denver building and fire code
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Denver City Council approves single-stair building ordinance
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Members of the Denver City Council approved an ordinance on Monday that adds provisions allowing five-story single-stair buildings into Denver’s building and fire code amendments. The ordinance also makes additional revisions to support building projects by extending expiration timeframes, easing barriers to adaptive reuse, simplifying neighbor notification options, and coordinating cross-departmental requirements. Additionally, the approval…
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More fire stations needed in NE Denver, audit finds
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A lack of fire stations in the Northeast Denver fire district that caused slow response times, a staffing shortage and a growing population that led to an increase in calls for service for the Denver Fire Department were issues cited in a city audit report. Fire officials were aware of the slow response time issue…
