HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-1986-0692INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER Davis
Ordinance No. 692
Series of 1986
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, 1985 EDITION, COPYRIGHT 1985, 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 17-1 of the Code of Laws of the City of
Wheat Ridge is hereby repealed and reenacted as follows:
The Uniform Mechanical Code, 1985 edition, copyright
1985, 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 during regular business
hours. Except as otherwise provided hereafter, such
Code is adopted in full, including the outline of
contents and index contained herein.
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Wheat Ridge is hereby repealed and reenacted as follows: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 Uniform Mechanical Code,
1985 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 304(b) Permit 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.
(b) Section 304(c)(d)(e)(f) & Table 3-A shall be deleted in
their entirety.
(c) Section 306(b) Temporary Connections, shall be amended
by adding the following provisions 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 b~ connected by the utility company and
the Building official is to be notified at the
beginning of the next regular work day, provided that
this authority is 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 or 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 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. Any person, firm, corporation,
partnership, or other entity, violating any of the provisions
hereof shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $999.00, or
imprisonment not to exceed 180 days, or both such fine and
imprisonment. In addition, the City may enforce the provisions
of this Uniform Mechanical Code as herein adopted by mean of any
of the enforcement provisions contained therein.
Section 5. Severability. If any clause, sentence,
paragraph, or part of this ordinance or the application thereof
to any person or circumstances shall for any reason be adjudged
by a court_ of competent jurisdiction invalid, such judgment shall
not affect application to other persons or circumstances.
Section 6. Safety Clause. The City Council hereby finds,
determines, and declares that this ordinance is promulgated under
the general police power of the City of Wheat Ridge, that it is
promulgated for the health, safety, and welfare of the public,
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and that this ordinance is necessary for the preservation of
health and safety and for the protection of public convenience
and welfare. The City Council further determines that the
ordinance bears a rational relation to the proper legislative
object sought to be attained.
Section 7. This ordinance shall take effect one (1) day
after final publication.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of
8 to 0 on this 22nd day of September , 1986,
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 OCTOBER 13 , 1986, at
7:30 o'clock p.m., in the Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th
Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado
READ, ADOPTED, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final
reading by a vote of - 9 to _ 0 this 13th day of October
1986.
1986.
ATTEST:
Frank Stites, Mayor
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Wanda Sang, City 1P1-erk
lst Publication: 9/25/86 APPROVED A TY FORM BY
2nd Publication: 10/16/86 OFFICE IT ATTORNE
Wheat Ridge Sentinel: ~i
Effective Date: 10/17/86
SIGNED by the Mayor on this 14th day of OctnhPr
John E. Haye
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