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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-1993-0910 - INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER SELSTAD ORDINANCE NO. Council Bill No. Series of 910 28 1992 TITLE: AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REENACTING SECTION 5-78 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO, ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE, 1991 EDITION, COPYRIGHT 1991, 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 Section 5-78 of the Code of Laws of the City of Wheat Ridge is hereby repealed and reenacted as follows: The Uniform Mechanical Code, 1991 edition, copyright 1991, by the International Conference of Building Officials, is hereby adopted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 Section 5-78 of the Code of Laws of the City of Wheat Ridge is hereby repealed and reenacted as follows: Section 5-78( b). Amendments. The publication adopted in subsection (a) 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), and Table 3-A shall be deleted in their entirety. (c) Section 306(b) Temporarv Connections, shall be amended by adding the following provisions to the existing Section 306(b): ORDINANCE NO. 910 Page 2 "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 beginning of his 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 gas fired appliances shall not be installed in , bathrooms, 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 with the City. Section 4. Violation and Penalties. Any person, firm, association or other entity doing any act or omission in violation of this Code shall be subject to prosecution, and subsequent penalty, if any, as provided in Section 5-5 of the Code of Laws of the City of Wheat Ridge. Section 5. Severabilitv. 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 anyone 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. ORDINANCE NO. 910 Page 3 Section 7. This ordinance shall take effect final publication. 15 days after INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 7 to 0 on this 2nd day of December 1992; ordered published in full in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Wheat Ridge and Public Hearing and consideration on final passage be set for January 11 , 1993, at 7:30 o'clock P.M., in the Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado. READ, ADOPTED by a vote of January AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on of 8 to 0 1993. second and final reading this 11 th day SIGNED by the Mayor on this 1993. 12th day of January ,-') 'I JJl ,j ~I j, C, , L "hlc' Ray J. ]1'i~er, May r ' , '"" ' I ATTEST: / t " ' ( ;/., c. <. l:l,Z-,_ , I , cit~ c~'~d Wanda Sang, APPROVED AS TO FORM BY CITY ATTORNEY: ., "j John <C' : ' ( ~) ;;' ------ H1es, c~ty IAttorney 1st Publication: December 10, 1992 2nd Publication: January 21, 1993 Wheat Ridge Sentinel: Effective Date: February 5, 1993 (code/mechanical/92)