Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on an Ordinance Amending Chapter 42 of the McKinney Code of Ordinances to Adopt the 2021 Editions of the International Fire Code as Recommended by the North Central Texas Council of Governments with Local Amendments
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Safe and Secure Community
(6D: Pursue and maintain the highest Insurance Service Office (ISO) fire and building protection classification)
MEETING DATE: December 6, 2022
DEPARTMENT: Fire
CONTACT: Danny Kistner, Fire Chief
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
* Staff recommends approval of the proposed ordinance.
ITEM SUMMARY:
* Every three years the International Code Council publishes new codes for the states and local municipalities to consider for adoption. Such codes must be adopted into ordinance to be effective.
* Enforcing the most current fire code is a requirement of maintaining the city's high ISO rating.
* The North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) Regional Codes Coordinating Committee (RCCC) and its four Advisory Boards are comprised of local public and private code professionals (public building and fire officials and inspectors, private architects and engineers, and construction and trades professionals) who review the latest editions of the model construction codes and recommend uniform amendments for the North Central Texas region. The City of McKinney has historically adopted NCTCOG's recommended amendments
* On October 10, 2022, the Building and Standards Commission (BSC) held a public hearing to consider the adoption of the 2021 model codes, including the International Fire Code (IFC), and at that meeting voted unanimously to make a recommendation to City Council for the adoption of the proposed model codes and amendments.
* Under consideration for recommendation to the City Council is the 2021 International Fire Code and its amendments; where on November 1, 2022, this Council adopted the companion I-Codes; including but not limited to the 2021 International ...
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