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File #: 18-1325    Version: 1
Type: Bill Status: Passed
File created: 11/6/2018 In control: Land Use, Transportation & Infrastructure Committee
On agenda: 11/26/2018 Final action: 12/3/2018
Title: A bill for an ordinance amending the Building and Fire Code of the City and County of Denver. Amends Article II of Chapter 10 of the Denver Revised Municipal Code to amend the 2016 Denver Building and Fire Code to align electrical apprentice ratios and electrical work with state requirements, modify exit stair remoteness criteria, require habitable attic space over 3 stories to require sprinklers, and other changes. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 11-13-18.
Indexes: Zach Rothmier
Attachments: 1. BR18 1325 CPD Building Code Amendment 5 Combined Code amendment document, 2. BR18 1325 CPD Building Code Amendment 5 Draft Language, 3. BR18 1325 CPD Building Code Amendment 5 Request, 4. 18-xxxx draft Bill for Ordinance_Building and Fire Code City and County ..., 5. 111318 LUTI Presentation_Bldg Code Amendment 5 to 2016 DBCA, 6. Combined Code amendment document_Amendment5_clean copy with 134 change_ 2018-11-2, 7. Combined Code amendment document_Amendment5_track changes 2018-11-2, 8. 18-1325 Filed Bill _Building and Fire Code City and County of Denver 2018-11-05 Final, 9. 18-1325 Building Fire Code Amendment Package 5-clean-11.19.18 Final, 10. 18-1325 Building Fire Code Amendment Package 5-redline-11.19.18 Final, 11. 18-1325 Filed Bill _Building and Fire Code City and County of Denver 2018-11-05 Final.pdf, 12. 18-1325 - signed, 13. 18-1325 Filed Bill for an ordinance amending the Building and Fire Code
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Date Submitted: 11-6-18

Requesting Agency: Community Planning and Development
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Name: Scott Prisco
Email: scott.prisco@denvergov.org

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A bill for an ordinance amending the Building and Fire Code of the City and County of Denver.
Amends Article II of Chapter 10 of the Denver Revised Municipal Code to amend the 2016 Denver Building and Fire Code to align electrical apprentice ratios and electrical work with state requirements, modify exit stair remoteness criteria, require habitable attic space over 3 stories to require sprinklers, and other changes. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 11-13-18.
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This amendment contains changes to Chapter 1 of the Denver Building Code; various cleanup amendments to Chapters 1 and 9 of the Denver Fire Code; three amendments to the International Building Code amendments in Chapters 4, 24 and Appendix T; and new exception language to an IRC amendment related to sprinkler requirements for habitable attic spaces in Chapter 3.
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