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File #: 24-308    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 5/29/2024 In control: Board of County Commissioners Business Meeting
On agenda: 6/11/2024 Final action: 6/11/2024
Title: Arapahoe County Recognition of the Adoption of the 2021 International Fire Code by Sable- Altura Fire Protection District
Attachments: 1. Board Summary Report, 2. Sable-Altura Fire Protection District Resolution, 3. Resolution
To: Board of County Commissioners

Through: Bryan D. Weimer, PWLF, Director, Public Works and Development

Prepared By:
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Bryan D. Weimer, PWLF, Director, Public Works and Development
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Subject:
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Arapahoe County Recognition of the Adoption of the 2021 International Fire Code by Sable- Altura Fire Protection District
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Purpose and Request:
recommended action
This item is to request and recommend that the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) adopt a resolution acknowledging and approving the adoption of the 2021 International Fire Code by Sable-Altura Fire Protection District.
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Background and Discussion: Colorado Revised Statutes (32-1-1002(1)(d) gives a Fire Protection District the authority to adopt Fire Codes within the boundaries of its jurisdiction, but provides that "*** no such code shall a shall apply within any municipality or the unincorporated portion of any county unless the governing body of the municipality or county, as the case may be, adopts a resolution stating such code or specific portions thereof shall be applicable within the fire protection district's boundaries;***." (emphasis added).

The Sabel-Altura Fire Protection District has territory within its boundaries that is within unincorporated Arapahoe County. The Fire Protection District has adopted the 2021 International Fire Code and desires that the BOCC approve a resolution stating that the 2021 Fire Code as adopted by the Fire Protection District applies to those portions of the Fire Protection District that are within unincorporated Arapahoe County. Historically, the BOCC has adopted similar such resolutions for acknowledging and approving the applicability of Fire Codes within other Fire Protection Districts as required by statute.

It is in the interest of the citizens of Arapahoe County that Fire Protection Districts be able to exercise their powers in the adoption and enforcement of Fire Codes.

Attached is the request and the Code adoption r...

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