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:,'R."" 'I!,"'"P''' 0' 'R'" 'T ... . ... '." - . .." .: , ",; ~;. I~: '. ,.;. ".- . . .. ' . .... . . . . .. . , , , . ... . ... . '. . . ...:. ...... . . . .', . , ' . .. . . . . . . . .... .. , ' , . . .. . .. . '. , ' . . .. . . .'. ..,' . . To the Honorable Mayor and City Council: , ',',' ':Fromthe Ci : Maoaer ~., . ".. .:..:.. ..". "..~,,"- ',' ".". . ..' -, . 78 Page 1 January 14, 2008 SUBJECT Adoption of the 2006 International Fire Code and Local Amendments. RECOMMENDATION 1. Conduct a public hearing and second reading on the adoption of the fire code ordinance. 2. Adopt the fire code ordinance with necessary local amendments and waive further reading of the full ordinance. BACKGROUND This report contains recommendations to approve the adoption of the International Fire Code, and the resolution supporting the findings of fact allowing amendments to the city's Municipal Code. These documents were introduced on December 17. 2007. The Council adopted the resolution supporting the findings of fact that allow for local amendments to the adopted 2006 Edition of the International Fire Code at the December 17, 2007 meeting. This report is identical to the December 17, 2007 staff report, with the exception of the update recommendation and publishing information as a result of the City Council introducing the ordinance. Redwood City has periodically adopted revisions of the Uniform Fire Code into the Municipal Code for the protection of life and property. For many years the State of California and the City of Redwood City have both adopted the Uniform Fire Code. For this code adoption cycle, the California Building Standards Commission, as appointed by the Governor, has adopted the 2006 edition of the International Fire Code as the model code for the State of California. The International Fire Code is also the Fire Code now adopted throughout most of the United States. A major ad.vantage of the International Fire Code is that it is aligned with other codes in the International Code series, particularly the International Building Code. The adoption of the 2006 edition of the International Fire Code will be consistent with what our neighboring jurisdictions are doing and will aid in the application of fire codes on a regional basis. Fire Codes are published every three years and presented for local adoption. Redwood City's proposal to adopt the International Fire Code with Local Amendments was provided to the Redwood City Board of Building Review for consideration. The Board of Building Review has recommended the adoption of the proposed fire code ordinance with local amendments. The International Fire Code is being presented to Council for adoption at the same time as the International Building Code by the Community Development Services Department.