HomeMy WebLinkAbout064 - 06/07/2022 - MAKING CHANGES TO FORT COLLINS CITY CODE SECTION 2-173 RELATED TO ADOPTION OF THE 2021 INTERNATIONALORDINANCE NO. 064, 2022
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING CHANGES TO FORT COLLINS CITY CODE SECTION 2-173
RELATED TO ADOPTION OF THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE,
WITH AMENDMENTS
WHEREAS, as early as 1958, the City has reviewed, amended and adopted the latest
nationally recognized fire protection standards available for the times; and
WHEREAS, the City previously adopted the 2018 International Fire Code, with local
amendments, to minimize human suffering and property loss from fire; and
WHEREAS, the 2021 edition of the International Fire Code represents the most current
version now available; and
WHEREAS, by adoption of Ordinance No. 060, 2022, City Council has repealed the 2018
International Fire Code ("2018 IFC") and adopted the 2021 IFC as amended (the 2021 IFC); and
WHEREAS, the 2021 IFC provides that appeals of decisions by the fire code official (the
Fire Chief, or by delegation, the Fire Marshall) shall be heard by the Fort Collins Building Review
Commission (the "Commission") acting as the Fire Board of Appeals, as did the 2018 Fire Code;
and
WHEREAS, this Ordinance makes a related change to City Code Section 2-173 to reflect
the Commission's responsibility to serve as the Fire Board of Appeals as set forth in the 2021 IFC.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and
findings contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2. That Section 2-173 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2-173. Building Review Commission.
(a) The City shall have a Building Review Commission, hereafter referred to in this Section
as the "Commission." The Commission shall consist of seven (7) members. Three (3) of the
Commission members shall be qualified by experience and/or training to knowledgeably consider
technical matters related to building construction.
(b) The Commission shall have the following functions:
(1) To determine the suitability of alternate materials or alternate methods of
construction, provide for reasonable interpretations of the provisions of the City building
code, City mechanical code, City plumbing code, City electrical code and City fire code,
and hear all appeals made to it related to such codes;
(2) To hear all requests for variances from the requirements of Article 5, Title 9, C.R.S.,
which establishes standards and specifications governing the accessibility of buildings and
facilities within the City to the physically handicapped;
(3) To hear all matters related to the suspension or revocation of any supervisor
certificate or license or registration of any plumber or electrician as provided in the Code;
(4) To, upon appeal in specific cases, grant variances from the terms of Chapter 15,
Article V, where the peculiar or exceptional practical difficulties to or exceptional or undue
hardship upon the person regulated, or when the applicant can demonstrate to the
satisfaction of the Commission that the applicant possesses other qualifications not
specifically listed in Chapter 15, Article V, such as specialized training, education or
additional experience, which the Commission has determined qualifies the applicant to
perform in a competent manner any construction authorized under the license or certificate
sought, provided that such relief may be granted without substantial detriment to the public
good and without substantially impairing the intent and purposes of said Article;
(5) To serve as the Board of Appeals as required under § 111 of the International
Property Maintenance Code as adopted by the City and "Housing Standards" contained in
Chapter 5, Article VI, Division 2 of the Code; ePA
(6) To advise the City Council on policy matters pertaining to the construction of
buildings and the licensing of contractors and the certification of supervisors for all aspects
of the construction of buildings; and
(7) To serve as the Fire Board of Appeals as required under § 111.1 of the International
Fire Code, 2021 Edition adopted in Section 9-1 and amended in Section 9-2 of City Code.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 17th day of
May, A.D. 2022, and to be presented for final passage on the 7th day of June, A.D. 2022.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on this 7th day of June, A.D. 20
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