I recommend the DHCD Board adopt only the seventeen (17) proposed code changes (found in Book 5 – Part 1 – Tabs 1 & 3) to the SFPC that were printed in the Virginia Register on February 20, 2017, and approved by the Board in October 2017.  This limited adoption of proposed changes should resolve most of the controversial and problematic SFPC “re-write” that the DHCD Board passed.

Sincerely,
Perry Weller
Deputy Fire Marshal
City of Staunton Fire Marshal's Office