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TITLE: CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER REINHART Council Bill No. 18 Ordinance No . ......1.:14: t.,;;19~2 _ Series 2011 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO
THE 2006 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE, AS PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED BY REFERENCE, CONCERNING CONVEYANCE REQUIREMENTS AND CERTAIN REFERENCED STANDARDS WHEREAS, the City Council ("Council") of
the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado ("City") has authority to enact ordinances for the protection of publi'c health, safety and welfare; and WHEREAS, the City of Wheat Ridge Home Rule
Charter Section 5.16 provides that standard codes promulgated by any recognized trade or professional organization may be adopted by reference; and WHEREAS, exercising this authority,
the Council adopted the 2006 version of the International Building Code in Section 5-76 of the Code; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Code Section 5-76(b), the version of the 2006 International
Building Code was adopted with amendments to certain sections thereof; and WHEREAS, Council has learned that certain elevator and conveyance standards in the International Building Code
are less stringent than is required under the Conveyance Regulations of the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment Division of Oil and Public Safety (the "OPS Regulations"); WHEREAS,
City Council wishes to amend the provisions in section 5-76(b) of the Code to reflect that the most stringent elevator and conveyance standards in the OPS Regulations apply. NOW THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO: Section 1. Section 5-76(b) of the Code is amended to further amend the 2006 version of the International Building
Code at Chapter 30 to read as follows: (b) Amendments. The International Building Code adopted by this section is amended as follows. Section numbers referred to herein refer to and
correspond with the section numbers of the 2006 International Building Code. 1
CHAPTER 30 ELEVATORS AND CONVEYING SYSTEMS. 3001.2 REFERENCED STANDARDS. AMEND TO READ IN ITS ENTIRETY: 3001.2 REFERENCED STANDARDS. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR IN THIS CODE, THE
DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION, ALTERATION, REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF ELEVATORS AND CONVEYING SYSTEMS AND THEIR COMPONENTS SHALL CONFORM TO ASME A90.1, ASME B20.1, ALI ALCTV, AND
ASCE 24 FOR CONSTRUCTION IN FLOOD HAZARD AREAS ESTABLISHED IN SECTION 1612.3 OF THIS CODE. THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION, ATERATION, REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF ELEVATORS AND
CONVEYING SYSTEMS SHALL ALSO CONFORM TO ASME A17.1, ASME A17.2, ASME A17.3, ASME A18.1 AND ASME QE-1 AND ALL OTHER STANDARDS REFERENCED IN SECTION 2-6-1(1) OF THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT
OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT, DIVISION OF PUBLIC SAFETY CONVEYANCE REGULATIONS, 7 COLO. CODE REGS. § 1101-8, AS NOW AND HEREAFTER AMENDED (THE "OPS REGULATIONS"). IN THE EVENT OF A CONFLICT
BETWEEN THE ELEVATOR AND CONVEYANCE STANDARDS REFERENCED IN SECTION 2-6-1(1) OF THE OPS REGULATIONS AND THOSE SPECIFIED IN THIS CODE, THE MOST RESTRICTIVE STANDARD SHALL GOVERN. Section
2. Severability, Conflicting Ordinances Repealed. If any section, subsection or clause of this Ordinance shall be deemed to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, the validity of
the remaining sections, subsections and clauses shall not be affected thereby. All other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby
repealed. Section 3. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect fifteen (15) days after final publication, as provided by Section 5.11 of the Charter. INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED
on first reading by a vote of 8 to o on this 9th day of May, 2011, ordered published in full in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Wheat Ridge, and Public Hearing and
consideration on final passage set for May 23,2011 at 7:00 p.m., in the Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado. READ, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second
and final reading by a vote of _7_ to ~,this 23rd day of May , 2011. SIGNED by the Mayor on this 23rd day of __ Ma-"y'---__ , 2011. 2
ATIEST: ku tmu , 0( ~uf11 Michael Snow, Cify Cle I First Publication: May 12, 2011 Second Publication: May 26. 2011 Wheat Ridge Transcript Effective Date: June 10. 2011 3