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Planning director to open public hearings for 2024 ICC codes and proposed permit-fee changes
Summary
Director Jensen said the city will open public hearings Tuesday to adopt the 2024 ICC building codes (separate ordinance for each code) and a separate ordinance to revise the permit fee schedule; staff also proposed a C-1 zoning update covering dumpsters and storage containers.
The city’s planning and codes director told the July 9 work session that Fayetteville will move to the 2024 International Code Council (ICC) codes and bring ordinance language for board consideration at Tuesday’s meeting.
Director Jensen said the city must remain within seven years of the last published code and that the current 2018 codes were adopted in 2020; he recommended adopting the 2024 editions for building, existing building, fire, fuel gas, plumbing, property maintenance, mechanical, residential, swimming pool and spa, and electrical codes. He said the energy code would remain on the 2018 edition because state rules do not permit local jurisdictions to be more stringent than the state on energy provisions.
Jensen also described ordinance 2026‑23 to amend the permit fee schedule based on the 2024 code’s recommendations, noting some stakeholders raised concerns that set fees for small permits (fences, decks) could be disproportionate to processing time. He said attorney review is complete and supplementary paperwork (applications, placards, cheat sheets) is being updated.
Finally, Jensen said ordinance 2026‑24 would update the C‑1 zoning district to add dumpster and storage-container requirements and size limits for the Seymour District; the item was a planning commission referral and will appear with a public hearing Tuesday.
Next steps: the board will hold public hearings Tuesday and may vote in regular business to adopt the enumerated ordinances and the permit fee schedule; the transcript records the plan and attorney review but does not record final votes.
