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'--Vote -was taken on the motion as s ta. t~d . Motion carried unanimously. Building Codes Amendments - 1973 Editions - Copies of memo from,Mick Nolte~ ~uperin- itendent of building inspection, were distributed to Council members summar~z~ng up- , ldating of building and realted codes - Structural Speciality, HOu~ing, Masonry Con- :tractors, Mechanical, and Swimming Pool - to bring the city code ~nto conformance i .' with recently adopted State legislation. I iMr. Nolte explained that it was decided to update all of the codes in the process~of ! !compliance with State legislation and that since use and enforcement of the one~ land two-family dwelling code utilized over the past two years could not be cont~nued I Ithe city would have to rely on provisions of the uniform structural codes. 1 I Commi I I Mr. Wood moved seconded by Mr. Keller to schedule public hearing on the 6/19/74 : I proposed amendments. Motion carried unanimously. . ~~_ Hrng1 I lRecommendation'was to proceed with the am~ndments to brin~ the city.co~e into con- I I jformance with national standards. Memos were read from flre and bUlldlng departments 1 with regard to the amendments. J I Public hearing was held with no testimony presented. , -j Council Bill No. 589 - Amending Sections 8.190 and 8.200 Eugene City Code re: Fire Code was read by council bill number and title only, there being no councilman present requesting that it be read in full. Mr. Hershner moved seconded by Mrs. Campbell that the bill be read the second time .' _ by council bill number only, with unanimous consent of the Council, and that enact- :.ment be considered at this time. CouncllmariMcDonald w-o-nder'ed if-the--dty wouTdbe' ali6wedto-have more restrictive-'---------.H, regulations than the State. Manager replied that until the last sess~on of. the i Legislature cities were not required to follow State codes. In a?Optlng unlfo:m i codes for the State cities with certain exceptions were no longer allowed strlcter .i , . . . 1 amendments than State codes. In general, Eugene as well as other cltles were ln ! favor of this because varying restrictions within the State resulted in different i Istandards of construction. The major deficiency now was lack of requirement for 'sprinkler systems in high-rise buildings .which s~aff felt.should be corrected. Manager :said that if there was any way of requir1ng sprlnklers wlthout amendment to State tLaw, staff would pursue it, but as it now stood local requirement would not be proper without amendment to the law. In further response to Councilman McDonald, Manager said the city does--the inspection under both the fire and building codes under State ,certification, not because the State does not do an adequate inspection service but jbecause city inspections would be more prompt with personnel'on the ground. I Councilman McDonald asked then if it was correct that as a result of Council's adoption j 1 of this ordinance the city would follow entirely the State restrlctions,without any I possibility of the city's making more restrictive measures in any portion of the codes. . I He said he was not too happy with the "State's taking over the city." Councilman I Williams relied in the affirmative, saying the ordinance would adopt uniform standards I which were pretty much nationally recognized standards including minor amendments at I i the State level which preclude local amendments. He added that there was a strong I Federal push to make building codes uniform across the Nation, but he would be surprised I to see much done with regard to requiring sprinlering of, high-rise buildings in the ! uniform building or fire codes. [ -- ! Vote was taken on motion for second reading. Motion carried unanimously and the bill was read the second time by council bill number only. I I Mr. ,Hershner moved seconded by Mrs. Campbell that the council bill be approved and I given final passage. Rollcall vote. All Council members present voting aye, except Mr. McDonald voting no, the bill was declared passed and numbered 17116. Council Bill No. 590 - Amending Sections 8.005, 8.020, and 8.025, and repealing Sections 8.021 and 8.022 of Eugene City Code re: Structural i I ; Specialty Code was read by number and title only, there being no councilman f ' present reques~ing that it be read in full. ' '. 'I .", Mr. Hershner moved seconded by Mrs. Campbell that the bill be read the s~cond time , . Iby council bill number only, with unanimous consent of the Council, and that enactment I ,I be considered at this time. Motion carried unanimously, the bill was read the second I I time by council bill number only. , Mr. Hershner moved seconded by Mrs. Campbell that the council bill be approved and I given final pass~ge. Rollcall vote. All Council members present voting aye, the bill was declared passed and numbered 17117. 212 6(24(74 - 4 ~