City of Colorado Springs - File #: 18-0549

• File #: 18-0549
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Mayor's Office
• File created: 10/17/2018
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 11/27/2018
• Final action: 11/27/2018
• Title: Ordinance No. 18-121 amending Sections 102 (Code Adopted by Reference) and 103 (Penalty Provisions, Additions, and Modifications) of Part 1 (General Provisions) of Article 10 (Building Code Administration) of Chapter 7 (Planning, Development and Building) of the Code of the City of Colorado Springs 2001, as amended, pertaining to amending provisions of the Pikes Peak Regional Building Code, 2017 Edition, formerly adopted by Ordinance No. 18-15 and reinstating the penalties for the violation thereof (Legislative) Presenter: Roger Lovell, Building Official, Pikes Peak Regional Development Department Keith Curtis, Floodplain Administrator, Pikes Peak Regional Building Department Jina Koultchitzka, Regional Building Counsel, Pikes Peak Regional Building Department

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/27/2018	1	City Council	finally passed	Pass
11/13/2018	1	City Council	approved on first reading	Pass
10/22/2018	1	Council Work Session	referred

Title
Ordinance No. 18-121 amending Sections 102 (Code Adopted by Reference) and 103 (Penalty Provisions, Additions, and Modifications) of Part 1 (General Provisions) of Article 10 (Building Code Administration) of Chapter 7 (Planning, Development and Building) of the Code of the City of Colorado Springs 2001, as amended, pertaining to amending provisions of the Pikes Peak Regional Building Code, 2017 Edition, formerly adopted by Ordinance No. 18-15 and reinstating the penalties for the violation thereof

(Legislative)

Presenter:
Roger Lovell, Building Official, Pikes Peak Regional Development Department
Keith Curtis, Floodplain Administrator, Pikes Peak Regional Building Department
Jina Koultchitzka, Regional Building Counsel, Pikes Peak Regional Building Department

Body
Summary:
Pursuant to Colorado Revised Statutes section 31-16-207, if at any time a code which a municipality has previously adopted by reference is amended by the agency which originally promulgated, adopted, or enacted it, the governing body may adopt such amendment by reference through the same procedure as required for the adoption of the original code, or an ordinance may be enacted in the regular manner setting forth the entire text of such amendment. Further, pursuant to Colorado Revised Statutes section 31-16-203, the governing body of any municipality must schedule a public hearing upon introduction of an ordinance adopting a code by reference.

The recommended amendments to the Pikes Peak Regional Building Code, 2017 Edition, will simplify the construction process, take advantage of new regulations, standards, code developments, studies, Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM), or Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports, adopted therein by reference, comply with requirements of the State of Colorado including the adoption of plumbing, electrical, and elevator/escalator safety codes that have been adopted as rules and regulations of Colorado state agencies, and comply with requirements ...