City Council has little say on building code rule changes in Weaver fire aftermath

City council met this week to once again discuss questions raised by the Winston Weaver Fertilizer Plant fire. The focus this time was on local building code, and how it could be changed to prevent similar accidents. Officials explained that Weaver repeatedly passed code inspections in part because the facility was held to lower standards. It was built in 1939, when sprinkler systems weren’t required, and there were no specific stipulations regarding hazardous materials.

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