Trustees adopt 2024 code package with carve‑outs for fire‑district provisions
After a long presentation, trustees approved Ordinance 2026‑01 to adopt the 2024 model building codes but excluded certain Red, White & Blue fire‑district provisions and kept the sprinkler threshold at 6,000 sq ft rather than the fire district's recommended 4,500.
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A consultant from CAA (speaker S5) told trustees that adopting the 2024 code cycle helps keep local codes within a six‑year window and preserves eligibility for a BCEGS/ISO rating application; he warned that failing to move to 2024 before application deadlines would automatically deduct points on a multi‑jurisdictional submission. "So the reason we wanna move from 18 to 24 is it's really just common to not be more than 6 years old on building code," he said.
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