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Committee moves Detroit fire-code update to formal after public hearing on NFPA 2021 alignment
Summary
The committee held a public hearing on an ordinance to update Chapter 18 (Fire Prevention and Protection) to align Detroit's fire code references with the 2021 NFPA editions; staff described it as largely technical, and the committee moved the measure to formal with a recommendation to approve.
A Committee of the Whole public hearing on a wide-ranging update to Detroit’s fire code concluded with the committee voting to send the ordinance to formal session with a recommendation to approve.
The ordinance, introduced by Councilmember Scott Benson and summarized by V. Sarah Foskey of the law department, would amend and renumber Chapter 18 of the Detroit City Code (Fire Prevention and Protection) to update code references from earlier NFPA editions to the 2021 National Fire Protection Association standards. "This is to bring the city's fire code up to date with the 2021 ..." Foskey said, describing the changes as largely technical updates to code…
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