All,

In June, the Clark County Fire Department sent out a public notice on the proposed changes to the Clark County Code Title 13, chapter 13.04 regarding the requirements of residential fire sprinklers.

To view the CCFD public notice, please click here.  

Shortly after, the Clark County Fire Department sent out a business impact questionnaire. To read the BIQ, please click here.

SNHBA submitted a business impact statement to the Clark County Fire Prevention Bureau.

To view the SNHBA BIS, please click here.

The Clark County Fire Department has submitted the introduction to the ordinance and acceptance of the business impact statement to be added to the agenda for the August 15th, 2023, Clark County Board of Commissioners meeting.

Once introduced at the August 15th, 2023, Clark County Board of Commissioners meeting, there will be a public hearing on September 5th, 2023, at the BCC meeting for approval of the ordinance. At the BCC meeting, in addition to the public hearing on the ordinance change itself, there will also be a presentation on the items outlined in the cost-benefit analysis. You can see the full list of agreed-upon trades offs on page 8 of the CBA which you can find here.

We appreciate CCFD’s agreement to give a 180-day grace period from the adoption date to the effective date, to allow projects already in the process to continue without the need for redesign with sprinklers.

If the ordinance is approved on September 5th, 2023, the effective date will be March 5, 2024. That means any project submitted after March 5, 2024, will require mandatory residential fire sprinklers.