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0 <br />9. The State of Texas has also mandated the ICC and NEC for all <br />residential construction and residential.rehab. We believe <br />that within a few Years the State will adopt and mandate the_ <br />ICC codes for all construction. <br />10. We believe that the adoption of the C3 codes by the City of <br />La Porte will increase costs of construction of commercial <br />buildings within the City . This is primarily due to increased <br />labor costs and insurance costs. <br />11. The only reason that the City of La Porte must change codes <br />is that the old Southern Standard Building Code is out of date, <br />and the insurance industry will not insure us without a current <br />approved code. The ICC Building Code is an updated and revised <br />SSBC. This code, SSBC, has been used by the City of La Porte <br />for years, and.to adopt the.C3 building code would weaken the <br />building code, and the insurance industry may increase rates <br />because of this or"refuse to insure buildings in La Porte. <br />12. The adoption of the C3 National Fire Prevention Association <br />NFPA 70 Code which includes Chapter NFPA 1710, could also <br />increase fire protection costs within the City of La Porte. <br />Chapter 1710 dictates response time to a fire, the number of <br />fire trucks that the City must provide and also the -number of <br />firemen to man each truck(4). The public records of the fire <br />department of the City of La Porte has estimated that the <br />adoption of the NFPA 70 code could increase the cost of fire <br />protection within the City by 3 fold, from a budget of $1.4 <br />million to a budget of $5+ million. <br />13. We have polled all of the surrounding cities in Harris, <br />Galveston and Fort Bend Counties. All of these Cities, <br />Baytown, Deer Park, Seabrook, Webster, Friendswood, Pearland, <br />and La Marque have adopted the ICC codes. <br />We are submitting several exhibits to accompany this report: <br />Code Selection Chart developed by City Staff showing our <br />recommendation for the ICC code to fill each blank. <br />Information obtained from the web showing the City of <br />Pasadena as the only city to adopt the C3 codes. <br />Information from the web showing the Cities in the State <br />adopting the ICC codes. <br />Excerpts from the NFPA 70 Code, Chapter 1710. <br />PAGE 3 OF 4 <br />