The City currently enforces the 2018 International Building Codes which were adopted in Wheat Ridge in 2020. The City typically updates the building codes every 4-6 years. The full suite of 2024 International Codes were released last year, and staff is proposing to adopt the updated building codes by the end of this year. This memo is organized as follows: • The Background section describes the current and proposed organization of the municipal code (Chapter 5) and lists the international, national, and state codes to be adopted. • The Local Amendments section describes the 12 local amendments (some administrative and some technical) proposed by staff and supported by the Building Code Advisory Board. The purpose of the August 18 study session is to seek Council direction on these code provisions.