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Consider adopting Ordinance No. 3410 adopting the 2015 International Fuel Gas Code as amended; and take appropriate action.
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BACKGROUND:
The City has been and is currently using the 2012 International Fuel Gas Code since March of 2014. Model construction codes such as the IFGC are updated and re-published on a three-year cycle. Staff is recommending updating to the most current edition, the 2015 International Fuel Gas Code. A notable change to the 2015 IFGC includes the section regarding pipe protection has been rewritten to require regulators installed on rigid pipes shall now have a union to allow for removal of the regulator. Currently, all of our neighboring municipalities have adopted and are enforcing the 2015 IFGC with the exception of the City of Coppell and the Town of Addison.
RECOMMENDATION:
City Administration recommends approval of Ordinance No. 3410, as presented.
POSSIBLE COUNCIL ACTION:
1. I move to approve Ordinance No. 3410 as presented.
2. I move to approve Ordinance No. 3410, with the following modifications…
3. I move to table the issue for further study or take no action.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Ordinance No. 3410