Colorado § 30-28-201 - Commissioners may adopt - emission performance standards required - reporting.

§ 30-28-201. Commissioners may adopt - emission performance standards required - reporting.

(1) A board of county commissioners is authorized to adopt ordinances and a building code consistent with the uniform building code, 1988 edition, as promulgated by the international conference of building officials and as revised from time to time, in all or part of the county, and not embraced within the limits of any incorporated city or town. Buildings or structures used for the sole purpose of providing shelter for agricultural implements, farm products, livestock, or poultry may be excepted. The requirements shall be uniform for each class of dwelling, building, or structure. The board of county commissioners may employ qualified technical experts to assist in the preparation of the text of such ordinances and the area building code.

(2) By the date established in section 25-7-407, C.R.S., every board of county commissioners of a county which has enacted a building code, and thereafter every board of county commissioners of a county which enacts a building code, shall enact a building code provision to regulate the construction and installation of fireplaces in order to minimize emission levels. Such building code provision shall contain standards which shall be the same as or stricter than the approved emission performance standards for fireplaces established by the air quality control commission in the department of public health and environment pursuant to section 25-7-407, C.R.S.

(3) Every board of county commissioners, when adopting or updating any building code, shall adopt and enforce a building energy code that meets or exceeds the standards in one of the three most recent versions of the international energy conservation code pursuant to section 30-28-211.

(4) By January 1, 2020, every board of county commissioners of a county which has enacted a building code and an energy code shall report the current version of their county's building and energy codes to the Colorado energy office. Thereafter, every board of county commissioners is encouraged to report any change in their county's building and energy code to the Colorado energy office within a month of changing their county's building and energy codes.

Source: L. 45: p. 242, § 1. L. 47: p. 364, § 1. CSA: C. 45B, § 1. CRS 53: § 36-15-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-15-1. L. 73: p. 472, § 1. L. 84: Entire section amended, p. 782, § 2, effective April 12. L. 87: (2) amended, p. 1144, § 8, effective June 16. L. 90: (1) amended, p. 1450, § 5, effective July 1. L. 94: (2) amended, p. 2801, § 562, effective July 1. L. 2005: (2) amended, p. 773, § 56, effective June 1. L. 2007: (3) added, p. 695, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2019: (3) amended and (4) added, (HB 19-1260), ch. 357, p. 3284, § 1, effective August 2.

ANNOTATION

Law reviews. For article, "Synthetic Fuels — Policy and Regulation", see 51 U. Colo. L. Rev. 465 (1980). For article, "Making Up Your Own Rules for Resolving Residential Construction Defect Disputes", see 52 Colo. Law 36 (May 2023).

Code inapplicable to water project. A county's building code, adopted pursuant to this article, does not pertain to the construction of diversion boxes, conduits, check dams, bypasses, flumes, or similar appurtenances of a water project which merely passes through the county's land. City & County of Denver v. Bergland, 517 F. Supp. 155 (D. Colo. 1981), aff'd in part, rev'd in part on other grounds, 695 F.2d 465 (10th Cir. 1982).