Broken Arrow City Council
Meeting of: 10-06-2015
To: Mayor and City Council Members
From: Development Services Department
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Consideration, discussion and possible adoption of Ordinance No. 3366, an ordinance amending Chapter 6, Building and Building Regulations, Article II, Building Code; Section 6-16, Adopted; Section 6-17 Amendments; Section 6-21, Construction standards for handicapped parking spaces; Section 6-23, Existing building code adopted; Section 6-24 Amendments; Article IV, Electrical Code; Section 6-66, Adoption of National Code; amendments; Repealing Section 6-70, Receptacle and light fixture loading; Repealing Section 6-71, Special circuits and independent fusing for appliances; Repealing Section 6-74, Wall switches required; Article V, Plumbing, Division 1, Generally, Section 6-94 Plumbing code - adopted; Section 6-95, Same - Amendments; Division 2, Landscape Irrigation; Section 6-101 - Backflow prevention; Section 6-103 Installation requirements; Article VI, Underground Outside Gas Piping, Section 6-111 Application of article; Section 6-112 Amendments; Repealing Section 6-113, Installation requirements generally; Article VII, Mechanical Code, Section 6-128 - Adopted; and Section 6-129 Amendments; specifically adopting the requirements of the 2014 and 2015 NFPA NEW ICC Code as to Building, Mechanical, Fuel Gas, Plumbing, and Electrical into the City's Code of Ordinances in order to comply with regulations and to become effective November 1, 2015; repealing all ordinances to the contrary and declaring an emergency
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Background:
Chapter 6 of the Broken Arrow Municipal Code addresses buildings and building regulations. In early 2009, an exploratory committee was formed to the discuss the feasibility of creating an Oklahoma uniform building code following recent inclusions of code items from the International Code Hearings in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Following this ICC hearing, local...
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