HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 218, 2025
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ORDINANCE NO. 218, 2025
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING CHAPTER 5, ARTICLE IV OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS FOR THE PURPOSE OF REPEALING THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL FUEL
GAS CODE AND ADOPTING THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL FUEL GAS CODE, WITH
AMENDMENTS
A. Since 1924, the City has reviewed, amended and adopted the latest
nationally recognized building standards available for the times.
B. Upon recommendation of City staff, the City Council has determined that it
is in the best interests of the City to align eleven interconnected basic construction codes
under one publication year.
C. The eleven interconnected basic construction codes are the International
Building Code, International Residential Code, International Mechanical Code,
International Fuel Gas Code, International Energy Conservation Code, International
Property Maintenance Code, International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, International
Existing Building Code, International Plumbing Code, International Fire Code, and the
International Wildland-Urban Interface Code to the extent adopted by the Colorado
Wildfire Resiliency Code.
D. The City Council has determined that the 2024 publication year of these
interconnected basic construction codes should be adopted and that any counterpart
International codes previously adopted should be repealed, both in order to align the
publication years of the codes and because the 2024 publications contain improvements
in construction code regulation.
E. City staff has conducted a significant public outreach program, working with
the regulated construction industry and building professionals.
F. The adoption of the interconnected basic construction codes has been
presented to community groups and feedback has been received by the Water
Commission, Energy Board, Commission on Disability, Natural Resources Advisory
Board, Poudre Fire Authority Board, Building Review Commission, Affor dable Housing
Board, and Air Quality Advisory Board.
G. The City Council has determined that it is in the best interest of the health,
safety and welfare of the City and its residents that the 2024 International Fuel Gas Code
be adopted, with local amendments as set forth in this Ordinance.
H. Pursuant to the City Charter, Article II, Section 7, City Council may enact
any ordinance which adopts a code by reference in whole or in part provided that before
adoption of such ordinance the Council hold a public hearing thereon and that notice of
the hearing shall be published twice in a newspaper of general circulation published in
the City, with one of such publications occurring at least eight (8) days preceding the
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hearing and the other publication occurring at least fifteen (15) days preceding the
hearing.
I. In compliance with City Charter, Article II, Section 7, the City Clerk
published in the Fort Collins Coloradoan such notice of hearing concerning adoption of
the 2024 International Codes on November 16, 2025, and November 23, 2025.
J. Attached as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference is the Notice of
Public Hearing dated November 16, 2025, that was so published and which the Council
hereby finds meets the requirements of Article II, Section 7 of the City Charter.
In light of the foregoing recitals, which the Council hereby makes and adopts as
determinations and findings, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. The City Council hereby repeals the 2021 International Fuel Gas
Code (“IFGC”) and adopts the 2024 International Fuel Gas Code as amended by this
Ordinance.
Section 2. Section 5-111 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
amended as follows:
Sec. 5-111. Adoption of standards for fuel gas piping, equipment and accessories.
Pursuant to the power and authority conferred on the City Council by Colorado Revised
Statutes Section 31-16-202 and Article II, Section 7 of the Charter, the City Council has
adopted the 2024 International Fuel Gas Code, published by the International Code
Council, second printing (June 2024), which shall have the same force and effect as
though set forth in full herein except as amended pursuant to §5 -112 of the City Code.
The subject matter of the 2024 International Fuel Gas Code adopted herein includes
comprehensive regulations governing the design, installation, maintenance, alteration
and inspection of fuel gas piping systems, fuel gas utilization equipment and related
accessories for the purposes of protecting public health, safety and general
welfare. None of the 2024 International Fuel Gas Code Appendices are hereby adopted.
Section 3. Section 5-112 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
repealed and re-enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 5-112. Amendments and deletions to the 2024 International Fuel Gas Code.
The 2024 International Fuel Gas Code adopted in § 5-111 is amended as follows:
1. Section 101.1 Title is amended to read as follows:
101.1 Title. These regulations shall be known as the Fuel Gas Code of the City of
Fort Collins, hereinafter referred to as “this code.”
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2. Section 102.8 Referenced codes and standards is amended to read as follows:
Section 102.8 Referenced codes and standards. The codes and standards
referenced in this code shall be those that are listed in Section 101.4 of the adopted
International Building Code, entitled “Referenced codes,” and such codes and
standards shall be considered to be part of the requirements of this code to the
prescribed extent of each such reference and as further regulated in Sections
102.8.1 and 102.8.2.
Exception: Where enforcement of a code provision would violate the
conditions of the listing of the equipment or appliance, the conditions of the
listing and the manufacturer's installation instructions shall apply.
3. SECTION 103 (IFGC) CODE COMPLIANCE AGENCY is deleted in its entirety
and replaced with the following:
SECTION 103 CODE ADMINISTRATION
103.1 Entity charged with code administration. The entity charged with code
administration shall be as determined in accordance with Section 103 of the
adopted International Building Code, entitled “CODE ADMINISTRATION.”
4. Section 104.2.4.1 Flood hazard areas is deleted in its entirety and replaced with
the following:
104.2.4.1 Flood hazard areas. For existing buildings or structures
regulated under the scope of this code that are in whole or in part located
in flood hazard areas, construction documents shall be submitted as
established in accordance with Chapter 10 of the City Code, entitled “Flood
Prevention and Protection.”
5. Section 105.1.1 Annual permit and Section 105.1.2 Annual permit records are
deleted in their entirety.
6. SECTION 108 (IFGC) FEES is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
following:
SECTION 108 FEES
108.1 Fees. All items relating to fees shall be as specified in Section 109 of the
adopted International Building Code, entitled “FEES.”
108.2 Work commencing before permit issuance. All items related to work
commencing before permit issuance shall be made pursuant to the applicable
provisions of Section 109.2 of the adopted International Building Code.
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7. SECTION 112 (IFGC) MEANS OF APPEAL is deleted in its entirety and replaced
with the following:
SECTION 112 MEANS OF APPEAL.
112.1 General. Appeals of decisions, determinations and interpretations of this
code shall be done in accordance with the applicable provisions and procedures
of Section 113 of the adopted International Building Code, entitled “MEANS OF
APPEALS.”
8. Section 113.4 Violation penalties is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
following:
113.4 Violation penalties. Any person who violates a provision of this code or
fails to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who alters or repairs a
building or structure in violation of the approved construction documents or
directive of the code official, or of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions
of this code, commits a civil infraction and is subject to the provisions contained in
§ 1-15(f) of the City Code. Each day that a violation continues shall be deemed a
separate offense.
9. Section 301.3 Listed and labeled is amended to read as follows:
301.3 Listed and labeled. Appliances regulated by this code shall be listed and
labeled for the application in which they are used unless otherwise approved in
accordance with Section 105.
10. Section 303.3 Prohibited locations is amended to read as follows:
303.3 Prohibited locations. Appliances shall not be located in sleeping rooms,
bathrooms, toilet rooms, storage closets or surgical rooms, or in a space that
opens only into such rooms or spaces, except where the installation complies with
one of the following:
1. The appliance is a direct-vent appliance installed in accordance with the
conditions of the listing and the manufacturer’s instructions.
2. Vented room heaters, wall furnaces, vented decorative appliances, vented
gas fireplaces, vented gas fireplace heaters and decorative appliances for
installation in vented solid fuel-burning fireplaces are installed in rooms that
meet the required volume criteria of Section 304.5.
3. The appliance is installed in a room or space that opens only into a bedroom
or bathroom, and such room or space is used for no other purp ose and is
provided with a solid weather-stripped door equipped with an approved self-
closing device. Combustion air shall be taken directly from the outdoors in
accordance with Section 304.6.
4. A clothes dryer is installed in a residential bathroom or t oilet room having a
permanent opening with an area of not less than 100 square inches (0.06
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m2) that communicates with a space outside of a sleeping room, bathroom,
toilet room or storage closet.
11. Section 304.11 Combustion air ducts is amended to read as follows:
304.11 Combustion air ducts. Combustion air ducts shall comply with all of the
following:
1. Ducts shall be constructed of galvanized steel complying with Chapter 6 of
the International Mechanical Code or of a material having equivalent
corrosion resistance, strength and rigidity.
Exception: Where the installation of galvanized steel ducts is not
practical due to existing finish materials within dwellings units that are
undergoing alteration or reconstruction, unobstructed stud and joist
spaces shall not be prohibited from conveying combustion air, provided
that not more than one required fireblock is removed.
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9. All combustion air openings or ducts shall be readily identifiable with an
approved label or by other means warning persons that obstruction of such
openings or ducts may cause fuel-burning equipment to release combustion
products and dangerous levels of carbon monoxide into the building.
12. Section 305.1 General is amended to read as follows:
305.1 General. Equipment and appliances shall be installed as required by the
terms of their approval, in accordance with the conditions of listing, the
manufacturer’s instructions and this code. Manufacturers’ installation instructions
shall be available on the job site at the time of inspection. Where a code provision
is less restrictive than the conditions of the listing of the equipment or appliance or
the manufacturer’s installation instructions, the conditions of the listing and the
manufacturer’s installation instructions shall apply.
13. Section 404.12 Minimum burial depth is amended to read as follows:
404.12 Minimum burial depth. Underground piping systems shall be installed a
minimum depth of 18 inches (457 mm) below grade.
14. Section 404.12.1 Individual outdoor appliances is deleted in its entirety.
15. Section 406.4.1 Test pressure is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
following:
406.4.1 Test pressure. The test pressure to be used for non-welded pipe shall
not be less than 10 psi.
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16. Section 501.8 Appliances not required to be vented is amended to read as
follows:
501.8 Appliances not required to be vented. The following appliances shall not
be required to be vented:
1. Electrical ranges.
2. Built-in domestic cooking units listed and marked for optional venting.
3. Hot plates and laundry stoves.
4. Type 1 clothes dryers (Type 1 clothes dryers shall be exhausted in
accordance with the requirements of Section 614).
5. A single booster-type automatic instantaneous water heater, where designed
and used solely for the sanitizing rinse requirements of a dishwashing
machine, provided that the heater is installed in a commercial kitchen having
a mechanical exhaust system. Where installed in this manner, the draft
hood, if required, shall be in place and unaltered and the draft hood outlet
shall be not less than 36 inches (914 mm) vertically and 6 inches (152 mm)
horizontally from any surface other than the heater.
6. Refrigerators.
7. Counter appliances.
8. Direct-fired makeup air heaters.
9. Specialized appliances of limited input such as laboratory burners and gas
lights.
Where the appliances listed in Items 5 through 9 are installed so that the
aggregate input rating exceeds 20 British thermal units (Btu) per hour per cubic
foot (207 watts per m3) of volume of the room or space in which such appliances
are installed, one or more shall be provided with venting systems or other approved
means for conveying the vent gases to the outdoor atmosphere so that the
aggregate input rating of the remaining unvented appliances does not exceed 20
Btu per hour per cubic foot (207 watts per m 3). Where the room or space in which
the appliance is installed is directly connected to another room or space by a
doorway, archway or other opening of comparable size that cannot be closed, the
volume of such adjacent room or space shall be permitted to be included in the
calculations.
17. Section 503.6.6 Minimum height is amended to read as follows:
503.6.6 Minimum height. A Type B or L gas vent shall terminate not less than
5 feet (1524 mm) in vertical height above the highest connected appliance draft
hood or flue collar. A Type B-W gas vent shall terminate not less than 12 feet
(3658 mm) in vertical height above the bottom of the wall furnace. All gas vents
shall terminate a minimum of 22 inches (559 mm) above the surface or grade
directly below.
18. Section 621 (IFGC) UNVENTED ROOM HEATERS is deleted in its entirety.
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19. A new Section 623.3.1 Kitchens with gas cooking is added to read as follows:
623.3.1 Kitchens with gas cooking. Gas cooking appliances in residential
kitchens shall be supplied with an exhaust system vented to the outside. Ducts
serving kitchen exhaust systems shall not terminate in an attic or crawl space
or areas inside the building and shall not induce or create a negative pressure
in excess of negative 3 Pa or adversely affect gravity-vented appliances.
20. Section 630.3 (IFGS) Combustion and ventilation air is amended to read as
follows:
630.3 (IFGS) Combustion and ventilation air. Where infrared heaters are
installed, natural or mechanical means shall provide outdoor ventilation air at a
rate of not less than 4 cfm per 1,000 Btu/h (0.38 m3/min/kW) of the aggregate input
rating of all such heaters installed in the space. Exhaust openings for removing
flue products shall be above the level of the heaters.
Section 4. The codifier of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby directed
to amend all existing cross references in the City Code and the Land Use Code in
accordance with the provisions of this ordinance.
Section 5. The City Attorney and the City Clerk are hereby authorized to modify
the formatting and to make such other amendments to this Ordinance as necessary to
facilitate publication in the Fort Collins City Code; provided, however, that such
modifications and amendments shall not change the substance of the Code provisions.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading on December 2, 2025, and
approved on second reading for final passage on December 16, 2025.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Effective Date: December 26, 2025
Approving Attorney: Madelene Shehan
Exhibit: Exhibit A – Notice of Publication
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE is hereby given of a public hearing to be held before the Council of the City of
Fort Collins,Colorado,on the 2nd day of December,2025,at 6:00 p.m.,or as soon thereafter as
the matter may come on for hearing,in the Council Chambers at the City Hall,300 LaPorte
Avenue, Fort Collins,Colorado for the purpose of considering the adoption of ordinances that adopt
by reference the 2024 International Building Code,2024 International Residential Code,2024
International Energy Conservation Code,2024 International Mechanical Code,2024
International Fuel Gas Code,2024 International Existing Building Code,2024 International
Swimming Pool and Spa Code,2024 International Property Maintenance Code,and the 2024
International Plumbing Code,each promulgated by the International Code Council,the 2023
National Electrical Code and the 2025 Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code,together with local
amendments.
Not less than one (I)copy of said Codes has been,and now is on file in the Office of the
City Clerk of the City of Fort Collins and is available for public inspection.
The purpose of adopting the International Building Code,International Residential Code,
International Energy Conservation Code,International Mechanical Code,International Fuel Gas
Code,International Existing Building Code,International Swimming Pool and Spa Code,
International Property Maintenance Code,International Plumbing Code,National Electrical Code, and
the Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code,with local amendments by said ordinances is to provide for
protection of public health,safety and welfare of the City and its residents.
Individuals who wish to address Council via remote public participation can do so through
Zoom at https://zoom.us/i/98241416497.(The link and instructions are also posted
www.fc ov.com/councilcomments.Individuals participating in the Zoom session should watch
the meeting through that site,and not via FCTV,due to the streaming delay and possible audio
interference.
The City of Fort Collins will make reasonable accommodations for access to City services,
programs and activities,and will make special communication arrangements for persons with
disabilities.Please call (970)221-6515 (V/TDD:Dial 711 for Relay Colorado)for assistance.
This notice is given and published by order of the City of Fort Collins,Colorado.
Dated this /4 day of __________2025.
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City ~rk
Upon request,the City of Fort Collins will provide language access services for individuals who have
limited English proficiency,or auxiliary aids and services for individuals with disabilities,to access
City services,programs and activities.Contact (970) 221-65 15 (VITDD:Dial 711 for Relay
Colorado)for assistance.Please provide 48 hours advance notice when possible.
A peticiOn,Ia Ciudad de Fort Collins proporcionará servicios de acceso a idiomas para personas que
no dominan el idioma inglés,o ayudas y servicios auxiliares para personas con discapacidad,para
que puedan acceder a los servicios,programas y actividades de Ia Ciudad.Para asistencia,llame al
970.221.6515 (V/TDD:Marque 711 para Relay Colorado).Por favor proporcione 48 horas de aviso
previo cuando sea posible.
EXHIBIT A TO ORDINANCE NO. 218, 2025