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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-1982-0511INTRODUCED BY COU14CILMEMBERDAVIS ORDINANCE NO. 511 Series of 1982 TITLE: AN ORDINANCE REPEALING SECTIONS 8-1, 8-21 8-57 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, 1982 EDITION, COPYRIGHT 1982, 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, THAT: 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 Section 8-1 of the Code of Laws of the City of Wheat Ridge is hereby repealed and reenacted as follows: The Uniform Fire Code, 1982 edition, copyright 1982, by the International Conference of Building Officials, is hereby adopted by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 I-A, I-B, II-A, II-B, III-A, III-B, III-C, IV-A, VI-A & VI-C contained therein. Section 2. Section 8-2 Enforcement, is repealed in its entirety. Section 3. Section 8-5 of the Code of Laws of the City of Wheat Ridge is hereby repealed and reenacted as follows: "Section 8-5.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", 1982 edition, adopted by Section 8-1 hereof is hereby amended as follows (section numbers referrred 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 2.302 shall be deleted and in its place the following sentences shall be added: "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 Laws 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." (c) Article 4, Sections 4.101 through 4.107 shall be deleted in their entirety. ORDINANCE NO. 511 (d) 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. (e) Section 10.207. Access Roadways for Fire Apparatus (b) shall be ammended 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. (f) 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 ourposes, fires necessary for agricultural 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." (g) 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 prohibited." (h) To amend Section 79.912 by adding subsection 79.912(e). It shall be unlawful for any driver, operator or attendant of any vehicle to defeat or fail to use any vapor recovery device or system that has been provided for vapor recovery purposes. All Equipment shall be approved for use with the vapor recovery system provided at the site. Section 4. Purpose. The ouroose of this Code is to orovide 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, firm, association, or other entity doing any act or omission in violation of this Code hereby enacted shall be guilty of a misdemeanor 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 imprisonment. Section 6. Severability. If any Dart 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 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 1 day after final publication. ORDINANCE NO. 511 INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 8 to 0 on this 27th day of September , 1982; 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 , 1982 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 October , 1982. SIGNED by the Mayor on this 14th day of October , 1982. Z' z -!'s - Frank Stites', Mayor ATTEST: r v ' Carol F.'Hampf, City erk 1st. Publication Sept. 30, 1982 2nd. Publication Oct. 21, 1982 Wheat Ridge Sentinel Effective Date Oct. 22. 1982 APPROVED AS TO FORM OE BY OFE Y0,TTY: 4 4 - 3 -