Denver Completes 2009 IECC Amendments; City Council Ordinance Next Up
On December 1, 2009, the City and County of Denver Development Services Department began the public consideration of the 2010 Denver Building Code, comprised of the 2009 International Code Council (ICC) Codes –including the 2009 IECC – and proposed Amendments. During a series of seven public hearings early this year, the Combined Board of Appeals (CBOA) heard stakeholders' statements and selected the amendments to include in the 2010 Denver Building Code.
The final version of the Codes will be submitted, as an ordinance, to City Council. When City Council approves the proposed ordinance it will contain rules for the transition from the current 2008 Denver Building Code to the new code, tentatively scheduled for summer of 2010. As the schedule for passage of the adopting ordinance becomes available it will be included in the information at www.DenverGov.org/Building.
As a home rule state, Colorado adopts and enforces building energy codes at the local level. While there is no de jure statewide minimum energy code, HB 07-1146 has established the 2003 IECC as a (more or less) de facto statewide energy code. According to PNNL, 16 jurisdictions have adopted the 2009 IECC since July 2009 (ICC lists 13, as of March 29), and 36 more (including Denver) have stated plans to do so by the end of 2011.
More Information: Next Steps Notice | Continuing Amendments | HB 07-1146 | Energy Codes in the Home Rule West
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