COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR ORDINANCE NO. 220364
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Sponsor(s): Councilmembers Bough, Bunch and Robinson
Amending Chapter 18, Code of Ordinances, by repealing Article III, Section 18-57 entitled "Adoption of International Residential Code (2018); amendments" and Article XIV, Section 18-367 entitled "Adoption of International Energy Conservation Code (2012); amendments" and enacting, in lieu thereof, new sections of like number and subject matter that update the City's Energy Conservation Code; and setting an effective date of July 1, 2023.
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WHEREAS, the City Council adopted an update to the Kansas City Building and Rehabilitation Code, Chapter 18 of the Code of Ordinances (the "Building Code") with Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 120375, on May 24, 2012; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 200418 was passed on June 18, 2020, to update the Building Code by adopting the latest editions of the currently adopted, nationally recognized model codes for use in building construction; and
WHEREAS, the KCMO 2008 Climate Protection Plan recognizes the large role of buildings and structures in the City as consumers of energy and the concomitant result in significant greenhouse gas emissions; and
WHEREAS, Kansas City is a signatory to the "We Are Still In" commitment supporting climate action to meet the goals of the Paris Climate Accord; and
WHEREAS, Kansas City passed Resolution No. 200005 updating its Climate Protection and Resiliency Plan with goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions citywide 100% from the electricity sector by 2030, 100% greenhouse gas reduction from municipal operations by 2022, and to become climate neutral by 2040 in order to protect the health and welfare of all our residents, and adopting modern building codes is instrumental in meeting this goal; and
WHEREAS, energy codes play a key role in meeting carbon reductions because buildings account for nearly 45% of carbon emissions in the U.S.; and...
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