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Larimer County adopts 2024 building codes, drops 35-acre wildfire exemption
Summary
Larimer County approved the 2024 building-code updates, including the Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code, and separately voted to remove a state-law exemption that would have exempted 35-acre parcels with a single residence from wildfire-code permit requirements.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Larimer County moved to adopt the 2024 editions of the International building and specialty codes and the state-required Colorado wildfire resiliency and solar/electric-ready codes, and the Planning Commission recommended the Board of County Commissioners adopt the package with two notable changes: removing a narrow state exemption for '35-acre' parcels and adopting the wildfire-resiliency requirements countywide for unincorporated areas.
County Building Official Eric Fried told the Planning Commission the International Codes are published on a three-year cycle and become local law only after adoption; Larimer County reviews codes with a joint code-review committee and the Board of Appeals before presenting them to the commission. Fried explained two state-mandated additions in the 2024 cycle: the Colorado Wildfire Resiliency…
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