Agenda Information Sheet
DEPARTMENT: Development Services
CM/ ACM: Jon Fortune
Date: August 2, 2016
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Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas amending section 28-253 of the Code of Ordinances to provide for the adoption of the 2015 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) as published by the International Code Council; providing for amendments thereto; providing a penalty for violation of a fine not to exceed $2,000.00; providing for severability; repealing all ordinances in conflict therewith; and providing an effective date.
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BACKGROUND
With the adoption of SB5 by the 77th legislature in May of 2001, the State of Texas adopted the first statewide energy code in Texas. The 2000 version of the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) went into effect on September 1, 2001. As a part of this legislation, the legislature mandated that all counties in Texas which were designated as non-attainment areas by the EPA, as well as several counties surrounding these areas which they designated as "affected counties", must adopt an energy code which is at least as stringent as that adopted by the state. In order to insure compliance, the legislation required that any proposed amendments to the code in these areas be submitted for review to the Energy Systems Laboratory (ESL) at Texas A&M University for review and approval to insure that they would not result in a code that was less stringent than that adopted by the state.
In June of 2010 the State of Texas updated the statewide code to the 2009 version of the IECC which went into effect on April 1, 2011.
City of Denton Code History
The following is a brief chronology of the code adoption history in the City of Denton.
November 27, 2001 Adopted the 2000 IECC with no above code requirement.
February 7, 2006 Adopted the 2003 IECC with 10% above code requirement.
February 3, 2009 Adopted the 2006 IECC with 10% above code requirement.
September 11, 2012 Adopte...
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