Construction Board of Adjustment Minutes - 04/10/1997 Building Board of Adjustments and Appeals
April 10,1997
Board Members Present: City Personnel & Visitors:
Randy Wachsman (Chairman) Earl Potts (Building Official)
Phil Kingman Bobby Teague (Plans Examiner)
Randall Poteet Ed 5tahr (Fire Marshall)
Rebecca Lanman Bill Daniel (Councilman)
Gary Oatman
banal Boley
Mike Koen
Board Members Absent:
James Foster
George Ross Jr.
The board meeting was opened at 2:00 by Mr. Wachsman
Minutes of May 21, 1996 meeting were approved as submitted.
The purpose of the initial meeting of this board, was to discuss a proposal to adopt the 1994
Standard Building Code.
Mr. Potts explained the purpose of the board and the board duties for the benefit of the new
members.
Mr. Potts detailed the reasoning behind making changes to the building codes and the process that the
changes have to go through in order to be included in the updated version. Mr. Potts also explained
some of the changes that are included in the 1994 Standard Building Code pertaining to a Construction
Board, that would take the place of the Building Board of Adjustments and Appeals and the Plumbing
and Mechanical Board.
Mr. Koen stated that he didn't feel the board wanted to go over all of the changes in detail, but to
discuss only the ones that the members of the board had questions.
Mr. Wachsman made the proposal that the city provide code books for all of the members of the
board so all of the members could look over all of the changes in detail. Mr. Potts stated that it was
common practice that code books be supplied to all members of the board and as with the 1988
Building Code, books were provided to all of the members of the board at that time.
Mr. Teague ask the members of the board how many copies of the building code needed to be
ordered. Mr. Poteet, Mr. Wachsman and Mr. Koen were the only members that requested one.
Several members stated they already had copies.
Ms. Lanman stated that she trusted the opinion of the staff and suggested that Mr. Potts tell the
board what should be left in or changed, and then argue the point with someone who had a particular
problem with one of the changes, rather than taking the time to go through each change.
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Mr. Koen made the proposal to wait until the code books were received and reconvene a couple of
weeks later to discuss only the changes that were significant to the members of the board.
Mr. Wachsman motioned that the meeting be adjourned, with a second by Mr. Koen.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:45.
andy Wachsman, Chairman
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