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Planning Board unanimously recommends adoption of 2024 international building codes (Ordinance 8684)
Summary
Planning Board voted Jan. 28 to recommend City Council adopt Ordinance 8684 to update Boulder’s building and property‑maintenance codes to the 2024 International Codes; staff cited reduced local amendments, clarified safety standards (including CO detection and battery storage rules) and improved equity outcomes.
The Boulder Planning Board on Jan. 28 voted unanimously to recommend that City Council adopt ordinance 8684, which updates the city’s Title 10 building and property maintenance regulations by adopting the 2024 International Codes with a limited set of local amendments. Planning staff briefed the board on key changes ranging from clarified property‑maintenance enforcement to updates that allow new refrigerants and altered minimum ceiling heights for certain habitable spaces.
Why it matters: The proposed update moves the city to the 2024 code series for the International Building Code and related model codes. Staff said adopting the newer codes with fewer local amendments simplifies regulation, aligns Boulder with surrounding jurisdictions, can reduce future insurance premium pressure and incorporates new safety and energy provisions developed at the national level.
Staff presentation and principal changes Rob Adrian, the City of Boulder’s chief building official, and colleagues presented the ordinance. Adrian said the update’s objectives included adopting the 2024 International Codes with minimal local amendments, using the city’s racial equity…
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