HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-1980-0398INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEIABER MERKL
ORDINANCE NO. 398
Series of 1980
TITLE: AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REENACTING SECTION 5-38 OF THE
CODE OF LAWS OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO, ADOPTING
BY REFERENCE THE VOLUME DWELLING CONSTRUCTION UNDER THE
UNIFORM BUILDING 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 5-38 of the Code of Laws of the City of Wheat
Ridge is hereby repealed and reenacted as follows:
The volume "Dwelling Construction under the Uniform Building
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. Three (3) copies of said Uniform Building
Code shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk and may
be inspected during 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. The Code of Laws of the City of WI-eat Ridge, Colorado,
is hereby amended to add the following Section 5-38(A):
"Section 5-38(A). Amendments. The volume "Dwelling Construction"
under the Uniform Building Code, adopted by Section 5-38 hereof,
is amended by adding the following paragraph to the 'windows
and ventilation' subsection to the 'light, ventilation and
sanitation' section on page 10 the following:
Group R, Division 3 occupancies as specified in the Uniform
Building Code shall have two means of egress from a basement,
at least one being a standard exit. The other required
means of egress may be a window of not less than twelve (12)
square feet with no dimension being less than thirty-six (36)
inches. The sill height shall not be over forty-eight (48)
inches above the floor. Windows located below grade shall
provide a masonry, concrete or metal (minimum 20 gauge)
enclosing walls, the full depth of such window and four (4)
inches above the surrounding ground level. A four (4) inch
well below the bottom level of the window shall be provided
and such shall be filled with washed gravel. The minimum
distance from the window, measured perpendicular to the wall,
shall be thirty (30) inches."
Section 3. Purpose. The purpose of this Code is to provide
standards for dwelling construction under the Uniform Building Code,
1979 edition.
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
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or permit the same to be done, contrary to, or in violation of any
of the provisions of the Uniform Building 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 March , 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
7:30 o'clock p.m., at Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th Avenue,
Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
READ, ADOPTED, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final reading
by a vote 8 to 0 on this 14th day of , April -
1980.
SIGNED by the Mayor on this 15th day of April
1980.
Frank Stites, Mayor
ATTEST:
Carol Hampf, City C e k
1st Publication Mar. 20, 1980
2nd Publication Apr. 17, 1980
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