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Committee approves HB 175 to align certain four‑unit buildings with residential code, citing cost savings
Summary
The committee favorably recommended HB 175 as amended, which allows some four‑unit, two‑story dwellings to be regulated under the residential building code instead of the commercial code — potentially avoiding sprinkler requirements and reducing costs — while sponsors and stakeholders agreed to further technical review.
A Utah House committee on an unspecified date voted unanimously to favorably recommend HB 175, “Housing Construction Amendments,” as amended and sent the bill to the House floor. Representative Ward sponsored the bill.
Representative Ward said the bill aims to reduce housing costs by treating certain four‑unit dwellings (no more than two stories) as residential rather than commercial for building‑code purposes. "One of the things that adds cost to housing ... are the different building codes," Ward said. He told the committee that the amendment clarifies the bill applies only to dwellings of no more than two levels.
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