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To: Honorable Mayor& Council members
Thru: Jim Hunt, City Manager
From: David Squires, Fire Chief
Date: 4/16/2013
Re: Proposed amendment to IBC Section 108
At the April 8t' Council meeting, Council made an amendment to Section 108.1 of the
International Building Code (IBC). That amendment added to the sentence "A
temporary structure permit can only be renewed for five calendar years on the same
property, except in the industrial zone where it can be made indefinitely."
The impact of Council's amendment may not have considered what other
occupancies (activities) and construction types that can use this section of the code.
Under the Council amended version, a person who wants to do a repair shop in the
industrial zone could also use a temporary building (meeting the requirements of
Section 108.2) to house their business indefinitely. The requirements of Section
108.2 are for structural strength, fire safety, means of egress, accessibility, light,
ventilation and sanitary requirements of the code. If the temporary structure can
meet/satisfy the requirements of the code without connecting to our utilities we still
have permitted it. The purpose of the five year restriction was aimed at those
occupancies that were permitted this way to give them time to get financially stable
and then required the utility connections. With this amendment, there is no
requirement to make the owner of the structure connect into our utility systems. Also
Seward City Code Section 14.01.15 restricts the connection of temporary power to
temporary structures to 180 days.
We are proposing a compromise that may address concerns on the particular type of
business which Council's amendment may have been concerned with. The proposal
is the following: Chapter 1 Section 108 is amended by adding a new section that
reads "Section 108.5 Relocatable mancamps. Relocatable mancamps shall meet
the requirements of Section 108.2, the occupancy requirements of the intended use
and an approved fire department access to the site of the mancamp. Relocatable
mancamps shall be considered as "employee campgrounds" under SCC Chapter
8.15 Article 6. Relocatable mancamps shall meet the requirements of Section 108.1
for permitting but shall not be limited to number of years of use on the property."
If Council agrees with this proposal, the Administration respectfully requests the
previous amendment to Section 108.1 be stricken/deleted and Council uses the
language in the proposal as an amendment to Section 108.
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