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Ordinance #: 11-15-2012
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING MINIMUM ENERGY STANDARDS FOR THE DESIGN OF NEW BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES OR PORTIONS AND ADDITIONS TO EXISTING BUILDINGS THAT PROVIDE FACILITIES OR SHELTER FOR PUBLIC ASSEMBLY, EDUCATION, BUSINESS, MERCANTILE, INSTITUTIONAL, STORAGE, AND RESIDENTIAL OCCUPANCIES, AS WELL AS THOSE PORTIONS OF FACTORY AND INDUSTRIAL OCCUPANCIES DESIGNED PRIMARILY FOR HUMAN OCCUPANCY BY REGULATING THEIR EXTERIOR ENVELOPES AND THE SELECTION OF THEIR HVAC, SERVICE WATER HEATING, ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION AND ILLUMINATING SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT FOR EFFECTIVE USE OF ENERGY, ADOPTING THE ARKANSAS ENERGY CODE AND ADOPTING ADDITIONAL CODES WHICH REGULATE ALL CONSTRUCTION OF NEW BUILDINGS, AND ADDITIONS AND MODIFICATION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS AND OTHER RELATED
MATTERS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF ELKINS, ARKANSAS, That:
Section 1. ADOPTION OF ENERGY CODE. There is hereby adopted by the City Council of Elkins, Arkansas, for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for energy efficient standards for new building construction, this code known as the 2011 Arkansas Energy Code, being particularly the 2011 Arkansas Energy Code edition thereof and the whole thereof, save and except such portions as are hereinafter deleted, modified, or amended, of which not less than three (3) copies of this ordinance, as well as, three (3) copies of the 2011 Arkansas Energy Code, have been and now are filed in the office of the Recorder of the City of Elkins, Arkansas, and the Energy Code is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein, and from the date on which this ordinance shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling in the construction of all buildings and structures therein contained within the corporate
limits of the City of Elkins, Arkansas
Section 2. ADOPTION OF LISTED CODES. There is hereby adopted by the City Council of Elkins, Arkansas, for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for all new building construction and all remodeling, additions or modifications to existing buildings/structures, the codes listed on Exhibit A hereto, of which three (3) copies have been and now are filed in the office of the Recorder of the City of Elkins, Arkansas, and those Codes listed on Exhibit A are hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein, and from the date on which this ordinance shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling in the construction of all buildings and structures as defined within said Codes within the corporate limits of the City of Elkins, Arkansas.
Section 3. INCONSISTENT ORDINANCES REPEALED. Ordinances or parts thereof in force at the time that this ordinance shall take effect, if inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistencies. Note This ordinance Supersedes Ordinance 03-01-2007
PASSED AND APPROVED this 20th day of December, 2012.
Exhibit A
Arkansas Fire Prevention Code—-Residential——-2007
Arkansas Fire Prevention Code—-Building———–2007
Arkansas Fire Prevention Code—-Fire—————- 2007
Arkansas Mechanical Code——————————-2003———–2010
Arkansas Plumbing Code———————————2003———–2006
Arkansas Fuel Gas Code———————————-2006
International Building Cod e——————————-2000————2003
International Residential Code—————————2003
International Existing Building Code——————–2003
International Mechanical Code—————————2003
International Plumbing Code—————————–2003
International Gas Code————————————2003
International Fire Code————————————2003
International Energy Conservation Code————-2003———–2009
N E C ElectricaI Code—————————————2002 ———–2005——2008
ASH RAE Energy Standard——————————-2007 ———–2008