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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-1993-0914 INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SELSTAD ORDINANCE NO. 914 Council Sill No. 32 Series of 1992 TITLE: AN ORDINANCE REPEALING SECTION 8-1 AND REENACTING SECTION 8-1 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE UNIFORM FIRE 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 Section 8-1 of the Code of Laws of the City of Wheat Ridge is hereby repealed and reenacted as follows: The Uniform Fire Code, 1991 edition, copyright 1991, by the International Conference of Building Officials, and the Western Fire Chiefs Association, 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-C, II-B, II-D, II-F, III-A, III-C, IV-A, VI-A, VI- S and VI-D 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 Section 8-5 of the Code of Laws of the City of Wheat Ridge is hereby repealed and reenacted as follows: "Section 8-5.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" 1991 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 Building Inspector of designated assistants, functions: shall be enforced by the Chief the City of Wheat Ridge and who shall perform the following 1. Approval of plans for building new structures and remodeling of existing structures. ORDINANCE NO. Series 1992 914 Page 2 2. The inspection of structures and structures. all construction of new the remodeling of existing 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, the Arvada Fire Protection District, the Lakewood Fire Protection District and the Fairmont Fire Protection District, for the functions as listed in Section 2.101. (b) Section 2.303. Board of Appeals, shall be deleted and in its place the following sentences shall be added: "In order to determine the sui tabili ty 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 2 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." (c) Article 4, Permits. Sections 4.101 through 4.108 shall be deleted in their entirety. (d) Section 10.205. Obstruction shall be amended by adding a second paragraph to Section 10.205 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. (e) Section 10.301(a) General. Premises Identification shall be amended by adding to the last sentence the words, "and shall be a minimum of 4 inches in height." (f) Section 10.302. Key Boxes shall be amended by adding subsection (b) "All buildings with a required fire alarm system or automatic fire-extinguishing system installed shall be required to provide a key box in a location approved by the respective Fire District. (g) Section 10.508. Alarms shall be amended shall read as follows: Sprinkler System Supervision by adding a new paragraph which "Audible fire alarm signals shall be installed wi thin any building containing a sprinkler system. ORDINANCE NO. Series 1992 914 Page 3 (h) Section 11.204. Recreational Fires shall be deleted in full and the following shall be adopted. "Section 11.204. 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 necessary for agricultural operations, irrigation ditch maintenance 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." ( i ) Section 11.302 (b) Rubbish wi thin Dumpsters. Shall be amended by the addition of a new paragraph following the exceptions, to read: "Trash enclosures, including noncombustible materials." doors, shall be of (j) Section 12.106(a). General. Shall be amended by adding the following paragraph: "Exi t doors that could be obstructed from the outside shall be posted with a permanent sign on the exterior side of the door stating, "EXIT-DO NOT BLOCK". This sign shall consist of letters not less than 3/4 inches wide and at least 6 inches high on a contrasting background. (k) Section Occupancies follows: 14.104(d) 1. General. Group shall E, be Divisions 1 amended to and read 3 as "Group E, Division 1 Occupancies having an occupant load of 50 or more and Group E, Division 3 Occupancies having an occupant load of 20 or more shall be provided with an approved automatic and manual fire alarm system", etc., etc. (1) Section 14.105 Monitoring shall be amended as follows: "When requircd by the chicf, Fire (m) Section Devices, shall sentence: 14.109. Automatic Telephone Dialing be amended by substituting the following ORDINANCE NO. Series 1992 914 Page 4 "Automatic telephone dialing devices shall not be installed on fire alarm systems, detection systems, or sprinkler systems required by this code." (n) Section 45.203(a). adding: Materials, shall be amended by "EXCEPTION: Gypsum wallboard is not allowed." (0) Section 77.101 Shall be amended by the deletion of Exception Number 3. "The sale, possession or use of Class C, Common fireworks". (p) Section 79.1203 (b). Leaving Vehicle Unattended, shall be amended to read as follows: "The driver, operator or attendant of any tank vehicle shall not leave the vehicle while it is being filled or discharged. Delivery and/or Vapor Recovery hoses when attached to a tank vehicle shall be considered part of the tank vehicle. It shall be unlawful for any driver, operator or attendant 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." (q) Sec. 85.109(c) Labeling shall be amended by adding the following paragraph: "Electrical rooms containing the main electric disconnect switch shall be identified with a permanently affixed sign that reads "Main Electric Disconnect." This sign shall be affixed to the outside of the door leading to the room. Section 3. 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 4. Violation and Penalties. Any person, firm, association or other entity doing any act of omission in violation of this Code shall be subject to prnsecution, 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 ORDINANCE NO. Series 1992 914 Page 5 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, irrespecti ve of the fact that anyone part or parts be declared invalid. Section 6. Safetv 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 15 days after final publication. 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 set for January 11 , , 1993, 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 11 th day of January 1993. SIGNED by the Mayor on this 1993. 12th day of January _U) , ( J \.,' , , /"-. 1 a 1 I,c.", ., 'j,l Ray J. wjoger, Mayor'/ ATTEST~ --ij . -- ,. . ,. ,; " ,I, , ' . Wanda S~~~:~City 'Cl~~~ , " APPROVED ~ (/O~RM ATTORNEY: John 1st Publication: December 10, 1992 2nd Publication: January 21, 1993 Wheat Ridge Sentinel Effective Date: February 5, 1993 (codejfirej92)