CITY of RAPID CITY

Agenda Item Summary

 

Meeting Date: July 20, 2015

Legal Finance Committee: April 29, 2015; May 13. 2015; July 1, 2015; July 15, 2015; August 12, 2015

Staff Contact: Brad Solon, Carla Cushman

First Reading City Council Meeting Date:  August 17, 2015

 

Second Reading City Council Meeting Date: September 8, 2015

Agenda Title:

First Reading, Ordinance No. 6049 An Ordinance to Amend Provisions in the International Residential Code to Address Fire Protection of Floors by Amending Section 15.13.280 of the Rapid City Municipal Code

Summary:

After the Council continued Ordinance 6009 adopting the International Residential Code at its April 6, 2015 meeting, staff drafted Ordinance 6049 to accompany Ordinance 6009.  The intention is to permit the discussion of the issue of fire protection of floors on its own timeframe, and to ensure that Council can take adequate time to consider Ordinance 6049 while not impeding the adoption of the 2012 International Residential Code in Ordinance 6009.  This ordinance restates the IRC provision requiring fire protection of floors, a provision which is not adopted in Ordinance 6009.    

Funding Source & Fiscal Impact (if applicable):

N/A 

Recommendation:

Action: Approve  

Notes: Legal and Finance continued to the  May 13, 2015 Legal and Finance meeting; 4/29/15: Legal Finance continued to the July 1, 2015 Legal Finance Committee meeting; 5/13/15; Legal Finance Committee voted 3 to 2 to Deny: 7/1/2015; City Council continued to the July 15, 2015 Legal and Finance Committee meeting: 7/6/2015; Legal and Finance requested the Mayor to authorize staff to work together to identify potential areas in the building code that can be used to offset the cost of the new requirements set forth in Ordinance No. 6049 and to bring back recommendations to the August 12, 2015, Legal and Finance Committee meeting: 7/15/2015

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BHHB Letter

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RCFD Summary and Fact Sheet

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