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Planning commission recommends assembly move to adopt 2024 IBC building code
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Commission voted 4–0 to recommend that the assembly direct the borough manager to begin updating Skagway’s adopted building code from the 2006 IBC to the 2024 International Building Code, with staff review expected to finish by March 2027.
The Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend that the assembly direct the borough manager to update the municipality’s adopted building code from the 2006 International Building Code to the 2024 edition.
The chair outlined the timeline for the work: a staff review to be completed by March 2027, followed by commission review and a recommendation to the assembly. “IBC code is updated every 3 years. So the latest version right now is from 2024,” the chair said during the presentation. A commissioner moved to recommend the assembly direct the borough manager to proceed; the motion carried on a 4–0 roll call.
Commissioners said the update is intended to address gaps in the existing municipal code and to align local construction standards with more recent national model-code provisions. If the assembly approves the recommendation, staff will complete a comparative review of existing local provisions and proposed changes, return the results to the commission for further review, and then forward a final recommendation to the assembly for possible adoption.
No formal adoption of a new code occurred at the meeting; the vote was a recommendation to initiate staff review and a referral to the assembly.
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