Authorize staff to draft an Ordinance Amendment to the 2006 International Residential Code to remove the requirement to field treat cut, notched and bored ends of treated wood; and to change the design requirements allowing walls more than 10 feet in height and up to 12 feet in height to be constructed using a prescriptive design and to have a third party engineer review the stud height design proposal.

LEGAL AND FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENTATION:
The Legal and Finance Committee recommends authorizing staff to draft an Ordinance Amendment to the 2006 International Residential Code to remove the requirement to field treat cut, notched and bored ends of treated wood; and to change the design requirements allowing walls more than 10 feet in height and up to 12 feet in height to be constructed using a prescriptive design and to have a third party engineer review the stud height design proposal.