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Commission adopts 2024 building codes with local amendments
Summary
The commission approved adoption of the 2024 International Building Code and 2024 International Residential Code with local amendments after a code-committee review and industry outreach; certain sprinkler and occupancy thresholds were amended.
The Hays City Commission voted to adopt the 2024 International Building Code (IBC) and the 2024 International Residential Code (IRC) with local amendments after staff and a local code committee reviewed changes and consulted with local contractors.
Public Works Director Jesse Rohrer summarized a multi-step process that included a code committee of local licensed contractors, staff review of the 2018 and 2021 interim changes, and an open meeting with local builders. Rohrer said the 2015 codes were last adopted in 2017 and that the 2024…
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