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Westminster council advances first reading of ordinance to reinstate technical building codes after lengthy questions on 2024 code adoption
Summary
Westminster City Council held a public hearing April 8 and approved first reading of ordinance 05132025-01 to restore and reorganize the city's technical building and property-maintenance code language.
Westminster City Council continued a multi-hour discussion April 8 and approved on first reading ordinance 05132025-01, a cleanup measure to reinsert technical building and property-maintenance codes into the city code and to adopt the most recent model technical codes referenced by the ordinance.
City Attorney Reagan told the council the 2023 zoning-code amendment inadvertently moved several technical-code references and appeal procedures; he said the proposed ordinance restores the prior organization and reinstates an appeals path to the council. "State law authorizes those technical codes and zoning codes in different statutes," Reagan said, explaining the recommended reordering and that the change is intended to avoid cross‑statute conflicts.
Council members questioned whether…
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