HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-1981-0454INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER
ORDINANCE NO. 454
Series of 1981
TITLE: AN ORDINANCE REPEALING SECTIONS 8-1, 8-5, 8-6 and 8-7
AND REENACTING SECTIONS 8-1 AND 8-5 OF THE CODE OF LAWS
OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE
UNIFORM FIRE 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 8-1 of the Code of Laws of the City of Wheat
Ridge is hereby repealed and reenacted as follows:
The Uniform Fire 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 Fire Code of the City of Wheat Ridge.
Three (3) copies of said Uniform Fire 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 appendixes contained therein.
Section 2. Section 8-5 of the Code of Laws of the City of Wheat
Ridge is hereby repealed and reenacted as follows:
"Section 8-5. Amendments. The "Uniform Fire Code"
1979 edition, adopted by Section 8-1 hereof is hereby
amended as follows (section numbers referred to herein
refer to and correspond with the section numbers of the
Uniform Fire Code):
(a) Section 2.101 shall be amended by deleting the
first paragraph in its entirety and substituting the
following:
The Uniform Fire Code shall be enforced by the Chief
Building Inspector of the City of Wheat Ridge and his
designated assistants, who shall perform the following
functions:
1. Approval of plans for building new structures and
remodeling of existing structures.
2. The inspection of all construction of new structures
and the remodeling of existing structures.
3. The destruction of unsafe structures.
In addition, the Uniform Fire Code shall be enforced
by the Bureaus of Fire Prevention of the Wheat Ridge
Fire Protection District and the Arvada Fire Protection
District, under the direction of the respective chiefs
of the fire districts, for the functions as listed in
Section 2.101.
(b) Section 2.205 of the Uniform Fire Code shall be
amended by the addition of the following sentences:
"Certified mail may be used in place of registered mail.
Service may be made as set out in the Colorado Rules of
Civil Procedure."
(c) Section 2.302 shell be deleted and in its place
the following sentences shall be added:
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"In order to determine the suitability of alternate materials
and type of construction, and provide reasonable interpretation
of the provisions of this Code, the Building Code Advisory
Committee, previously established by Chapter 5 of the Code
of Ordinances of the City shall have authority to hear and
decide those matters delegated to it, and all matters requiring
use of a board of appeals by this Fire Code."
(d) Article 4, Sections 4.101 through 4.107 shall be deleted
in their entirety.
(e) Section 9.105. The definition of Chief or Chief of the
Fire Department shall be defined in the following manner in
place of that definition set out in the Code:
Chief or Chief of the Fire Department shall mean the Chief of
the Wheat Ridge Fire Department or the Chief of the Arvada
Fire Department as authorized by the Directors of the Wheat
Ridge Fire Protection District or the Arvada Fire Protection
District.
(f) Section 10.207. Access Roadways for Fire Apparatus (b)
shall be amended by adding a second sentence to Section 10.207
(b) to read:
It shall be the responsibility of the owner, tenant, manager
or any agent of the owner to maintain the requirements of
this section.
(g) Section 11.101. Bonfires and Outdoor Rubbish Fires
shall be deleted in full and the following shall be adopted.
"Section 11.101. Bonfires and Outdoor Rubbish Fires Prohibited.
No person shall kindle or maintain any bonfire or rubbish
fire except in an incinerator approved by the Air Pollution
Control District having jurisdiction, and any other such fire
shall be prohibited. Fires built in fireplaces used for non-
commercial or recreational purposes, fires necessary for agri-
cultural operations, irrigation ditch maintenance and fires
used for fire department training purposes shall be exempt
from these regulations if an appropriate air pollution permit
has been obtained and if such fires are not hazardous in the
opinion of the Fire Chief."
(h) Section 34.104. Burning Operations shall be deleted in
full and the following adopted in its place:
Section 34.104. The burning of wrecked or discarded motor
vehicles or of junk or of any waste materials shall be pro-
hibited."
Section 3. Section 8-6 and 8-7 of the Code of Laws of the City of
Wheat Ridge are hereby repealed in their entirety.
Section 4. Purpose. The purpose of this Code is to provide
minimum standards to safeguard life and limb, health, property,
and public welfare by regulating and controlling the design,
construction, quality of materials, use and occupancy, location and
maintenance of all buildings and structures within the City and
certain equipment specifically regulated herein.
Section 5. Violation and Penalties. Any person, firr, association, or other
entity doing any act or omission in violation of this Code hereby enacted shall
be guilty of a nisdeneanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a
fine not to exceed $300.00, imprisonment not to exceed 90 days, or both such
fine and imprisonnent.
Section 6. Severability.
are for any reason held to
affect the validity of the
The City Council hereby de
ordinance and each part or
that any one part or parts
If any part or parts of this ordinance
be invalid, such decision shall not
remaining portions of this ordinance.
--lares that it would have passed this
parts thereof, irrespective of the fact
be declared invalid.
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Section 7. 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 8. This ordinance shall take effect 15 days after final
publication.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 8
to 0 on this 27th day of April , 1981; 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 11 , 1981,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 of 8 to 0 , this 11th day of May , 1981.
SIGNED by the Mayor on this
12th day of May , 1981.
Frank Stites, Mayor
ATTEST:
arol F. Hampf, City
1st Publication April 30, 1981
2nd Publication May 21, 1981
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BY OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY: