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Coppell commission recommends 2024 International Codes to council; staff highlights EV charging and elevator changes
Summary
On April 3 the Building and Standards Commission voted unanimously to recommend that City Council adopt the 2024 International Codes with staff amendments; staff emphasized one new fire‑code amendment on EV charging emergency shutoffs and outlined other notable changes including occupiable‑roof elevator requirements and fence exemptions.
The Coppell Building and Standards Commission unanimously recommended on April 3 that City Council adopt the 2024 International Code cycle with staff’s proposed amendments, after a staff presentation and discussion of key changes.
Chief Building Official Steven Schubert and other staff summarized a code‑comparison package and said the city proposes 29 amendments to the fire code for the 2024 cycle; only one of those amendments is new and concerns the location and labeling of an emergency power shutoff for electric vehicle charging stations so first responders can access a disconnect. Staff said the Council of…
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