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City building official explains code leniencies for historic properties
Summary
Deputy Community Development Director Mike Cunningham briefed the commission on how the Existing Building Code (chapter 12) offers targeted leniency for repairs, means-of-egress variances, some fire and structural exceptions, and accessibility accommodations for buildings listed on federal, state, or local registries.
Mike Cunningham, Deputy Community Development Director and Building Official for the City of Las Vegas, gave commissioners a primer on the Existing Building Code chapter that governs historic buildings and how staff applies it during permitting and review.
"The existing building code chapter 12 is the chapter that's focused on historic buildings," Cunningham said, noting that a building must be listed on a federal, state, or local registry to qualify for the chapter’s provisions. He outlined several key allowances:…
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