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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-1978-0287INTRODUCED BY COUNCILPERSON Turner ORDINANCE NO. 287 Series of 1978 TITLE: AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING BY REFERENCE "THE COLORADO MODEL ENERGY EFFICIENCY CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION STANDARDS FOR NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS OF THE STATE OF COLORADO"; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF. WHEREAS, Sentate Bill No. 432, adopted by the Colorado General Assembly in 1977, requires each municipality which has a building code to adopt energy efficiency construction and renovation standards for nonresidential buildings prior to July 1, 1978; and WHEREAS, the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado has a building code; BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE: Section 1. Adoption: Pursuant to tile 31, article 16, part 2, Colorado Revised Statutes 1973 as amended, there is hereby adopted as the energy efficiency construction and renovation standards for nonresidential buildings of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, adopted November 1977, and published March, 1978, by the State of Colorado, Office of State Planning and Budgeting Board for Energy Efficient Nonresidential Building Standards, 1525 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, of which three (3) copies are to be filed in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, and may be inspected during regular business house. The subject matter of the adopted standards include comprehensive provisions and standards regulating energy efficiency in the design, construction, renovation, erection, enlargement, alteration, repair, conversion, occupancy, equipment and maintenance of certain nonresidential buildings and structures, which results in, or is likely to result in, a fifty percent or greater increase in the value of the building, for the purpose of protecting the public health, safety and general welfare. "The Colorado Model Energy Efficiency Construction and Renovation Standards for Nonresidential Buildings" is adopted as if set out at length. Section 2. Amendments: "The Colorado Model Energy Efficiency Construction and Renovation Standards for Nonresidential Buildings" is hereby amended as follows: (a) Section 101.1 is deleted in its entirety. (b) Section 107.0 is deleted in its entirety. (c) A new Section 108.0 is added, to read: 108.0 Administrative and Appeal Procedures. "Administrative and appeal procedures set forth in Sections 201, 202, and 204 of the Uniform Building Code and Chapter Three of the Uniform Building Code, 1973 adopted by the City of Wheat Ridge, shall be applicable and followed in the administration of this Code. (d) Section 302.1 is amended by the inclusion of the following parameters: Winter Summer Summer Degree Degree (e) Sectio of the Design Dry-Bulb Design Dry-Bulb Design Wet-Bulb Days Heating North Latitude n 502.2(a), Table following design 30 F 900 F 640 F 6016 39.5 5-1, is amended by the addition criteria values: Walls, over 3 stories or less, Heating Uo not exceeding 0.27 Walls, 3 stories or less, Cooling OTTV not exceeding 33.4 Walls, over 3 stories, Heating Uo not exceeding 0.33 Walls, over 3 stories, Cooling, OTTV not exceeding 33.4 Roof/Ceiling, Heating or Cooling, Uo not exceeding .076 Floors over unheated spaces, Heating, U. not exceeding 0.08 Slab on grade, Heating, minimum R value 5. Solar Factor, Cooling, 126.5" (f) Section 701.0 is amended by the addition of the following: SMACNA refers to Sheet Metal Air Conditioning Contractors National Association. NESCA refers to National Environ- mental System Contractors Association. NWMA refers to National Woodwork Manufacturing Association, Inc. Section 3. Code Copies. At least three copies of the Colorado Model Energy Efficiency Construction and Renovation Standards for Nonresidential Buildings, certified by the Mayor and the City Clerk to be true copies, have been and will continue to be on file in the office of the City Clerk, and may be inspected by any interested person between the hours of 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M., Monday through Friday, holidays excepted. The Colorado Model Energy Efficiency Construction and Renovation Standards for Nonresidential Buildings will be available for purchase by the public at a moderate price. Section 4. Penalties. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to erect, construct, renovate, enlarge, alter, repair, improve, convert, equip, use, occupy, or maintain any building or structure in the City, or cause or permit the same to be done, contrary to or in violation of any of the provisions of the Colorado Model Energy Efficiency Construction and Renovation Standards for Nonresidential Buildings. Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of the Colorado Model Energy Efficiency Construction and Renovations Standards for Nonresidential Buildings or of this ordinance shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars ($300) or imprisonment not exceeding ninety (90) days or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each and every day or portion thereof during which any such violation is committed, continued, or permitted, shall be considered a separate offense. ORDINANCE NO. 287 , SERIES OF 1978 Page -2- Section 5. Buildinq Permits. No building permit shall be issued for the construction, renovation, erection, enlargement, alteration, repair or maintenance of any nonresidential building unless such shall conform to the provisions stated or adopted in this ordinance. Section 6. Severability Clause. If any part, section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance or of the Colorado Model Energy Efficiency Construction and Renovation Standards for Nonresidential Buildings adopted hereby is for any reason held to be invalid, such inval- ibility shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections of the ordinance or of the standards; the City Council hereby declares that it would have passed the ordinance and adopted such standards in each part, section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that one or more parts, sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared invalid. Section 7. Certification and Publication. The City Clerk shall cause to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, the following notice: Notice is hereby given of public meeting before the City Council of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, at 7:30 p m. of the 17th day of July , 1978, at the City Hall, 7500 W. 29th Ave. , Wheat Ridge, Colorado, for the purpose of considering the adoption by reference of "The Colorado Model Energy Efficiency Construction and Renovation Standards for Nonresidential Buildings of the State of Colorado" as the standards for energy efficiency construction in the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Certified copies of the Model Code are on file at the office of the City Clerk and may be inspected during regular business hours. If enacted as an ordinance of the City, the Model Code will not be published in full, but in accordance with State law, copies will be kept on file and also made available for distribution and sale to the public. "The Colorado Model Energy Efficiency Construction and Renovation Standards for Nonresidential Buildings of the State of Colorado" is published by the State of Colorado, office of State Planning and Budgeting Board for Energy Efficient Nonresidential Building Standards, 1525 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203. The subject matter of the adopted energy standards include comprehensive provisions and standards regulating energy efficiency in the design, construction, renovation, erection, enlargement, alteration, repair, conversion, occupancy, equipment and maintenance of certain nonresidential buildings and structures, which results in, or is likely to result in, a fifty percent or greater increase in the value of the building, for the purpose of protecting the public health, safety and general welfare. ORDINANCE NO. 287 , SERIES OF 1978 Page -3- This notice given and published by order of the Council of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Dated this 27th day of July 1978. CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL City clerk, Carol F. Hampf First Notice of hearing June 29 1978. Second Notice of hearing July 6 1978. Such notice shall be published once at least 15 days preceding the scheduled public hearing, and once again at least 8 days preceding said public hearing. The City Clerk shall cause to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Wheat Ridge, the full text of this ordinance once at least 7 days prior to adoption and once following final passage. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and make not less than 3 certified copies of the adopted Code available for inspection by the public during regular business hours at the office of the City Clerk. Section 8. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect one (1) day after final publication. INTRODUCED, READ, PASSED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on first reading by a vote of 6 to _ 0 this F,th day of Jung ' 1978. READ, ADOPTED AND FINAL PUBICATION ORDERED on second and final reading by a vote of 6 to 0 this 17th day of July , 1978. FIRST PUBLICATION of the adopting ordinance was made in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Wheat Ridge on the 6th day of July , 1978. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING on adoption of the Colorado Model Energy Efficiency Construction and Renovation Standards for Nonresidential Buildings of the State of Colorado published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Wheat Ridge on the 29th day of June 1978; and on the 6th day of j„j„ 1978. PUBLIC HEARING on adoption of The Colorado Model Energy Efficiency Construction and Renovation Standards for Nonresidential Buildings of the State of Colorado held on the 17th day of July , 1978. SIGNED by the Mayor on this 18th day of July , 1978. ATTEST: City clerk Carol' F. Hampf Mayor Oliver V. Phillips ORDINANCE NO. 287 , SERIES OF 1978 Page -4-