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Cheyenne advances 2024 fire‑code updates; adds limited solar‑panel access rule and widens oversight of above‑ground tanks/containers
Summary
The committee voted to send the 2024 fire‑code ordinance to council with amendments covering residential cooking exceptions for some day‑care warming operations, new roof ladder step‑off language for solar installations (to be refined), and expanded city regulation of above‑ground tanks and containers for class 1 and 2 fluids.
A City of Cheyenne committee voted to forward to City Council on second reading an ordinance updating the city’s adoption of the 2024 International Fire Code, with local amendments covering cooking operations, rooftop solar access, and the regulation of above‑ground tanks and containers that store class 1 and class 2 flammable liquids.
Bob Mason of Cheyenne Fire Rescue, who participated in the city’s code adoption committee, outlined the proposed fire‑code changes to the committee. Mason described an existing local exception that allows certain day‑care or similar facilities to use cooking equipment only for warming — rather than full cooking — and noted the new 2024 fire code adds section 904.15 addressing residential cooking operations and specific institutional occupancies. Mason said the city amended its ordinance so that the day‑care warming exception would remain in place where it does not conflict with the new section.
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