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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-1980-0395INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL HEMP',' MERKL ORDINANCE NO. 395 Series of 1980 TITLE: AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REENACTING SECTIONS 5-33 AND 5-34 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO, ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE, 1979 EDITION, COPYRIGHT 1979, PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN AMENDMENTS THERETO, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO: Section 1. Section 5-33 of the Code of Laws of the City of Wheat Ridge is hereby repealed and reenacted as follows: The Uniform Mechanical Code, 1979 edition, copyright 1979, by the International Conference of Building Officials, is hereby adopted by reference and incorporated into this article as though fully set forth herein as the Mechanical Code of the City of Wheat Ridge. Three (3) copies of said Uniform Mechanical Code shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk and may be inspected durinc regular business hours. Except as otherwise provided hereafter, such Code is adopted in full, including the outline of contents, index and appendices contained therein. Section 2. Section 5-34 of the Code of Laws of the City of Wheat Ridge is hereby repealed and reenacted as follows: Section 5-34. Amendments. The Uniforn Mechanical Code, 1979 edition, adopted in Section 5-33 hereof, is amended as follows (section numbers referred to herein refer to and correspond with the section numbers of the Uniform Mechanical Code): (a) "Section 103. Scope, is amended as follcws: The fifth paragraph of Section 103 is deleted, and added in its place is the following: 'Appendix B shall be a part of this Code." (b) Section 304. Fees, is hereby deleted, and substituted in its place is the following: Any person, corporation, or other entity desiring a permit required by this Code, shall,at the time of filing an application therefor, pay a fee to the City Treasurer. The amount of said fee shall be as established by ordinance. (c) Section 306(b). Temporary Connections, shall be amended by adding the following provision to the existing Section 306(b): "In case of illness or similar emergency or at times when the Building Official's office is closed, equipment may be connected by the utility company and the Building Official is to be notified at the beginnincr of his next regular work day, provided that this authority is ORDINANCE NO. 395 granted only to regulated public utilities, and that such regulated public utility shall notify the customer that this connection is authorized for only a seventy- two (.72) hour period and is subject to approval of the Building Official within such period." (d) Section 508. Location, is amended by the addition of the following provision: "Fuel,gas fired appliances shall not be installed in bedrooms, rooms used for sleeping purposes, bathrooms or occupied rooms normally kept closed, or closets or recesses used for wearing apparel or home cleaning equipment." Section 3. Purpose. The purpose of this Code is to provide minimum standards for the safeguarding of life and limb, health, property, and the public welfare by regulating and controlling the design, construction, installation, location, operation and maintenance of heating, ventilating, cooling, refrigeration systems, incinerators, and other miscellaneous heat producing appliances within the City. Section 4. Violation and Penalties. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to wreck, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve, remove, convert or demolish, 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 Uniform Mechanical Code. Section 5. Severability. If any part or parts of this ordinance are for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each part or parts thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one part or parts be declared invalid. Section 6. Safety Clause. The City Council hereby finds, determines, and declares that this ordinance is promulgated under the police power of the City of Wheat Ridge; that it is promulgated for the health, safety, and welfare of the public, and that this ordinance is necessary for the preservation of health and safety for the protection of public convenience and welfare. The City Council further determines that the ordinance bears a rational relation to these objectives. Section 7. This ordinance shall take effect 14 days after final publication. INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 8 to 0 on this 17th day of 1980; 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 Monday April 14, _ , 1980, at 7:,~0 oc461ock p.m., at Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th Avenue, W11jTat fQdge, Colorado. D, ADOPTED, a ve of Cl 1 AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final reading 8 to 0 , this 14th day of April GNED'by the mayor on this 15th 1~ 80. a F- c U 4 Q ATTES Carol F. Hampf, City XJJ?rk 1st publication: mar.-20,--1980 2nd publication: Apr. 17. 1980 Wheat Ridge Sentinel Effective Date: May 1 1980 day of April Frank Stites, Mayor 4PPROVED AS TO FORP^ BY OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY: - C