Department of Community Development
Reference: 2021 Building Safety Code Amendment
To: Mayor Gregory Mills and Members of City Council
Through: Michael P. Martinez, City Manager
Prepared By: Andrew Ulmer, C.B.O., Chief Building Official
With Input From: Brighton Fire Rescue District
Date Prepared: January 16, 2025
PURPOSE
To streamline and amend the current 2021 Building Safety Codes and apprise the City Council of future, potential building code adoption items.
BACKGROUND
The national building codes are published every three years after an extensive process. Industry members, homebuilders, design professionals, manufacturers, fire services, and advocacy groups all have extensive input into code development. The building codes provide requirements for building design, construction methods, safety, and performance.
Staff is proposing to amend the current building code (see Chapter 15, Buildings and Construction of the Municipal Code) to do the following: 1) Correct minor omissions in the currently adopted International Code Council model codes (the "I-Codes") that are intended to be filled in by the jurisdiction. 2) Revise the design criteria for those geographic-specific engineering parameters that impact building design. 3) Remove duplicative language. 4) Restore the administrative sections of the codes as written and intended by the ICC to avoid conflict and confusion with our primarily, national customers. With the proposed amendments, there will be slight modifications to remove aspects related to the Utilities and Public Works departments and place them elsewhere within the Municipal Code.
Generally, the proposed amendments are minor in nature and any future submittals can be accepted with a 90-day grace period if desired by the builder, but Staff believes this will be a moot point as the proposed design criteria will be less stringent and as such, no conflict should be created. Existing approved master plans (plans for a pa...
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