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Carbondale adopts updated 2021 building codes, new fee schedule after trustees debate amendments
Summary
The Carbondale Board of Trustees voted to adopt 2021 international building codes with local amendments and to update the building-permit fee schedule, approving changes including an accessory-structure exemption tweak and limited exceptions for radiant garage heat and single-family design stamp requirements.
Carbondale trustees voted to adopt the 2021 International Building Codes with local amendments and a revised building-department fee schedule, approving both an ordinance and a companion resolution in the same meeting.
The ordinance passed on a roll-call vote after discussion about several amendments staff recommended, including removing a proposed standalone property-maintenance code, clarifying an exemption for small accessory structures, allowing radiant heat in a garage when it ties into an existing gas heating system, and adding an exception so single-family homes and small renovations do not automatically require an architect’s stamp. Trustees also approved a separate resolution setting the updated fee schedule to take…
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