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Incorporated County of Los Alamos Code Ordinance No. 02-313 An Ordinance of the Incorporated County of Los Alamos, New Mexico, Adding, Amending, and Deleting Certain Sections of Chapter 22, Articles II, III, and IV.
Recommended Action
I introduce, without prejudice, Incorporated County of Los Alamos Code Ordinance No. 02-313; and ask the staff to assure that it is published as provided in the County Charter.
County Manager's Recommendation
The County Manager recommends that Council introduce this Code Ordinance.
Body
In April of 2016 Los Alamos County Council adopted the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) codes together, to include NFPA 1 Fire Code and NFPA 101 Life Safety Code and associated referenced guides and standards as the Los Alamos County Fire Code. Although historical adoption has considered Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) utilization of NFPA 1 and 101; most of the work and projects within the Los Alamos County Fire Marshal’s office remain County - Community-based.
The Los Alamos County Building Safety Division utilizes the model base code of the International Code Council’s (ICC), International Building Code (IBC) 2015 edition with amendments as adopted in 2018 by the state of New Mexico’s Construction Industries Division. LANL can work within different code sets to include the ICC - IBC, IFC, NFPA and Factory Mutual (FM) as needed.
In 2019, the New Mexico State Fire Marshal’s office adopted the 2015 edition of the International Fire Code (IFC) with amendments. However, this edition is currently six years old and will limit the county’s ability to remain complaint with the Insurance Services Organization’s (ISO) requirement of having a fire code no older than ten years from adoption. Related, adopting a code edition within five to six years of release is a recommendation of the Center for Public Safety Excellence (CSPE) fire accreditation process. The adoption of the IFC 2021 edition will better serve the citizens rega...
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