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Jonesboro committee tables ordinance requiring third-party inspections for passive fire protection
Summary
The Jonesboro Public Safety Committee voted to table Ordinance 25036, which would have required third-party inspections of passive fire protection work on architect-designed projects, after staff explanation and public comments raised questions about local capacity and scope.
The Jonesboro Public Safety Committee voted to table Ordinance 25036 indefinitely after discussion and public comment. The ordinance would have required owners or owners’ agents to retain third-party inspectors to verify passive fire protection systems when those systems were used as part of an architect’s design.
The ordinance text presented to the committee said the third-party inspector would be required “anytime passive fire protection is used by an architect as part of their design” and that the inspector must examine components listed in the most current edition of the Arkansas Fire Prevention Code. The measure was introduced as an attempt to formalize a practice staff said is already occurring informally on some projects.
Committee members and staff said the requirement was aimed at making inspections consistent…
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