Las Vegas city officials want state legislators to change some building height fire code restrictions, but the bill draft request didn’t draw across-the-board support.
It was one of three bill draft requests the City Council quickly approved in a special meeting Wednesday.
State law has several specific requirements for fire sprinklers, elevators and heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems for hotels, office buildings and high-rise residences where people live or stay more than 55 feet above the level fire and rescue vehicles can access.
The measure the council passed Wednesday requests that those safety requirements be triggered by human occupancy above 75 feet, to come in line with the International Code Council.
“I think I’ve said all I can say. I think it’s a mistake, I will vote no,” Councilman Bob Coffin said.
Coffin and Councilman Ricki Barlow cast votes against that bill draft request. At last week’s City Council meeting, Coffin called the move a “developer-driven measure.”
Coffin said he wouldn’t vote for a measure he sees as weakening fire code.