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Ridge is hereby repealed and reenacted as follows: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Ridge is hereby repealed and reenacted as follows: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
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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,
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AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final reading
8 to 0 , this 14th day of April
GNED'by the mayor on this 15th
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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:
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