Council hears multi-code update briefing; action scheduled for next meeting
Planning director David Carey briefed the council on a package to adopt 2021 building codes and the 2023 electrical code; staff recommended an electrical enforcement date of Dec. 30 and Jan. 30, 2026 for the rest of the code package, with final council action scheduled at next week's meeting.
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David Carey, director of Planning and Development Services, presented the city’s triannual code-update package on Dec. 8, explaining that the proposed ordinances update multiple local code chapters to align with the 2021 International Code Council (ICC) model codes and the 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC). Carey said the proposed changes are largely organizational and clarifying rather than sweeping technical changes, and that task-force review and law-department drafting produced unanimous recommendations from volunteer industry and trade committees.
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