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City hears staff and volunteers on two-track plan to preserve historic rice dryers
Summary
City staff and a volunteer Historic Preservation Advisory Group outlined two options for saving Katy’s rice dryers: use the already-adopted International Existing Building Code (IEBC) now to allow reuse after a point-based safety review, and pursue a zoning or local landmark approach later to require demolition review and stronger protections.
City staff and a volunteer advisory group presented the council with two paths to preserve the city’s historic rice-dryer structures and encourage compatible redevelopment.
Community development staff explained the immediate option is to apply the International Existing Building Code (IEBC), a point‑based compliance method the city adopted in its 2023 code update. The IEBC lets property owners hire licensed design professionals to evaluate existing conditions against safety, egress and fire-safety criteria and submit a score-based package to the city. As a staff member summarized, the IEBC “is a point-based method” that can…
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