing buildings
Several Councilmembers expressed support in the changes to EV charging
requirements that added additional flexibility via tradeoffs for providing chargers above
what minimum code would require.
Councilmembers were appreciative of the information regarding several state
requirements impacting building codes
o Questions surrounding community education specific to the CO Wildfire
Resiliency Code
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o Staff presented information on Fort Collins code meeting the State required
electric ready and solar ready code in addition to electric vehicle code.
Councilmembers asked if the proposed energy code performance approach would
compromise compliance. Staff presented that this is no less compliant than the
prescriptive approach and more than fifty percent of all permit submittals have utilized
this approach since 2012.
NEXT STEPS
Staff will continue to meet with Boards and Commissions and other stakeholder groups
in Q3 and Q4.
Late Q4 City Council Code package and local amendment ordinance first and second
readings
FOLLOW-UP ITEMS
Staff to review requests to provide ways to integrate gender neutral bathroom signage in
existing buildings
Staff to provide more robust cost impact analysis of the impacts of the building codes
and local amendments as they relate to the cost of construction at the regular meetings.
Also to include impact to initial construction cost vs long term energy use.
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