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INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GOKEY
Council Bill No. 30-2006
Ordinance No. 1380
Series of 2006
TITLE:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 5-84 OF
THE WHEAT RIDGE CODE OF LAWS
PERTAINING TO THE PRESCRIPTIVE ENERGY
CODE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Wheat Ridge finds it in the public
interest to encourage energy conservation; and
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted a Prescriptive Energy Code in December
2004 which went into effect in January 2005; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend said Prescriptive Energy Code.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT
RIDGE, COLORADO, THAT:
Section 1. Section 5-84(b) of the Wheat Ridge Code of Laws is hereby amended
as follows:
(b) Amendments. The energy conservation code adopted by this section is hereby
amended. . . . .
Chapter 1. Administration
101.2 Scope
Exception:
1. Builder may use the City of Wheat Ridge Prescriptive Energy Code as
adopted by the City of Wheat Ridge instead of the 2003 Energy Conservation
Code.
The Prescriptive Energy Code requirements for the City of Wheat Ridge are listed below.
In lieu of compliance with the Prescriptive Energy Code, energy calculations provided by
a registered Colorado Engineer demonstrating compliance with the International Energy
Code will be accepted prior to issuance of a building permit.
Space Heating System Performance
Gas Furnaces
Gas boilers (including snow melt boilers)
90% .~ Sized according to
ACCA/ANSI Manual J. 90% AFUE
required for all new construction, unless
REScheck or COMcheck indicates 80%
AFUE will meet IECC. All replacement
furnaces may be 80% AFUE. Building
Official is authorized to make hardship
determinations.
90% .\~US Sized according to
ACCA/ANSI ManualJ. 90% AFUE
required for all new construction, unless
REScheck or COMcheck indicates 80%
AFUE will meet IECC. All replacement
furnaces may be 80% AFUE. Building
Official is authorized to make hardship
determinations.
Section 2. Safetv Clause. The City Council hereby finds, determines, and
declares that this ordinance is promulgated under the general police power of the City of
Wheat Ridge, that it is promulgated for the health, safety, and welfare of the public and
that this ordinance is necessary for the preservation of health and safety and for the
protection of public convenience and welfare. The City Council further determines that
the ordinance bears a rational relation to the proper legislative object sought to be
attained.
Section 3. Severabilitv: Conflictinl! Ordinances Reoealed. If any section,
subsection or clause of this ordinance shall be deemed to be unconstitutional or otherwise
invalid, the validity of the remaining section, subsections and clauses shall not be
affected thereby. All other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the
provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect 15 days after final
publication.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 8 to 0
on this 27th day of November, 2006, ordered published in full in a newspaper of general
circulation in the City of Wheat Ridge and Public Hearing and consideration on final
passage set for December 11, 2006, at 7:00 o'clock p.m., in the Council Chambers, 7500
West 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
READ, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final
reading by a vote of n to 1 , this J 1 th day of December , 2006
SIGNED by the Mayor on this 12th day of December
,2006
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JE~Y eiTULLIG, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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Pamela Y. Anderson\ r \ j
APPROVED AS TO FORM BY CITY ATTORNEY
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GERALD DAHL, CITY A TTORNlW-
1 st Publication: November 30, 2006
2nd Publication: December 14, 2006
Wheat Ridge Transcript
Effective Date: December 29, 2006