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Jonesboro committee tables ordinance requiring third-party inspections for passive fire protection
Summary
The Public Safety Committee tabled indefinitely an ordinance that would have required third-party inspectors for passive fire protection on architect-designed projects, after questions from architects and residents about local availability and the ordinance etail.
The Jonesboro Public Safety Committee on an introduced ordinance that would have required builders using passive fire protection as their fire-safety strategy to retain a third-party inspector. The committee voted to table the measure indefinitely.
The ordinance, identified as Ordinance 25-036 and read into the record by staff, would have amended Chapter 34 of the Jonesboro Code of Ordinances to require an owner or the owner's authorized agent requesting a building permit to retain a third-party inspector for passive fire protection when passive systems are used by an architect as part of the design. The ordinance required the third-party inspector to inspect components of the passive fire protection system and provide a written report to the city.
Staff member Craig, who was involved in drafting the ordinance, told the committee that developers have been hiring third-party inspectors voluntarily but that…
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