[A. CALL TO ORDER]
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>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JULY 13, 2021. WE'LL BEGIN BY ASKING THE SECRETARY TO CALL THE ROLE.
>> HE IS NOT ON ZOOM OR ANYTHING.
>> OKAY AND THEN COUNCILMAN LOFFGREN
>> PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IS STANDS. ONE NATION, UNDER GOD. INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
>> AT THIS TIME WE WILL TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO ALLOW EACH MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THOSE IN ATTENDANCE TO PREPARE THEIR HEARTS AND MINDS TO A PROPERLY DO THE BUSINESS OF OUR CITY. THANK YOU, YOU MAY BE SEATED.
[B. Communication:]
SITTING IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS REMAINS ALLOWED FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING AND IF SO MANY RESIDENTS IN A HIGH RISK POPULATION. FOR THOSE REASONS WE WILL ALSO CONTINUE ALLOWING CITIZEN PURCHASE PATIENT THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENCING. TO LEARN ABOUT ALL THE WAYS THAT YOU CAN WATCH THE MEETING AND PARTICIPATE REMOTELY WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO VISIT VICTORIA TX.COM.THERE ARE MANY OPTIONS ON HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN OUR MEETING TONIGHT RANGING FROM WATCHING ON TV OR SPEAKING AND CITIZENS COMMENTS RESUME. THOSE CITIZENS THAT WISH TO SPEAK IN PERSON TO THE COUNCIL DURING CITIZENS COMMUNICATION DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING WE ASK THAT YOU COMPLETE A COMMENT CARD AND GIVE IT TO STAFF MEMBER.
COMMENT CARDS ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE DOOR OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBER. AT THIS TIME THE CITY SECRETARY AND ELECTIONS AND BEEN STRAIGHTER, MARGARET HILL, WILL PRESENT THE ELECTION RESULTS FROM THE SPECIAL ELECTION HELD JULY 3, 2021. FOR THE CANVASS.
>> GOOD EVENING TONIGHT WE WILL BE CANVASSING THE JULY 3 SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE PLACE OF MAYOR AND DISTRICT 3 REPRESENTED DIFFERENT. ADMINISTRATOR HILL IS HERE TO DELIVER THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION AND COPY THE RESULTS ARE ALSO PLACED IN THE æ
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, THESE ARE THE RESULTS FROM THE JULY 3 SPECIAL ELECTION. FOR MAYOR, JEFF (NAME?).
3458, 69.38 PERCENT OF THE VOTE.
DAVID KIRK 254, 5.10 PERCENT. EMMETT ALVAREZ 1272, 25.52 PERCENT OF THE VOTE. FOR COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT 3, AARON FRANCO, 183, 7.96 PERCENT OF THE VOTE.
DUANE CROCKER, 955, 41.54 PERCENT OF THE VOTE.
JOE GUZMAN, 264, AND 11.48 PERCENT OF THE VOTE.
LEE ANDREW, 372, 16.18 PERCENT OF THE VOTE.
AND CHAD AUSTIN HALL, 525, 22 POINT 84 PERCENT OF THE VOTE.
I DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS TRUE AND CORRECT SUMMARY OF THE VOTE THAT WERE CAST ON JULY 3, 2021.
SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE CITY OF VICTORIA AND ACCOMPANYING THESE PAGES REPRESENT THE VOTES CAST IN EACH PRECINCT WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
>> DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THE ONLY OFFICIAL ACTION THAT WE NEED TONIGHT FOR COUNCIL IS FOR COUNSEL TO OFFICIALLY ACCEPT THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION AND MAYOR SOLIZ WILL SIGN THE CANVASS FORM. IF ANY OF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN RETELLING THE VOTES WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.
>> DO WE ACCEPT THE VOTES BY EMOTION CONNECT
>> NO, AS LONG AS HE SHE SIGNS THE CANVAS FORM AND NOBODY'S
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INDISCRIMINATE.>> YOU GAVE ME A BUNCH OF FORMS BUT I WILL GET TOGETHER WITH YOU ON WHICH WENT ANY DESIGN FIRST.
>> THERE'S ALSO AN ADDITIONAL FORM BECAUSE NO ONE IN THE DISTRICT 3 RACE RECEIVED A MAJORITY OF THE VOTE.
SO THERE'S A CERTIFICATION VOTE TO CERTIFY THE RUNOFF ELECTION IN A RUNOFF ELECTION IS NEEDED AND TO CERTIFY THAT DUANE CROCKER AND CHAD AUSTIN HALL WILL BE THE CANDIDATES FOR THAT AS A RECEIVED, THEY WERE THE TOP TWO VOTE GETTERS IN THE DISTRICT 3 RACE. SO YOU WILL ALSO CERTIFY THAT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, APPRECIATE THAT.
>> THE LAST THING WE NEED TO DO THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ELECTION IS TO ISSUE THE CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION AND STATEMENT TO OFFICER BAUKNIGHT. I AM HANDING THOSE OVER.
>> SO YOU WANT US TO GO DOWN THERE? THIS IS IN THE NAME OF BY 30 OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA TO CERTIFY THE SPECIAL ELECTION HELD ON JULY 3, 21, JEFF BAUKNIGHT WAS DULY ELECTED MAYOR. I NEED YOU TO SIGN HERE.
>> WE WILL BE SWEARING IN COUNCILMAN BAUKNIGHT AT THE LESS NEXT REGULAR EATING TO OFFICIALLY BECOME THE MAYOR.
[1. Announcements/Reminders:]
>> MR. DE LA GARZA DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS EVENING?
>> GOOD AFTER, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THIS EVENING.
>> OKAY GOOD. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS OTHERWISE LISTED ON THE AGENDA FOR WHICH MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST SPECIFIC FACTUAL INFORMATION, REVISITATION OF EXISTING POLICY OR PLACEMENT ON THE FURTHER AGENDA. OKAY.
WE DO HAVE UNDER CITIZENS MEDICATION AS A REMINDER
[3. Citizen Communication:]
CITIZENS MEDICATION COMMUNICATION MAY BE DONE BY VIDEO COMFORT INN, WE WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE THAT HAS ANY RECENT EXPOSURE TO COVERT 19 OR THOSE THAT MAY BE AND A HIGH RISK POPULATION GROUP TO MAKE USE OF THE VIDEOCONFERENCING OPTION. PLEASE, THESE INSTRUCTIONS ARE PAYABLE AT VICTORIA TX.GOV / COUNSEL.COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES IN DURATION AND WILL BE RECEIVED BY AUDIO ONLY. THERE WILL BE, THERE WILL NOT BE OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVE PROVIDE PRESENTATION OR VISUAL MATERIAL PLEASE REMEMBER TO SILENCE ANY CELL PHONES, TELEVISIONS OR OTHER BACKER NOISE SO WE CAN HEAR YOUR COMMENTS CLEARLY. IT'S GENERALLY THE PRACTICE OF CITY COUNCIL NOT TO RESPOND TO THE COMMENTS MADE DURING THIS TIME. THE CITY STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE TO FOLLOW-UP AS NECESSARY.
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ABOUT AN ITEM SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING LATER THIS EVENING PLEASE REFRAIN FROM COMMENTING UNTIL WE REACH THAT POINT IN THE AGENDA.
I DO HAVE ONE COMMUNICATION CARD FROM DOCTOR (NAME?).
>> MAYOR, COUNSEL, MY NAME IS ROBERT SHOOK.
I LIVE IN VICTORIA 64 YEARS AND HAVE RETIRED SOME YEARS AGO FROM THE FACULTY AT VICTORIA COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, VICTORIA. I THINK THREE MINUTES WE HAVE NOW, NOT FIVE.
>> WHAT CONCERNS ME IS THE INDICATION OF WHAT I OVERHEARD NOT LONG AGO SITTING HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WAS AT THE IDEA THAT VICTORIA, TEXAS SHOULD CHANGE ITS NICKNAME.
THERE IS A LONG WORD FOR NICKNAME BUT I DON'T USE THEM UNLESS I CAN SPELL THEM. AND I DON'T SPELL THIS
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NICKNAME. FROM CROSSROADS TO DESTINATION CITY. I SPENT THOSE 64 YEARS, OR MOST OF THEM, LOOKING AT AND COLLECTING AND PUBLISHING ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE ALL OF IMPROVING VICTORIA AS THE MOST UNIQUE CITY IN TEXAS. WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THAT LATER, I HAVE IT DRAWN UP FOR YOU.BUT THE IDEA OF TRADING IN NICKNAME LIKE CROSSROADS AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN IN EITHER LANGUAGE BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO WE USE AND UNDERSTANDING VICTORIA.
AND ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS, MAPS, I WROTE THAT OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING AT ALL EXCEPT CROSSROADS AS A CONSEQUENCE OF READING AND CHECKING TO SEE THAT THAT IS TRUE. NOW I UNDERSTAND WHERE DESTINATION CITY COMES FROM. BUT I QUESTION THE SOURCE SINCE IT IS ALSO THE SOURCE OF A VERY INTERESTING BUT CHILDISH CONCEPT OF REDUCING OUR CONFEDERATE STATUE, I GUESS, TO MOLTEN METAL OR WHATEVER THOSE FOLKS DO WHO APPARENTLY SPENT MOST OF THEIR UNIVERSITY OR COLLEGE STUDYING DIVERSITY AND GENDER RATHER THAN AT MATH, PHYSICS, POLITICAL SCIENCE, ECONOMICS, ETC. SO, I ALSO WANT TO SAY AND I WILL BE USING UP, I HOPE, NOT MY THREE MINUTES BUT WE WENT THROUGH THIS YEARS AGO, MANY OF YOU REMEMBER. TAXPAYERS KNOWLEDGE LEVEL I THINK THEY WERE NOT IN A BINDER NICKNAME.
FROM AN ADVERTISING COMPANY IN TENNESSEE.
TENNESSEE. WELL, I SPOKE TO A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMPANY ON THE TELEPHONE AND I ASKED THEM HOW THEY MIGHT GO ABOUT THIS 70 SOME ODD THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A NICKNAME. THEY EXPLAINED IT BUT NOT WELL.
THEY USE A SYSTEM A LITTLE BIT LIKE A WORSE CHECK TEST, YOU SEE A PICTURE AND THEN YOU RESPOND, WE DO A WONDERFUL JOB, THE LADY SAID IN TENNESSEE. IN RESEARCHING BEFORE WE RECOMMEND NICKNAMES FOR CITIES. WE WILL GO TO HOUSTON, AUSTIN, AND CORPUS CHRISTI AND WE WILL ASK THE BUSINESS LEADERS TO RESPOND QUICKLY WHEN WE SAY THAT WE ARE VICTORIA.
NOW IF THAT IS RESEARCH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MAKES ALL OF US WHO KNOW BETTER. BUT THAT WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL.
I ASSUME THAT THE CONTRACT WAS KEPT THAT I MADE SOMETHING LESS THAN A FRIEND FROM THE PROMOTER OF MOVING OUR NICKNAME FROM WHAT IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN A REALITY.
WE SERVED VICTORIA BEFORE IT WAS EVER CALLED VICTORIA, SERVED THE ENTIRE WEST OF THAT TIME FROM MATAGORDA BAY WE WERE
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CROSSROADS FROM DAY ONE BEFORE DON MARTIN GOT HIS CONTRACT, HIS GRANT. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAINTAIN CONTINUED USE CROSSROADS MAINLY BECAUSE, IN A PRACTICAL WAY, THE BANKER, THE VICE PRESIDENT OF ONE OF OUR MAJOR BANKS, AND A COLLEAGUE OF MINE AND ECONOMIST BY TRAINING, MADE A CAREFUL SURVEY OF ALL THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES TO DETERMINE AN ARGUMENT FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO ALLOW FOR BRANCH BANKING. NOW, THIS WAS SOME TIME AGO AND WE KNOW OF COURSE BY LOOKING AROUND THAT LEGISLATION PASSED BUT THEY DETERMINED WITHOUT ANY KIND OF ENCOURAGEMENT THAT THAT CAREFULLY WORKED OUT ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, LET ALONE THE HISTOR , THE MAPS, MADE US A CROSSROADS IN TERMS OF COMMERCE. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS I WILL DO MY BEST TO HANDLE THEM. I DID NOT KEEP TRACK OF THE TIME. I THINK I RAN OVER.>> WE APPRECIATE THE HISTORY AND THANK YOU DOCTOR SHOOK.
[C. Items with Public Hearings:]
>> ITEMS FOR PUBLIC HEARING, APRIL IS GOING TO READ THE ITEMS FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
>> ITEM C1 IS CALLING THE RUNOFF ELECTION TO BE HELD AUGUST WHEN HE FIRST, 2021 TO DETERMINE THE THIS IS AN EMERGENCY æ
>> I WILL READ IN SPANISH VERY BRIEFLY.
>> THANK YOU AGAIN. TONIGHT THIS ORDINANCE WILL CALLED A COLLECTION FOR THE REP RESENTED OF OF COUNCIL DISTRICT 3 AS X LANE EARLIER NO ONE RECEIVED THE MAJORITY OF THE VOTES OF THE CANDIDATES FOR THE RUNOFF ELECTION WILL BE DUANE CROCKER AND CHAD AUSTIN HOME. HALL.
ARTICLE 7 AT SECTION 2 OF THE CITY CHARTER DOES CALL THAT WE MUST IMMEDIATELY CALL FOR ONE OF ELECTION AFTER CANVASSING VOTES IF THERE'S NOT A CLEAR MAJORITY WINNER.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? WE DO NEED A MOTION, PUBLIC HEARING, AS WELL.
>> WE ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ORDINANCE, PLEASE. ANYONE HERE TO ADDRESS THIS? SEEN NONE I WILL OPEN FOR MOTION.
>> I MOVED WE ADOPT THIS ORDINANCE.
>> WAS BEEN FIRST AND SECOND TO ADOPT ORDINANCE SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
STAFF WILL PROVIDE A PRESENTATION AT THIS POINT.
[1. Discussion on Proposed 2021 International Building Codes. City Staff]
>> ITEM 1 IS A PROPOSED ADOPTION OF 2021 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODES.
>> SO BEFORE I GET STARTED I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT YOU HAVE TWO HANDOUTS, ONE IS A SUMMARY FROM THE WORKSHOPS ON THE CODE ADOPTION THAT COVERS EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR THE FIRE CODE AND THEN ANOTHER ONE IS A SEPARATE STANDALONE DOCUMENT RELATING TO JUST THE FIRE CODE. SO THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW ALONG.
AS A REMINDER WERE ASKING COUNSEL TO ADOPT THE 2021 ICC CODES OF THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO RICK AND TOM TO GO INTO SPECIFICS I
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DO HAVE SOME GENERAL COMMENTS AS A REMINDER THE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE IS THE CODE THAT DEALS WITH ALL THINGS RESIDENTIAL SO WHENEVER WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MECHANICAL CODE, PLUMBING CODE, THOSE ARE RELATED TO.COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS OF THIS CODE.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MECHANICAL SYSTEMS IN A RESIDENCE ALL OF THAT IS WITHIN THE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE. THE OTHER BIG OVERARCHING THEME IS THAT ALL THE CODES ARE DRIVEN BY OCCUPANCIES SO AS YOU READ THROUGH SOME OF THIS YOU WILL, IT WILL TALK ABOUT AND ARE ONE, OR FOR OCCUPANCY THOSE ARE SIMPLY ACTIVITIES AND A LOT OF THE CODES ARE DRIVEN BY THOSE DIFFERENT OCCUPANCIES AND THEN WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION SEPARATED BY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WHICH ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS DOCUMENT AND THEN ALSO OUR LOCAL SIGNIFICANT LOCAL AMENDMENTS WHICH WE PULLED ON THE ORDINANCE THE ONES WE FEEL ARE MOST SIGNIFICANT OF COURSE WE CAN TALK ABOUT ANY LOCAL AMENDMENTS.
AS HER MENTOR, OUR LOCAL IMMIGRANTS OFTEN MAKE THE CODE EASIER OR IT IS JUST A CONTINUATION OF A LONG-STANDING LOCAL PRACTICE A LOT OF TIMES THOSE LOCAL PRACTICES AND UP AND CHANGED INTO THE CODE BECAUSE THEY ARE INDUSTRY STANDARDS. THE OTHER THING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER IS THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS ADOPTED ARCHITECTURAL LICENSING, REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS ENGINEERING REQUIREMENTS SO A LOT OF OUR AMENDMENTS DEAL WITH THE THRESHOLDS THAT YOU FIND IN THOSE STATES STATUTES.
SO WE, I WILL NOT GO OVER THE CHART, BUT IF YOU LOOK YOU WILL SEE THERE IS A CONSTRUCTION COST 58,000, YES THEY DON'T PROBABLY HAVE TO ENGAGE AN ARCHITECT, IF IT 60 200,000 THERE'S ALSO SQUARE FOOTAGE REQUIREMENTS, 5000 SQUARE-FOOT IS A BIG TRIGGER AND A 20,000 DIFFERENT IS A BIG TRIGGER SO WHENEVER WERE TALKING ABOUT OUR AMENDMENTS AND WERE TYING THOSE COMMITMENTS TO SCALE SUCH AS BUILDINGS UNDER 5000 SQUARE-FOOT BUILDING OFTENTIMES IT'S BECAUSE OF THESE ACTS WHERE WE ARE REQUIRING THE SCALE OF THIS BUILDING COULD REQUIRE THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER BRING ON AN ARCHITECT OR AN ENGINEER TO DO MORE DESIGN WORK.
SO THAT WAS THE ARCHITECTURE FLOWCHART AND THIS IS A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER FLOWCHART.
JUST SOME GOOD OVERALL POINTERS AND WITH THAT I AM WAY TO TURN IT OVER TO RICK TO GO OVER FIRST CODE WHICH IS THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE.
>> COUNSEL, MARY, GOOD EVENING. THIS HANDOUT I AM GOING TO GO THROUGH IT. I'M GOING TO PICK UP THE MOST SIGNIFICANT STUFF HERE. I DON'T THINK YOU WANT ME READING EVERYTHING IF YOU HAVE TO USE A LONGER NAIL BECAUSE YOU GOT MORE INSULATION ON YOUR WALLS, I DON'T THINK YOU WANT ME TO GET INTO THE WEEDS LIKE THAT BUT IF YOU DO SEE SOMETHING OR HEAR SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DISCUSS, BY ALL MEANS LET'S LOOK IT OVER. THIS HANDOUT ALSO IS GOING TO HAVE SOME CROSSOVER WITH THE FIRED APARTMENT WITH FIRE CODE.
WE BUILD THE CODE OR WE BUILD THE STRUCTURES IN IT TO CODE AND SO AFTER THAT WE ARE OUT AND THEN THE FIRED APARTMENT COMES IN AND INSPECT THAT BUILDING FOR THE LIFE OF THE STRUCTURE. SO THESE CODES HAVE TO MATCH.
TO CARRY IT ON. THIS IS THE SAME HANDOUT THAT WAS SHARED AT EVERY WORKSHOP WITH ALL THE BUILDERS, STAKEHOLDERS, AND ANYONE THAT WAS INTERESTED IN CODE ADOPTIO , THE NEW CODES COMING OUT. SO WE WILL JUST GO THROUGH THIS, IF THERE IS ANYTHING I NEED TO SLOW UP ON, LET ME KNOW. THERE IS A LOT TO COVER.
SO THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT WILL BE NOTICED ON THE FIELD SO IF I GO OUT THERE AND WHEN WE SEE SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WE SAY THAT THE NEW CODE, THEN THE COUNCIL SHOULD BE AWARE OF IT BECAUSE IT WAS AT THE WORKSHOPS AND SO THIS IS THE HEADS UP. SO IF WE CAN START GOING THROUGH THIS ONE AT A TIME FOR THE FIRST PAGE WE ARE GOING TO START WITH INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE AND SO THE FIRST ONE THERE IS THE DOCUMENTS, THEY ARE ACTIVATED DOCUMENT NOTIFICATION SYSTEM IF IT'S OVER 100 ON THE FLOOR LEVEL THE SIGNIFICANCE ABOUT THIS ONE IS THAT YOU GET A THREE-STORY BUILDING AND YOU HAVE A MEETING ROOM UPSTAIRS THAT YOU CAN HAVE
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MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE IN IT THAT IS WHEN THIS ALARM SYSTEM WOULD BE TRIGGERED. ONCE AGAIN, WHEN HE START CROSSING INTO THE FIRE CODE I PRETTY MUCH HIT THAT OFF IN TOM'S DEPARTMENT HANDLES THAT. BUT WE WORK IN CONJUNCTION.THE SECOND ONE, THE FIRED SPENGLER PROTECTION AND ATTICS, THEY HAVE BEEN EXPANDED REQUIREMENTS TO PUT FIRE SPEAKERS AND ATTICS. YOU HEAR THAT AGAIN I THINK TOM MADE MENTION THAT WHEN. THAT'S ANOTHER SOMEWHAT SIGNIFICANT, WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR THAT.
I'M GOING TO GO DOWN TO NUMBER EIGHT, EXTENSIVE CHANGES FOR TYPE FOR CONSTRUCTION. TYPE FOR CONSTRUCTION, THIS IS A MAJOR CHANGE IN CODE. TYPE FOR CONSTRUCTION IS HEAVY TIMBER CONSTRUCTION. WE DO NOT DO A LOT OF IT.
WE HARDLY DO ANY OF IT BUT THE SECTION HAS BEEN REVAMPED CONSIDERABLY AND SO IF WE DO HEAVY TIMBER THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO DISCUSS.
FIRE PROTECTION IS A BIGGIE, PROTECTIONS FOR HEAVY TIMBER ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE FIRE RESISTANCE THAN THEY USED TO BE. BUT THAT IS USUALLY HANDLED IN THE DESIGN STAGES BECAUSE YOU HAVE A PROFESSIONAL DOING THAT TYPE OF WORK, THAT TYPE OF DESIGN.
GOING DOWN TO NUMBER 10, COOKING AND INDOOR FACILITY, THE CONDITIONS THERE BASICALLY IS KIND OF UPPING THE FOR THE HOOD SYSTEM, YOU HAVE SHUT OFF VALVE FOR FUEL, GAS, THAT WILL AUTOMATICALLY SHUT OFF. IT WILL HAVE RETIREMENT DEACTIVATION, THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
NUMBER 12 AND ARE ONE OR TWO OCCUPANCIES WHICH ARE HOTEL, MOTELS, APARTMENTS, A LOW-FREQUENCY SHOULD BE USED IN SLEEPING ROOMS TO EFFECTIVELY WAKE WITH THE DEVICE.
THAT'S LIKE A SMOKE DETECTION SYSTEM.
AGAIN, THIS IS STRICTLY COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES.
NUMBER 13 IS THE EXTERIOR EXIT PATHWAYS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE PUBLIC WAY. SO THIS IS BASICALLY WHEN YOU HAVE AN EXIT DOOR, EMERGENCY EXIT DOOR, AND APPLIES ONLY TO EMERGENCY EXITS THAT LEAD OUT INTO A YARD OR SOMETHING WE ARE TRYING TO LEAD PEOPLE INTO A DARK YARD OR DARK AREA.
SO IT HAS TO BE LIGHTED. WE REQUIRE LIGHT OUTSIDE THE DOOR WHICH WAS ADOPTED IN THE 15 CODES.
NOW THE LIGHTING HAS TO GO ALL THE WAY TO YOUR SAFE PLACE LIKE A PUBLIC STREET, SOMETHING TO THAT NATURE, OR A GOOD DISTANCE FROM THE BUILDING. IT COULD BE PARKING LOT LIGHTING SO WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR THAT.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT WILL BE MUCH OF A CHANGE.
NUMBER 14 ILLUMINATION LEVELS FOR EXIT STAIRWAYS HAS INCREASED 10 FOOT CANDLES, IT USED TO BE ONE FOOT CANDLELES S THAT IS KIND OF DAMMIT. 10 FOOT CANDLES YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE YOUR WAY OUT. GOING ONTO THE NEXT PAGE, ARE WE GOOD ON THIS PAGE SO FAR? NEXT PAGE NUMBER 19 IS WILL ADDRESS REMODELS OF PROJECTS OVER 50 PERCENT OF ASSESSED VALUES AND TO REQUIRE COMPLIANCE WITH CHAPTER 9 AND 10 THAT IS FIRE PROTECTION AND EXITS.
THAT IS OUR LOCAL AMENDMENT POWERPOINT SO THIS IS ADDRESSING THINGS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION WHERE THEY DO A MAJOR REMODEL AND THEY ARE HAVING TO TEAR DOWN MOST OF THE STRUCTURE. WE HAD THEM COME ENTER THE BUILDING DOWN TO THE RED IRON YOU JUST A FEW POLES STANDING UP AND THEY DID NOT TEAR THE BUILDING DOWN COMPLETELY SO THEY ARE LED TO CONTINUE THAT USE THAT THEY BUILT UNDER.
THIS HERE WOULD CATCH THAT AND SAY YOU HAVE TORN THE STRUCTURE DOWN NOW WHEN YOU REBUILD IT YOU WILL NEED NEED TO MEET THE NEW CODE. THE NEXT ONE IS A LEVEL WORK UNIT AS ADDRESSED IN THE AMENDMENTS.
LIVE WORK UNIT THIS MAINLY PERTAINS TO DOWNTOWN.
I THINK IT HAS EASED UP THE REQUIREMENTS FOR DOWNTOWN TO ALLOW MORE ADAPTABILITY. THE LIVE WORK UNITS ARE LIKE A RESIDENTIAL AREA WITHIN YOUR BUSINESS SO IT HAS LIMITATIONS BUT IT MAKES IT A LITTLE EASIER TO DO.
SO THE REST OF THAT SPACE WOULD BE USED FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES. SO WE THINK THAT SHOULD HELP
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BENEFIT DOWNTOWN FOR REVITALIZATION STUFF.SO THAT IS WHAT I HAVE SO FAR ON COMMERCIAL CODE.
LIKE I SAID, THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF CHANGES BUT A LOT OF THE CHANGES YOU SEE ARE THESE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES ARE JUST CLARIFICATION OR MEDICATION, THEY MIGHT BE MOVING AROUND IN CODE SO YOU HAVE A BOOK OF SIGNIFICANT CHANGES BUT THESE ARE THE ONES WE ARE GOING TO SEE SOME DIFFERENCES ON. OKAY.
>> I HAVE GOT A QUICK QUESTION. I JUST NOTICED 18 THE USE OF INTERMODAL SHIPPING CONTAINERS IS NOW RECOGNIZED BY BUILDING CODE RECOGNIZED IN WHAT WAY?
>> IS GIVING US DIRECTION ON HOW TO START CONSIDERING THE USE OF INTERMODAL SHIPPING CONTAINERS.
FROM OUR STANDPOINT WITH COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS WE WILL CONSIDER DESIGN WE DO NOT NEED TO GO THROUGH A PROFESSIONAL DESIGN. HAVE AN ENGINEER DESIGN IT AND SHOWED THAT IT MEETS CODE, EXITS, STRUCTURAL, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, THAT TYPE OF STUFF. I MUST'VE SEEN A BUILDING BUILT OUT OF IT SHOULD BE CONTAINERS AND IT WORKS.
IT WAS NOT AN CODE BEFORE SO WHEN PEOPLE WOULD COME IN AND ASK ABOUT IT WE DO NOT REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO GO FROM.
NOW WE HAVE SOME THINGS TO WORK WITH.
MANY PERTAINS TO COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES.
RESIDENTIAL IS JUST TOUGH TO ME.
IT'S NOT IN THE RESIDENTIAL CODEBOOK THE REQUIREMENTS TO USE A SHIPPING CONTAINER AS A RESIDENCE ARE TOUGH, TOUGH TO DO.
>> AND YOU SAID IT HAS TO BE CODED SO THAT IS REALLY WHAT I WAS WANTING TO HEAR.
>> YES, MA'AM. GOING ON TO THE RESIDENTIAL CODE. SO AGAIN, THIS RESIDENTIAL CODE, IT COVERS IN THE RESIDENTIAL BOOK YOU HAVE THE STRUCTURAL AND YOU HAVE THE ELECTRICAL, THE PLUMBING AND THE GAS AND ENERGY, THE INSULATION STUFF AND ALL IN ONE BOOK. WE WILL GO OVER SOME OF THIS STUFF, THE ENERGY STUFF, MOST OF IT IS GOING TO BE ON THE COMMERCIAL ENERGY SO THAT WILL COME UP LATER.
MECHANICAL SYSTEMS WILL REQUIRE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR, THAT'S A GOOD CODE. SO IF THEY ARE MAKING ALTERATIONS REPAIRS TO THE GAS HEATING SYSTEM WE ARE GOING TO WANT TO GET CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS IN THE HOUSE.
CURRENTLY, THEY ARE ALREADY REQUIRED WHEN YOU HAVE A GARAGE ATTACHED TO THE HOUSE OR WHEN YOU HAVE A FUEL BURNING APPLIANCES, THE NEW CODE ALREADY REQUIRES CARBON MONOXIDE BUT NOW ON THE OLDER HOMES IF THEY DON'T HAVE THEM AND THEY ARE REPAIRING THEIR HEATING SYSTEM WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTION.
GOING DOWN TO NUMBER SIX, EXTERIOR LIGHTS DURING DAYLIGHT NEED TO BE TURNED OFF. BASICALLY THAT'S AN AUTOMATIC ADVICE, BASICALLY THAT IF YOU HAVE SECURITY LIGHTS OUT IN THE YARD THAT WHEN DESCENT COME UP SO THOSE LIGHTS WILL SHUT OFF AUTOMATICALLY. WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR THAT.
NUMBER 10, KITCHEN WORK SERVICES RESET FOR EACH NINE SQUARE FEET. THAT'S GOING TO BE A CHANGE, RIGHT NOW WE JUST REQUIRE ONE OUTLET, ONE RECEPTACLE ON THE COUNTERTOP. THIS PERTAINS TO ISLANDS SO JUST PUT IT ON THE ONE RESET NOW IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED EVERY NINE SQUARE FEET. THESE ISLANDS ARE GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER SO YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO REACH YOUR APPLIANCES OVER TO IT YOU DO NOT WANT TO DO CROSS YOUR CORE BACK TO THE COUNTER WHERE SOMEBODY COULD WALK BY AND KNOCK IT OVER AND SPILL A POT OF BEANS ON THEM, STUFF LIKE THAT. SO THAT IS A GOOD CODE.
YOU WILL NOTICE THAT A LOT OF THE BUILDERS ARE ALREADY DOING THIS KIND OF STUFF. THEY ARE AHEAD OF IT.
I AM GOING TO GO DOWN TO, THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF WE DELETED OUT OF CODE AND ONE IS THAT I AM NOT BRINGING UP BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN IMPACT. YOU ALL WILL NOT GET COMPLAINTS IF NOT REQUIRED SOMETHING. TYPICALLY.
SO I'M GONNA GO DOWN TO NUMBER 13, NUMBER 14, WIRES ALLOWED FOR SMOKE AND CO DETECTORS AND UNDER TASK LIGHTING.
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WE MADE THAT A LITTLE EASIER ALSO WITH ALL THE TALK OF COVID WERE SUPPLIES WERE TOUGH TO GET WE DECIDED TALKING WITH BOARD MEMBERS TO ALLOW NUMBER 14 WIR , SOME OF THAT LIGHTING DOES NOT EVEN ALLOW FOR NUMBER 12. IT DOESN'T EVEN FIT ANYMORE.SO NUMBER 14 WIRE IS A LITTLE BIT THINNER WHERE BUT IT IS SAFE, AS ALLOWED BY THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, SO FOR THESE TYPES OF INSTALLATIONS WE ARE AND ALLOW NUMBER 14. HISTORICALLY ALL THAT WAS ALLOWED WAS NUMBER 12, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT FIGURE WIRE BUT THAT IS ONE OF THE LESSER CODES WE HAVE.
I AM GOING TO MOVE ONTO THE NEXT PAGE UNLESS WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. ASK ONE QUICK QUESTION.
NUMBER THREE THE GARAGE DOOR SHALL HAVE A LABEL SHOWING THE WINDOW. HOW DO YOU DO THAT IF YOU HAVE AN OLD HOME I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY?
>> I SHOULD MENTION THAT THIS IS NOT A RETROACTIVE CODE.
SO YOUR EXISTING GARAGE DOORS ARE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE AS IS.
THIS PERTAINS TO MAINLY NEW CONSTRUCTION OR IF YOU ARE REPLACING A GARAGE DOOR THEN YOUR NEW GARAGE DOOR WOULD HAVE A LABEL THAT SAYS THE WIND LOAD REQUIREMENTS.
SO VICTORIA IS 110 MILES PER HOUR SO YOU HAVE A LABEL THAT SAYS 110 MILES PER HOUR. IN THE OLD DAYS WE WOULD BOARD UP THE GARAGE DOOR WITH AS MUCH PLYWOOD AND RACING BECAUSE THAT IS A WEAK POINT FOUR HURRICANE WINDS.
THIS WILL BE LABELED SO WE CAN VERIFY THAT IT MEETS THE 110 MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS. ONTO THE NEXT PAGE, I BELIEVE WE ARE ON NUMBER 17. A NEW TABLE 1102 POINT 1.3 THE INSULATION REQUIREMENTS PERTAINING, ALONG THE WAY WERE GONNA HEAR A FEW SECTIONS THAT REFERENCE BACK TO THE STABLE.
THIS TABLE IN THE IRC IS RESIDENTIAL CODE, IT COVERS EIGHT CLIMATE ZONES ACROSS THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES.
SO THE TABLES ARE BIG AND JUST GOING THROUGH THEIR FINDING YOURS WAS A CHALLENGE SO WE DECIDED TO MAKE OUR OWN TABLE JUST SPECIFICALLY FOR VICTORIA AND PUT IT IN OUR AMENDMENTS.
IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE TO GO TO. THIS TABLE YOU CAN LOOK AT IT AND SIMPLY SAY IN THE WALL YOU NEED WIRE 13 INSULATION OR YOU NEED THAT ART 13 INSULATION, SO IT'S VERY EASY AND QUICK FOR THE BUILDERS SO WE JUST TRY TO SIMPLE FIGHT IT AND MAKE A VERY SPECIFIC SO EVERYONE WILL KNOW WHERE TO GO TO GET THE ANSWERS.
AGAIN, I'M GOING TO REFERENCE BACK TO THIS TABLE BECAUSE IN THE COMMERCIAL ENERGY CODE WE DID SOMETHING SOMEWHAT SIMILAR.
NUMBER 19 BUILDING AIR LEAK TESTING REMAIN THE SAME.
I'M TUNING THE HORN ON THIS ONE BECAUSE IT TO THE LAB WE WORKED TO GET THE AIR LEAKAGE STUFF AND DUCT STUFF DONE AND THE CODE WAS STRICTER THEN WHAT WE WERE SO WE HAD IT LESSENED.
THE CODE CHANGED TO MATCH WHAT WE DID.
THAT TELLS US WE ARE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT.
NUMBER 20 ROOF REPLACEMENTS DO NOT TRIGGER INSULATION REQUIREMENTS. THERE WAS A SECTION IN THE EXISTING SECTION OF THE RESIDENTIAL CODE THAT MENTIONED IF YOU WERE TO REPLACE YOUR ROOF, YOUR SHINGLES ON YOUR ROOF, YOU HAD TO INSTALL INSULATION IN YOUR ATTIC.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF A DIFFICULT THING FOR, ESPECIALLY DURING THE HURRICANE, PEOPLE WERE NOT TRY TO PUT INSULATION IN THE ATTIC. THEY WERE NEEDING TO PUT A ROOF ON AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE ENERGY CODE REQUIREMENTS WAS MANDATED. WE DID NOT FOLLOW THAT.
WE WENT AND HANDLED IT THE PEOPLE ROOF AND THE BUILDINGS.
SO WE HAVE AMENDED THAT SO IT DOES NOT TRIGGER.
IF WE SEE BUILDINGS THAT DON'T HAVE INSULATION WE WILL SUGGEST THAT PEOPLE PUT IT IN BECAUSE IT'S VERY NECESSARY BUT WE DO NOT REQUIRE IT AT THAT POINT. SO THAT COVERS THE RESIDENTIAL
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CODE REQUIREMENTS, THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.>> BLOCKING ACCESS. YES SIR, THOSE ARE OPTIONAL, YOU MAY OR MAY NOT PUT THEM ON. SOME CONTRACTORS SAY THEY DON'T WORK AND SOME SAY I CAN INTRICATE WITH THE MAGNET AND TAKE THEM OFF. OKAY, YOU CAN PUT THEM ON OR WE WILL TALK ABOUT CHANGING THAT. I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE WE WANT TO BE ENERGY EFFICIENT. THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME AREAS IN HERE ESPECIALLY IN THE NEXT PORTION WHERE WE MADE A LOT OF AMENDMENTS AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE DELETING EVERYTHING, WE ARE NOT FILING ENERGY CODE, WE DO WANT TO BE ENERGY EFFICIENT. NOW, THAT THINK IS WE WERE MANDATED WITH THE CODE THAT WAS LIKE CADILLAC AND IT WAS JUST MORE THAN WHAT WE NEEDED, IT DID NOT WORK IN A LOT OF AREAS.
WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO IS BACKUP SOME AND GO BACK TO THE BASICS OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND STATE ENERGY EFFICIENT, KEEP MOVING FORWARD, BUT MAKE THINGS WORK FOR US AND BEAT REASONABLE FOR IT. SO A LOT OF THIS STUFF YOU SEEK TO GONNA IT IS BACKING UP BUT IT IS NOT LISTENING THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF THE STRUCTURE. WE BUILT GOOD ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS HERE. YOU DO VERY GOOD HERE WITH THE BUILDERS DO VERY GOOD WITH THE ENERGY CONSTRUCTION.
SO THAT COVERS IRC AND THE RESIDENTIAL CODE.
IF THERE ARE NOT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I GUESS WE WILL MOVE INTO THE COMMERCIAL ENERGY CODE.
WHICH IS REFERRED TO AS THE IECC.
THIS WAS THE CODE THAT WAS MANDATED AND WAS MADE CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF CHANGES TO.
SO AND THE PREVIOUS CODES THAT DO NOT HAVE SECTION NUMBERS BECAUSE WE HAD SOME PICTURE HANDOUTS AT THE WORKSHOPS.
THAT HAD ALL THE CODE NUMBERS NEXT TO THEM WE DO NOT HAVE THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES FOR THE IECC, THAT BOOK WAS NOT WRITTEN YET. I DO NOT HAVE THOSE TYPES OF HANDOUTS. THAT IS THE REASON I PUT SECTION NUMBERS ON THIS PORTION OF YOUR HANDOUT.
SO WE WILL START OFF WITH SUSPENDED ACOUSTICAL CEILING INSTALLATION. IT WAS NOT ALLOWED TO BE CONSIDERED ON OUR U FACTOR INSULATION WAS NOT ALLOWED TO BE CONSIDERED WHEN IT WAS PUT ON TOP OF ACOUSTICAL CEILINGS SO WE COULD NOT CONTRIBUTE THAT TO THE PROJECT.
YOU HAD TO PUT THE INSULATION UP ON THE ROOF DECK AND IT CREATED PROBLEMS IN A LOT OF AREAS ESPECIALLY IN EXISTING STRUCTURES. SO WHAT WE DID, HERE IS WHERE WE ARE GOING TO START SEEING WHAT JULIE WAS MENTIONING ABOUT THE STATE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS WHERE YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN ENGINEER OR AN ARCHITECT INVOLVED SO YOU WILL SEE 5000 SQUARE-FOOT OR 20,000 SQUARE-FOOT A LOT AT THAT POINT WHEN YOU ARE DOING CONSTRUCTION WHEN SHE REACHED 5000 SQUARE-FOOT YOU HAVE TO INCORPORATE DESIGN PROFESSIONALS IN THE STRUCTURAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING AND THE MECHANICAL SYSTEMS. AT THIS POINT WE WOULD THINK THAT TO TRY TO SIMPLE FIGHT THE CODE TO MAKE IT MORE USER-FRIENDLY WE TOOK A DIFFERENT LOOK AT IT, I'M GOING TO READ SOMETHING OUT OF THE CODE TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT I'M REFERRING TO.
THIS IS A DEAL FOR SKYLIGHTS, I DID SET THE WORKSHOP TO GET THE POINT ACROSS. SO FOR SKYLIGHTS A MINIMUM AREA TEMPLATE DAYLIGHT ZONE OF NOT LESS THAN THREE PERCENT WHERE SKYLIGHTS OF A VT OF .40 OF NOT LESS THAN .426 WITH SECTION C3.103. NOT TO DO THAT YOU GO TO THIS FORMULA YOU USE A MINIMUM SKYLIGHT EFFECTIVE APERTURE IN
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EQUATION 44. NOT LESS THAN ONE PERCENT USING A SKYLIGHT RATING I 2.2 NOT LESS THAN SIX PERCENT USING A TUBULAR DAYLIGHT DEVICES USING THE RATING IS A .085 TIMES SKYLIGHT AREA, ÃÃAND SO TO FIND OUT WHAT WF IS THE AREA WAIT AVERAGE WHILE FACTOR IS LESS THAN TWO FEET OR .7 IN-FLIGHT WELD IS TWO FEET OR GREATER OR 1.0 FOUR TUBULAR DAYLIGHT DEVICES WITH RATINGS. I COULD GO ON AND ON LIKE THAT READING THIS SECTION AND I CAN DO THAT THROUGH THIS WHOLE CODEBOOK.>> IS THAT WHITE WE DON'T HAVE VERY MANY SKYLIGHTS?
>> FOR A WHILE WE ARE TRYING TO AVOID SKYLIGHTS BECAUSE THEY WOULD CREATE ANOTHER AREA FOR WATER LEAKS SO NOW THEY ARE REQUIRED TO COME INTO PLAY UNCERTAIN STRUCTURES BUT NOW YOU HAVE TO GET INTO TO DETERMINE WHICH IS REQUIRED THERE'S ANOTHER FUN EQUATION. IT'S LIKE THAT TO THIS WHOLE BOOK AND HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO TEACH A CONTRACTOR TO DO THIS? I WOULD NEVER GET A PERMIT ISSUED.
SO, WE NEEDED TO SIMPLE FIGHT SIMPLIFY IT.
IF WE HAVE TO GET AN ENGINEER INVOLVED IN YOUR CONSTRUCTION AT 5000 SQUARE FEET OR AN ARCHITECT AT 20,000 EVERY WHY DO WE DRAW THOSE LINES AND SAY IF YOU'RE OVER 5000 FEET YOU MAY NEED TO DO A CERTAIN CODE OR IF YOU'RE OVER 20,000 GRAPHIC WHICH I THINK THAT IS WHERE WE LANDED AT THE WORKSHOPS SKYLIGHTS COME INTO PLAY BECAUSE ARCHITECTS CAN COME IN AND DESIGN SKYLIGHTS AND DO THIS KIND OF STUFF.
SO ALONG WITH THE SKYLIGHTS YOU HAVE DAYLIGHT ZONES WHERE THE LIGHT COMES IN AND YOU TO DO CALCULATIONS FOR IT TO SHOW, SHUT THE LIGHTS OFF AROUND THE SKYLIGHTS THERE ARE AUTOMATIC CONTROLS. IT IS NOT JUST UP THERE, IT KEEPS GOING AND IT GETS VERY, VERY INVOLVED.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM THAT CAN FIGURE THIS OUT BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE AND BY THE TIME WE FIGURED OUT THEY WILL BE WRITING ANOTHER CODE.
SO THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE WENT IN HERE AND TRIED TO SIMPLIFY THIS. WE TRIED TO INSERT A LOT OF STUFF IN THE CODE TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.
I THINK THEY ARE RIGHT. IF DURING WHEN WE ARE USING THEM AND FIND MAYBE KINKS IN THEM WE WILL NEED TO COME BACK AND ADDRESS THEM. THIS IS LIKE PULLING WEEDS OUT OF YOUR FOLLOWER BED. PEOPLE WE'D AND IS ROOTED IN LIKE FIVE SPONSOR LIKE WOW. THIS IS KIND OF HOW THIS IS.
YOU HAVE CODES IF YOU CHANGE ONE IN MY CHANGE TWO OR THREE THINGS IN ANOTHER SECTION. THERE'S ANOTHER EXCEPTION THAT LEADS INTO ANOTHER SECTION AND IT GOES ON AND ON.
IT'S FUN TO TRY TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
I THINK I HAVE SIMPLIFIED SOME OF THIS WHERE IT IS USABLE.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE 5000 AND THE 20,000 SQUARE-FOOT COME INTO PLAY. SO WITH ACOUSTICAL CEILINGS WE JUST FIGURED LESS THAN 5000 SQUARE FEET MAYBE WE SHOULD NO , MAYBE WE SHOULD ALLOW THE ACOUSTICAL CEILINGS TO BE USED FOR INSULATION AND START ALLOWING THOSE TO BE PUT BACK USED AGAIN. WE RAN INTO PROBLEMS AND THIS IS ONE OF RALEIGH'S ONE OF THE THINGS HE WANTED TO ADDRESS.
WE WOULD GO INTO STRUCTURE AND WE ARE BE WORKING IN ONE THIRD OF IT AND WE WOULD TEAR THIS WHOLE THING OUT AND THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING TO THE REST BUT THIS ONE HAS AN ACOUSTICAL CEILING WE CANNOT GO BACK WITH INSULATION ON THE CEILING TILES ALTHOUGH THE REST OF THE BUILDING ALREADY STILL HAD, WE STILL HAD TO PUT THE INSULATION UP ON THE DECK AND YOU HAVE GOT AIR CONDITIONING, FIRST MCCULLERS, ALL KINDS OF STUFF UP THERE THAT YOU CANNOT GET AROUND SO IT MADE THINGS REALLY DIFFICULT SO WE DO THE BEST WE COULD AND THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO DROP THAT INSULATION BACK ON TOP OF THE CEILING TILES.
IT IS ONLY UP TO 5000 SQUARE FEET BUILDINGS.
IF YOU ARE OVER THAT THEN YOU CAN INCORPORATE YOUR DESIGN PROFESSIONAL TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO ADDRESS THAT.
THAT'S THE DEAL WITH THE ACOUSTICAL CEILINGS.
TABLE 14 CODE 2.1.3 REQUIRES AN ADDITIONAL CONTINUOUS LINE.
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THIS WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT RALEIGH HAD MENTIONED TO ME.IT'S BASICALLY TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING.
YOU HAVE TO GO UP TO YOUR ROOF DECK AND PUT INSULATION IN BUT YOU CANNOT BECAUSE YOU HAVE THINGS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
IT REQUIRES INSULATION BETWEEN THE RAFTERS AND NOW THE 2015 CODES REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL LINER THAT WENT ACROSS THE ENTIRE THING SO WE DISCUSSED THAT WE WOULD WORK WITH THAT KIND OF STUFF IF WE NEED AND THIS IS GOING TO COME UP IN THE EXISTING BUILDINGS SECTION WHERE WE ARE GOING TO WORK WITH THAT KIND OF STUFF OR YOU CAN PUT THE TWO LAYERS AND BUILD UP YOUR INSULATION IN YOUR RAFTERS TO MEET THE REQUIRED DEPTH.
THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD PLACE TO MENTION THAT TABLE AGAIN.
SO WITH JUST LIKE THE RESIDENTIAL CODE WE DEAL WITH THESE TABLES AND COMMERCIAL CODE THAT HAS PRESCRIBED WAY OF DOING STUFF. AT THIS POINT, WE CREATED ANOTHER TABLE MUCH LIKE THE RESIDENTIAL CODE.
BASICALLY, IT IS A LOT LIKE IT. THE WEIGHT WE SEE IT IS IS IT IS GOOD ENOUGH, THE INSULATION IS GOOD ENOUGH IN A RESIDENCE WHY IS IT NOT GOOD ENOUGH IN THE COMMERCIAL.
SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES ARE 1500S GRAPHIC WHICH DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME REQUIREMENTS YOU WOULD SAY OKAY BASICALLY IT'S THE SAME WE USE IT FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES YOU HAVE THESE IN YOUR WALLS AND CEILINGS AND 30 IN THE WINDOWS AND THE BUILDER KNOWS WHAT TO DO.
SO BASICALLY THEY'RE USING THE SAME TABLE AS YOU DO FOR A RESIDENCE. THAT IS UP TO 5000 SQUARE FEET.
ONCE YOU EXCEED 5000 THEY NEED TO INCORPORATE THE DESIGN PROFESSIONAL TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THAT ME CODE.
I SKIPPED THE ACTUAL POWERPOINT SO I'M GOING TO BACK UP TO THAT TO MAKE SURE I DID NOT MISS ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT CHANGES NOT AS RELEVANT DUE TO LOCAL COMMITMENTS.
THERE WERE 34 SIGNIFICANT LOCAL EMINENCE.
WE DELETED SECTIONS I MIGHT MENTION HERE DATA CENTERS.
THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER CHAPTER IN THE ENERGY CODEBOOK THAT IS BRAND-NEW AND IT HAS A LOT OF STUFF IN IT.
DID NOT HAVE TIME TO LOOK IT OVER SO I ASKED A COUPLE OF CONTRACTORS IF THEY HAD A CHANCE AND THEY DID NOT.
SO WE DECIDED THAT'S ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS SO WE JUST HELD ONTO THAT FOR NOW. WE WILL STUDY IT LATER IF WE NEED IT WE CAN BRING IT BACK IF IS NOT NEEDED THEN WE CAN LEAVE IT OUT OF THE CODE. ECONOMIZER'S HAS BEEN DELETED FROM CODE. THAT'S A SYSTEM THAT DOES NOT WORK IN THIS GEOGRAPHIC AREA. WE HAVE NEVER APPLIED THE ECONOMIZER REQUIREMENTS I THINK IT WAS ACCIDENTALLY PUT INTO CODE FOR THIS CLIMATE ZONE BUT THAT WILL BE DELETED.
IF COUNCIL APPROVES. AUTOMATIC RECEPTACLE CONTROLS WITH CONTROL FUNCTIONS THOSE ARE ANOTHER REQUIREMENT WHERE THE PLUG, THE WALL PLUGS, WOULD HAVE TO SHUT OFF AUTOMATICALLY AT SOME TIME OR ANOTHER. I DID NOT REVIEW IT I FIGURED WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO THAT. WHEN WE DELETED THE RESIDENTIAL PROVISIONS OF THE CODE BECAUSE THAT WAS A REWRITE FROM THE RESIDENTIAL STUFF INTO THE COMMERCIAL AND IF WE LEFT IT AND I WOULD HAVE TO AMEND THAT ENTIRE RESIDENTIAL SECTION SO WE JUST DELETED THE RESIDENTIAL PROVISIONS AND WE CAN USE THE RESIDENTIAL CODE FOR THAT. ALSO, THE IECC ALLOWS THE TRADE-OFFS FOR DESIGN PROFESSIONALS TO SHOW COMPLIANCE. THAT'S OVER TALKING ABOUT THESE DESIGN PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE WORKING WITH THE BUILDINGS OVER 5000 SQUARE FEET THEY CAN COME IN AND TRADE OF STUFF.
IN THE PAST YOU CANNOT DO A LOT OF TRADING OFF.
NOW YOU CAN SAY I CANNOT SEEM TO PUT THAT MUCH INSULATION IN THE ATTIC BUT I CAN PUT MORE IN THE WALLS AND I CAN GET YOU SOME FOR THE WINDOWS AND WHAT WE WILL DO IS ASK THEM FOR THE SOFTWARE THAT THEY PUT THEIR NUMBERS AND AND AT THE BOTTOM IT TELLS YOU IF IT COMPLIES OR IF IT IS NOT.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE WOULD ASK OF THE DESIGN PROFESSIONALS TO SOME OF THOSE COMP CHECKS TO SHOW COMPLIANCE IF THEY COULD
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DO THAT WE WILL ACCEPT THE PLANS.THIS SECTION, THIS CODE, WILL NOW ALSO THROUGH OUR AMENDMENTS WILL ALLOW LIKE FOR LIKE REPLACEMENT OF INSULATION AND LESS ORE THAN 50 PERCENT OF THE BILL THAN IS BEEN ALTERED.
SO IF YOU DIG SOME INSULATION OUT OF THE WALLS, WHATEVER IS IN THAT EXISTING STRUCTURE YOU ARE ALLOWED TO REPLACE.
SO KIND OF MATCHES THE REST OF THE BUILDING AND THAT IS UP TO 50 PERCENT, AFTER THAT WE NEED TO COMPLY WITHIN THE NEW REQUIREMENTS. WE REMOVED THE MANDATORY SKYLIGHT REQUIREMENTS FOR BUILDINGS UNDER 20,000 SQUARE FEET THAT'S A DIMENSION TO GO AFTER 20,000 YOU GET AN ARCHITECT INVOLVED IN FIGURE OUT HOW TO PUT THOSE SKYLIGHTS IN. IT ALSO CREATES THE EXCEPTION FOR BUILDINGS LESS THAN 5000 SQUARE FEET AND ESTABLISHES TABLE C4 02.1.5 FOUR COMPLIANCE VALUES.
GOING ON TO NUMBER THREE ROOF REFLECTANCE.
THIS ANOTHER FORMULA THERE THAT YOU HAVE TO RUN.
I HAVE NOT DONE THIS YET BUT WE NEED TO ESTABLISH A NUMBER FOR THAT TO GET ROOF REFLECTANCE JUST LIKE WE DID WITH THAT TABLE AND PLUG IT IN THEIR SAY OUR ROOF REFLECTANCE ARE GOING TO BE THIS AND IF YOU HAVE THAT, IF YOU BEAT THAT NUMBER YOU ARE IN COMPLIANCE AND THE PLANS WILL BE ACCEPTABLE.
ESPECIALLY WITH THE WALLS AND THE CEILINGS.
402, REQUIRES A DAYLIGHT CONTROLS AGAIN ADVENTURE DAYLIGHT CONTROLS NOT ONLY ON A SKYLIGHTS BUT ON WINDOWS OF A BUILDING. THERE IS A REQUIREMENT IN THE ENERGY CODE THAT IF YOU HAVE WINDOWS IN A STRUCTURE AND THERE ARE LIGHT FIXTURES NEXT TO IT YET TO DO SOME CALCULATIONS TO DETERMINE MUCH LIGHT COMES IN BECAUSE THOSE LIGHTS THAT ARE WITHIN THE ZONES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE AUTOMATIC SHUT OFF SO WHEN THE SUN COMES UP, THE SUN GOES DOWN THEY CAN TURN ON, BUT WHEN THE SUN COMES UP THEY ALL SHUT OFF.
DURING THE DAY THEY'LL BE TURNED OFF BECAUSE YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT IN THE DAYLIGHT THROUGH THE WINDOWS.
BUILDINGS OVER 5000 SQUARE FEET BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT INCORPORATED ENGINEERING TO DO YOUR DESIGNS THAT'S WHEN WE DETERMINE AT THAT POINT LOOK AT THE PROFESSIONALS INVOLVED ON DAYLIGHT CONTROLS AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF BECAUSE WE WANT TO STAY ENERGY EFFICIENT, WE WANT TO BE REASONABLE, THOUGH.
WE HAVE TO DRAW THE LINE SOMEWHERE.
THE MAX FOR THE WINDOWS ONCE AGAIN THE 5000 SQUARE-FOOT COMES INTO PLAY, UNDER 5000 WILL GO TO THE TABLE THAT WE CREATED AND USE THE PRESCRIBED NUMBER THERE FROM THAT TABLE AND SAY MR. CONTRACTOR IF YOU USE 30 IN THOSE WINDOWS, YOU ARE GOOD, IF IT'S OVER 5000 SQUARE FEET YOU'LL NEED TO GET AN ENERGY PERSON TO DO THE CALCULATIONS OR DESIGN PROFESSIONAL TO SHOW THAT YOUR WINDOWS MEET CODE.
THE NEXT ONE THE SKYLIGHT, I JUMPED AHEAD AND COVERED THAT.
GOING ON TO I COVERED ECONOMIZER'S, NUMBER SEVEN, WE DELETED THAT FROM THE CODE. BUILDING ENERGY, PERFORMANCE, CONTINUED THE INSPECTORS TO DO VISUAL PERFORMANCE INSPECTIONS AND LEUVEN AIR LEAKAGE TEST, I THINK WE WERE HEADED TO DO AIR LEAKAGE TEST ON STRUCTURES BUT KIND OF BYPASSED THE INSPECTORS LOOKING AT IT. WE DO A FAIRLY GOOD JOB MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS SEALED TIGHT AND THAT THERE IS THE PROPERTY INSULATION IS PROPERLY INSTALLED.
WE WILL CONTINUE THAT SO WE AMENDED THE CODE TO ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. DATA CENTERS, I TALKED ABOUT THAT, WE DELETED THAT OUT OF CODE.
THAT NEEDS FURTHER STUDY. ENERGY MONITORING NOT REQUIRED ON BUILDINGS OF 10,000 SQUARE-FOOT SO A LOT OF THIS OR 20,000 BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE ARCHITECTS ARE NEEDED.
I THINK THAT THERE WAS FOCUSED ON GETTING A STANDARDIZED FORM ON GETTING DIFFERENT KINDS OF FORMS FOR MANUAL AND THAT'S HOW
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YOU CALCULATE YOUR HEAT LOADS AND STUFF.SO WE LIKE TO STANDARDIZE THEM AT WHERE WE CAN GET ONE FORM OR A COUPLE OF FORMS WHERE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT WERE LOOKING AT AND EVERYONE IS DOING IT THE SAME WAY.
WE WILL BE LOOKING THAT FOR THAT DURING PLANS IS THE MIDDLE. CONTRACTS WILL BE REQUIRED ON ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION. THAT WILL BE CONTINUED.
WE CURRENTLY DO THAT. THAT KIND OF COVERS THE ENERGY CODE STUFF FOR NEW CONSTRUCTIO .
ALTERATIONS AND REPAIRS, ALSO. WE WILL GET INTO SOME MORE EXISTING BUILDING STUFF AT THE VERY, VERY END BUT ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR?
>> I HAVE A SUGGESTION, I FIND THE STUFF RIVETING BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT EVERYONE ELSE DOES. ANYWAY YOU CAN PICK OUT A COUPLE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR EACH OF THESE REMAINING ONES BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY LIKE DRINKING FOUNTAINS NEED TO BE HIGH, THAT'S ABOUT IT.
IT IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF US, SO, MAYBE THAT WAS SPEEDED UP A LITTLE BIT.
>> SELF-EXPLANATORY TO YOU, MAYBE.
>> (AWAY FROM MIC) WE COMBINED THE MECHANICAL PLUMBING AND FUEL AND GAS CODE BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING SIGNIFICANT IN THIS. THERE WERE 23 SIGNIFICANT CHANGES SO IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A SECOND AND TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ON, THAT'S PAGE 5.
>> SOME OF THESE CODES PERTAIN TO NOT JUST COMMERCIAL.
>> RIGHT, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
>> IN THESE SECTIONS HERE, RIGHT? THE THREE FOOT SEPARATION, WHOLE HOME OUTSIDE AIR CONDITIONING.
>> THAT WAS DEFINITELY IN THE COMMERCIAL CODE.
YES, SOME OF THEM AND YOU APPLY AND SOME OF THEM DON'T.
>> THERE'S A LOT OF THAT CROSSOVER, TOO.
WE COVERED IT AND MAYBE IN THE BOARD MEETINGS UNDER THE MECHANICAL CODE YOU'LL SEE SOME THAT SAME CROSSOVER IN THE RESIDENTIAL CODE AS WELL.
>> I WOULD ASK IF WE COULD ON SOME OF THOSE THAT CROSSOVER THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTORS KNOW THAT THEY REALLY DON'T APPLY EVEN THOUGH IT SAYS WHOLE HOUSE OUTSIDE AIR CONTROLS SHOULD BE LABELED.
>> YEAH, THAT PERTAINS TO COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES.
>> YEAH BUT IT SAYS WHOLE HOUS .
>> YEAH, IT'S KIND OF WORDED ODD.
>> WE CAN GO BACK AND ANSWER IT LATER BUT MAKE SURE THAT RESIDENTIAL CLARIFIES THAT IT IS IRC ONLY.
>> YOU ARE INTEGRATING BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL IN YOUR PRESENTATION, RIGHT?
>> THAT'S ONE QUESTION I WAS WENT TO ESCALATOR WAS WHEN SOMEBODY GOES AND GETS A COMMERCIAL PERMIT THEY ARE GOING TO BE GIVEN ONLY THE COMMERCIAL CODES NOT THE RESIDENTIAL AND VICE VERSA SO THAT WAY WE DO NOT HAVE SOMEONE COME IN AND SAYING THEY GAVE US THE WRONG CODES TO FOLLOW BECAUSE THEY ARE SO SIMILAR. BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT IT AND I AM LIKE THIS LOOKS LIKE IT SHOULD BE MORE RESIDENTIAL THAN COMMERCIAL. THIS SECTION PAGE 5. IT'S JUST LIKE WHENEVER SOMEONE GOES TO GO GET A PERMIT THAT THEY ARE TOLD WHICH DEPARTMENTS THEY HAVE TO GO TO AND WHAT ORDER SO THAT WAY THEY DON'T MAKE SO MANY TRIPS DOWN TO PLANNING.
>> THE MEP CONTRACTORS BECAUSE OF THEIR STATE LICENSING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION THEY COME TO US THEY ARE CLEAR WHEN THEY HAVE A QUESTION AND COMMENT ON VERY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS WE DO NOT GET A LOT OF CONFUSION FROM THE CONTRACTORS.
SO SOME WAYS THEY ARE MORE EXPERTS THAN US BASED ON THEIR EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION. LAST SECTION, LEST CODE IS THE EXISTING BUILDING CODE BUT BETWEEN THAT WE HAVE TOM TO COME AND TALK ABOUT FIRE CODE SECTIONS SO WILL TURN IT OVER TO TOM.
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>> GOOD EVENING, WE ARE GOING TO ADDRESS THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE. THE DIFFERENCE WITH THE FIRE CODE IT ADDRESSES NEW CONSTRUCTION BUT ALSO THE OPERATIONAL OF THE BUILDINGS 17 COMPLETED SO THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME BACK-AND-FORTH WHAT IS CONSIDERED RETROACTIVE IS WHAT IS NEW CONSTRUCTION IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FEEL FREE TO ASK.
I KNOW WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS IN HERE THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT PHILOSOPHY CHANGES FOR THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THOSE. I'M GOING TO DO A HIGH LEVEL OVER EACH CHAPTER, START WITH CHAPTER 1 WHICH IS THE SCOPE AND ADMINISTRATION. OPERATIONAL PERMITS ARE FOR A BUSINESS THAT USES TYPICALLY A HIGHER HAZARD TYPE OF BUSINESS IT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF REVIEW SO WE CAN EVALUATE THE WORK PLANS, EVALUATE ANY TYPE OF SAFETY REQUIREMENTS THAT MAY BE NEEDED AND IT PROVIDES US THE ABILITY TO GATHER INFORMATION SO WE CAN SUBMIT THAT YOUR FIREFIGHTERS AND THEY CAN HAVE THAT WHILE THEY ARE RESPONDING TO THE CALLS. SO FOR EXAMPLE, SOMETHING LIKE THE TERMINAL ON EASTON HIGHWAY KNOWING WHAT TANK HAS FUEL IN IT BEING ABLE TO GET THAT TO THE HANDS OF THE RESPONDERS THAT WOULD FALL IN THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS PERMIT.
ON THE LAST PAGE OF THE HANDOUT IS THE LIST OF THE OPERATIONAL PERMITS WE ARE PROPOSING. IT DOES NOT AFFECT EVERY SINGLE BUSINESS ONLY BUSINESSES THAT HAVE PARTICULARLY HIGHER HAZARD TYPE OPERATIONS. JUST REAL BRIEFLY ON THE OPERATIONAL PERMIT PROCESS WE WILL HAVE AN ONLINE APPLICATION AND AN ONLINE GUIDEBOOK TO HELP THOSE I DEFINED WHETHER OR NOT THEY NEED THE PERMIT ON HOW TO DO THAT.
THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SUMMIT THE PERMITS APPLICATIONS ONLINE WE WOULD GO OUT AND CONDUCT OUR INSPECTION AND ON OUR SOFTWARE SYSTEM WE ARE ABLE TO ISSUE THE PERMIT RIGHT THERE AND EMAIL IT TO THEM. THESE PERMIT DO NOT HAVE ANY FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. SO WE ARE TRYING TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT TO THE BUSINESS BUT STILL GATHER THE INFORMATION WE FEEL IS IMPORTANT FOR RESPONDING.
>> FOR A FIXED WELD SHOP, YES.
>> OPERATIONAL PERMITS IS THAT FOR NEW BUSINESSES OR EXISTING BUSINESSES?
>> IT'LL BE FOR NEW AND EXISTING.
WE KNOW IT'S GONNA TAKE US TIME TO NOT ONLY REACH OUT TO ALL THE BUSINESSES BUT TO COMPLETE THE APPLICATION PROCESS SO WE ARE NOT HOLDING THEM TO A DEADLINE THAT SAYS THEY HAVE TO COME TO US. WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG EDUCATIONAL PERIOD, EDUCATIONAL EFFORT ON OUR PART.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THIS INFORMATION, WE SEE THE VALUE LONG TERM.
>> WITH THE DEFINITION HERE OF OPERATIONAL PERMIT FOR REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT? THAT WOULD BE FOR EXAMPLE A GROCERY STORE THAT'S USING TYPICALLY LIKE AMMONIA OR ANOTHER HAZARDOUS MATERIAL. A REGULAR REFRIGERATOR WOULD NOT REQUIRE IT BUT EIGHT MECHANICAL REFRIGERATION SYSTEM WOULD.
>> ON THIS LIST IT JUST HAS THE WORD MAGNESIUM.
>> SO THAT WOULD BE TO STORE OR USE OR MANUFACTURE ANYTHING WITH MAGNESIUM. IT'S A COMBUSTIBLE METAL AND IT BURNS VERY HOT AND TYPICALLY CANNOT BE EXTINGUISHED WITH WATER.
>> OKAY. IT'S KIND OF AN ODD THING TO HAVE ON THE LIST. MAYBE PEOPLE THAT WORK WITH IT UNDERSTAND THAT BUT I WOULD WRITE BUSINESS OR SOMETHING.
>> TO MY KNOWLEDGE WE DO NOT HAVE ANY BUSINESSES THAT ARE DOING ANY LARGE AMOUNT OF MAGNESIUM BUT MAYBE A SMALL MACHINE SHOP WOULD HAVE THE MINOR MAGNESIUM WORK.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU. ALWAYS THOUGHT OF IT AS A SUPPLEMENT.
>> IT'S IN THE VITAMIN SECTION.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE OPERATIONAL PERMITS? IF SOMETHING COMES DO YOU FEEL FREE TO ASK LATER ON.
CHAPTER 2, ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS THAT DID NOT EXIST BEFORE. SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITIES
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THAT'S BEEN A BIG ONE BECAUSE IT WAS ALWAYS VAGUE HOW THE CODE INTERPRETED IT. THEY DEFINED IT AND GAVE US A PRESCRIBED METHOD TO PROTECT THOSE BUILDINGS.WHEN WE DO OUR INSPECTIONS ON A SELF STORAGE FACILITY WE DO NOT GO INTO EVERY SICKLE UNIT, SO WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS BEING EXTORTED THERE SO WIDE THE FIRE CODE ADDRESSED IT.
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, 3D PRINTING IS A NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT THE CODE IS TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF.
REDEFINED THE DEFINITION OF A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY FOR WHEN AN INSPECTION IS REQUIRED AND ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS. X ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS BATTERY BACKUPS?
>> RIGHT. WERE TALKING THE LARGE BATTERY BACKUPS NOT JUST THE SIMPLE SMALL ONE FOR YOUR COMPUTER BUT UTILITY SUPPORTS.
>> WHAT ABOUT FOR YOUR HOUSE YOU HAVE A RESIDENTIAL BATTERY BACKUP STORAGE.
>> WERE NOT LOOKING AT RESIDENTIAL, JUST COMMERCIAL.
BUT A PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM ON THE ROOFTOP OF A COMMERCIAL BUILDING WOULD BE SOMETHING WE WOULD DEFINITELY BE INTERESTED IN THE CONSTRUCTION ASPECT OF IT.
CHAPTER 3 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE PULLED IN MOBILE FOOD VENDORS. AS YOU MAY KNOW WE HAVE A STANDING MOBILE FOOD VENDOR ORDINANCE WITH ADOPTION OF THE FIRE CODE WOULD HAVE TO MODIFY OR ADJUST OUR MOBILE FOOD VENDOR ORDINANCE. A LOT OF WHAT WE HAD IN THAT INITIAL ORDINANCE WAS ACTUALLY DRAFTED IN THE FIRE CODE SO AGAIN WE WERE AHEAD OF THE GAME IN THE FIRE CODE BUSINESS.
CHAPTER 4 EMERGENCY PLANNING PREPAREDNESS A LOT OF THIS IS EMERGENCY PLANS. IT ADDRESS LARGE GATHERINGS AND SPECIAL EVENTS. WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT OPERATIONAL PERMIT WITH A LARGE GATHERINGS WILL BE ANYTHING OVER 1000. THERE BE NO FEE BUT A BE A WAY FOR US TO PREPARE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO THOSE LARGE GATHERINGS. IF IT IS SOMETHING AT AND EXISTING BUILDINGS OR EXISTING FACILITY LIKE A STADIUM OR CHURCH OR AN ARENA THEN THOSE WOULD BE EXEMPTED AS WELL AS PARADES. BUT THIS GIVES US THE ABILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE THE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS AND IF THESE LARGE GATHERINGS BECAUSE OF THE INSTANCES THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS WHETHER IT BE VEHICLE RUNNING PAST BARRICADES OR ANY OTHER THREATS.
THAT SOMETHING WILL PARTNER WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THE PLANNING PROCESS. CHAPTER 5 COVERS TECHNICAL REQUIREMENT FOR EMERGENCY RESPONDER COMMUNICATION COVERAGE WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THE ENERGY CONVERSATION, CONSERVATION CODES, SO FOR HAVING ISSUES WITH OUR RADIOS NOT WORKING, THIS PROVIDES US WITH A WAY TO ADDRESS THAT TO WHERE WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT OUR RADIOS DO WORK.
CHAPTER 9 FIRE PROTECTION, WE TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER IN THE BUILDING CODE ABOUT THE DIFFERENT WAYS TO PROTECT THE ADDICTS AND MULTIFAMILY HOUSING.
AND THEN IT NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR CARBON DIOXIDE SYSTEMS. CHAPTER 10 WE TALKED ABOUT THE BUILDING CODE AS WELL AS THE EXIT ILLUMINATION ALONG THE PUBLIC PATHWAY.
THEY MIRROR EACH OTHER'S WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET ALL THE AMENDMENTS AND IT COMES TOGETHER.
OTHER SIGNIFICANT CHANGES CHAPTER 22 DUST EXPLOSION PROTECTION UNFORTUNATELY WE DO NOT HAVE ANY, UNFORTUNATELY WE DO NOT HAVE FORTUNATELY WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PLACES THAT NEED THE DUST EXPOSURE PREVENTION. CHAPTER 23 MOTOR FIELD IS MISSING FACILITIES AND REPAIR GARAGES.
CHAPTER 31 INTENSE, TEMPORARY SPECIAL EVENTS STRUCTURE, ADDRESSES THE PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS, THINGS LIKE A LARGE TENT OVER CERTAIN SQUARE FOOTAGE EXIT SIGNS OR BE REQUIRED, FOR EXPOSURES EXTINGUISHERS WOULD BE REQUIRED CHAPTER 33 HANDLES FIRE SAFETY DURING CONSTRUCTION OR DEMOLITION ADDS A LITTLE BIT OF CAVEAT TO THE OWNER'S RESPONSIBILITY BEFORE IT WAS JUST THE CONTRACTOR NOW IT ADDS IT TO THE BUILDING OWNER AND THE ADDITIONAL WATER SUPPLY TRYING TO GET FIREFIGHTING WATER SUPPLY ESTABLISHED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND EXTENDING AS MUCH AS I CAN.
WE HAVE SEEN BUILDINGS IN THE HOUSTON AREA WHERE AN APARTMENT THAT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND THEY WILL HAVE A FIRE AND IT WILL BURN NINE OF THEIR 10 BUILDINGS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THAT'S TRYING TO ADDRESS THOSE.
CHAPTER 38 ADDRESSES HIGHER EDUCATION LABORATORIES.
39 PROCESSES AND EXTRACTION FACILITIES RIGHT NOW THE STATE
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HAS NOT LEGALIZED MARIJUANA AND THAT TYPE OF PROCESS BUT JUST IN CASE THEY DO THIS CHAPTER IS ALREADY ESTABLISHED TO DO THAT.CHAPTER 40 STORAGE OF DISTILLED SPIRITS AND WINES.
THOSE ARE NEW CHAPTERS. CHAPTER 50 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS THAT'S WHERE WE PICK UP THE OPERATIONAL PERMIT AS WE DESCRIBED BEFORE. CHAPTER 53 IS COMPRESSED GASES REQUIRES GAS DETECTION SYSTEM IN ROOMS OR INDOOR AREAS THAT CONTAIN CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT PROCESSES OR STORAGE CONTAINERS. THAT COMES DOWN TO YOUR GAS STATIONS THAT HAVE A BULK CO2 WILL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE COMPRESSED GAS SYSTEM. SO THAT WAY IF THERE'S A LEAK FROM THE CARBON DIOXIDE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO KNOW ABOUT IT BEFORE SOMEONE WALKS IN BECAUSE IT'S COLORLESS AND ODORLESS IT CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS.
>> I DO BELIEVE IT GOES TO EXISTING LOCATIONS, AS WELL.
I WILL DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT. CHAPTER 57, THIS IS A NICE LITTLE CONCIERGE SERVICE. THERE'S A BUSINESS CALLED ON-DEMAND MOBILE FEELING WHICH IF YOU DON'T FILE GOING TO THE GAS STATION THEY WILL COME AND FILL YOUR CAR UP FOR YOU.
SO THEY HAVE ADDRESS THAT IN THE FIRE CODE, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY OPERATORS AT THIS TIME IN VICTORIA OR ANY KNOWN OPERATORS I THINK THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT IS COMING OUT.
AND THEN WE HAVE ADOPTED A COUPLE OF APPENDICES, APPENDIX F GIVES US THE ABILITY TO IDENTIFY THE CLASSIFICATIONS FOR THE BLACKARD WHICH IS WHAT YOU SEE ON THE POWERPOINT.
IT BASICALLY CLASSIFIES WHAT IS RADIOACTIVE OR WATER REACTIVE OR A HEALTH HAZARD. APPENDIX H IS A GUIDE FOR THOSE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FACILITIES ON HOW TO COMPLETE THEIR MANAGEMENT PLAN. THIS WAS BASICALLY A TEMPLATE FOR THEM TO FILL OUT SO WERE NOT SAYING DO THIS WITH NO GUIDANCE. IT'S AN ACTUAL TEMPLATE THEY CAN CHECK THE BOXES AND FILL OUT THE INFORMATION THAT IS PERTINENT TO THEIR OPERATION. AND THEN APPENDIX I IS THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE WHEN IT COMES TO FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS AND SPEAKER SYSTEMS WHEN THE SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING OR HAS A DEVICE IT'S NOT WORKING IT HELPS US I DEFY NONCOMPLIANT CONDITIONS.
REAL QUICK ON THE LOCAL AMENDMENTS THIS IS A RECONSTRUCTION AND REMODEL, THE 50 PERCENT OF THE ASSESSED VALUE IS JUST A MIRROR OF THE BUILDING CODE.
A COUPLE OTHERS IN CHAPTER 11 WHICH OF THE EXISTING BUILDING WHICH IS THE ONE THAT HAS SOME RETROACTIVE REQUIREMENTS TO IT.
ONE OF THE SECTIONS TALKS ABOUT WHERE ALCOHOLIC AVERAGES ARE CONSUMED IN A ÃTWO OCCUPANCIES HAVING AN ARGUMENT LOADER GREATER THAN 350. AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS SHOULD BE INSTALLED BY DECEMBER 31. WE CAN ADJUST THAT DATE AS WE NEED TO. THE INITIAL CODES OF 300 WE BUMPED IT UP TO 350 AND TALKED TO THE TWO BUSINESSES THAT WERE AFFECTED BY IT AND THEY BOTH AGREED TO REDUCE IT TO MEET THAT REQUIREMENT SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO SPRINKLER.
THE BUSINESS THAT HAD REDUCED BY 44 CAME TO US EVEN BEFORE WE NEED, NEW THIS IS COMING TO US.
>> WHAT IS THE LETTER A ÃTWO CONNECT
>> BARS, NIGHTCLUBS, RESTAURANTS.
ANOTHER ONE IS A STRIKETHROUGH, PART OF ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IS ANYTHING THAT ISN'T LETTER I ÃTWO WHICH IS A PSYCHIATRIC, NURSING HOME, OR THAT TYPE OF FACILITY WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOT ABLE TO SELF RESCUE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE HAVE SPRINKLER ON THE FLOOR IN ANY FLOOR BETWEEN THE OCCUPANCY AND THE EXIT. WERE PROPOSING TO STRIKE THAT.
WE DO HAVE ONE BUSINESS IN TOWN THAT DOES MEET, THAT FALLS INTO THAT CATEGORY. AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER LOCAL AMENDMENT REQUESTING THAT EXISTING FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS BE MONITORED BY AN APPROVED SUPERVISING STATION.
BASICALLY THAT MEANS RIGHT NOW IF THEY ACTIVATE DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY CALL THE FIRED APARTMENT SO THAT IT CALLS REQUIRES HIM TO CALL 911. THIS WOULD PUT A MONITORING ON THEM SO IT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY CALL US.
>> I WILL WRAP IT UP WITH THE LAST ONE BEING THE INTERNATIONAL EXISTING BUILDING CODE AND WE DON'T HAVE A SIGNIFICANT CHANGES OR SIGNIFICANT LOCAL AMENDMENTS IS THE PURPOSE OF THE EXISTING CODE IS TO MAKE IT EASIER TO
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REMODEL AND DEAL WITH EXISTING BUILDINGS SO IT'S BASICALLY TAKING THE BUILDING CODE AND SIGNIFICANT.WE DO ON THE HANDOUT HAVE HOW THE ENERGY CODE IS REDUCED FOR OUR EXISTING BUILDINGS WHICH WE PRETTY MUCH ALREADY COVERED AS MUCH AS WANT TO HEAR ON ENERGY CODE IS MUCH AS WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT INSULATION AND MAKING SURE THEY CAN BE MATCHED IN SIZE AND ALL UNITS AND SO THAT BASICALLY SUMS UP FOR THE EXISTING BUILDING CODE CHANGES. WITH THAT, WE WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE FOR ANY OF US? THAT IS JUST A SNIPPET OF THE BUILDING CODE.
I JOKED WITH RICK IF HE WAS GONNA BRING ALL THE BOOKS BUT HE SAID HE CANNOT CARRY THEM OUT SO HE BROUGHT THE ENERGY CODE.
>> ARE WE SCHEDULED TO DO SECOND AND THIRD READINGS NEXT WEEK?
>> YES, SIR. WE HAD A DEADLINE FOR ISO TO MAINTAIN A RATING AND WE WILL MEET THAT DEADLINE IF COUNSEL.
NEXT I KNOW IT TOOK A LOT TO GO THROUGH THEIR
>> I KNOW TOOK A LOT TO GO THROUGH THERE.
>> I WANT TO TAKE A SECOND TO RECOGNIZE GEORGE'S GOOD BE RETIRING. WE BEGGED HIM TO STAY BUT HE SAYS HE HAS FISHING TO DO. SO WE ARE VERY, VERY SAD, THIS PROCESS WENT VERY SMOOTH WITH A LOT OF GEORGE'S HELP IN PUTTING THESE HANDOUTS TOGETHER AND REVIEWING ALL OF THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE BOOKS WITH RICK.
>> GEORGE LEAVE US YOUR PHONE NUMBER IN CASE WE NEED YOU.
>> OR IF YOU NEED A FISHING BUDDY.
>> ANY MORE QUESTIONS?
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