HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinances-2023-502CITY OF TIFFIN ORDINANCE NO. 2023-502
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE WITH
AMENDMENTS
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF TIFFIN, IOWA:
Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to adopt 2021
International Fire Code with Amendments.
Section 2. Amendment. The 2021 International Fire Code was adopted in
Chapter 155, Building Codes, and is hereby amended as follows:
INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE 2021 - AMENDMENTS
155.02 Fire Code Adopted.
1. Except as hereinafter modified, that certain fire code, designated
International Fire Code, 2021 edition, including Appendix Chapters B, C, D, E,
F, G, H, I, K, and N as published by the International Code Council, which code
is specifically incorporated by reference, is adopted as the Fire Code of the City
of Tiffin, in the State of Iowa. The provisions of said Fire Code shall regulate and
govern the safeguarding of life and property from fire and explosion hazards
arising from the storage, handling and use of hazardous substances, materials
and devices, and from conditions hazardous to life or property in the occupancy
of, buildings and premises as herein provided; provide for the issuance of permits
and collection of fees therefor; and each and all of the regulations, provisions,
penalties, conditions and terms of said Fire Code on file in the office of the City
of Tiffin are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof, as if fully set
out in this legislation, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes
prescribed in the following sections of this chapter.
155.04 Amendments to the Fire Code.
The following sections are hereby revised:
Section 101.1. "[NAME OF JURISDICTION]" is amended to "City of Tiffin"
Section 103.1 "[NAME OF DEPARTMENT]" is amended to "Tiffin Fire Department"
Section 104.13 Add a new section to read as follows: Authority to halt operations
and evacuate. The Fire Code Official is authorized to order an operation or use
stopped or the evacuation of any premises, building, or vehicle or portion thereof
which has or is a fire, life safety, or health hazard.
Section 105.2 Add a sentence to the end of the section to read as follows:
Application for an operational permit shall be submitted with all required
information not less than 14 days prior to the event requiring a permit.
Section 105.5 Add the following to the end of the section to read as follows: The
Fire Code Official at their discretion shall send plans to an outside agency for
review. The Fire Code Official shall choose the plan review agency. The applicant
shall pay all fees associated with the plan review directly to the outside agency.
A certificate of occupancy shall not be issued until the review fees have been paid.
Section 105.6 Add the following to the end of the section to read: The Fire Code
Official at their discretion shall send plans for operational permits requests to an
outside agency for review. The Fire Code Official shall choose the plans review
agency. The applicant shall pay all fees associated with the plan review directly
to the outside agency. The permit shall not be issued until the review fees have
been paid.
Section 112.4 Delete the section and replace with: Persons who shall violate a
provision of this code or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof
or who shall erect, install, alter, repair or do work in violation of the approved
construction documents or directive of the Fire Code Official, or of a permit or
certificate used under provisions of this code, shall be guilty of a Municipal
Infraction, as prescribed in City of Tiffin Municipal Code. Each day that a
violation continues after due notice has been served shall be deemed a separate
offense.
Section 113.4. Delete the section and replace it with: Failure to Comply. Any
person who shall continue any work after having been served with a stop work
order, except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a
violation or unsafe condition, shall be liable as provided for in a municipal
infraction, as prescribed in the City of Tiffin Municipal Code.
Section 202 Add a new definition to read as follows: CROWD MANAGER. Crowd
Manager is responsible for safe crowd movement during daily activities and
special events; means of egress, assisting venue occupants, overseeing
emergency response and evacuation plans.
Section 202 Add a new definition to read as follows: EMERGENCY
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER. Johnson County Joint Emergency
Communications Center (JCJECC).
Section 307. See Also City of Tiffin Ordinance 105.05 Open Burning Restricted.
Section 308.3 Add number 4: Outdoor assembly spaces are allowed to be
provided with natural gas fueled fire pit appliances complying with the applicable
adopted codes and manufacturer's listing.
Section 401.9 Add a new section to read as follows: Building evacuation. Upon
activation of the building fire alarm system or upon notification by other means
of detecting and reporting unwanted fire, all building occupants shall promptly
evacuate the building. Building employees and tenants shall implement the
appropriate emergency plan and procedures. Exception: When the emergency
evacuation plan, as approved by the Fire Code Official, does not require the
immediate total evacuation of the building.
Section 405 Modification. Emergency Evacuation Drills. This change increases
the frequency and participation of evacuation drills. E occupancies are increased
to monthly. Tiffin amends this to follow state code requiring four drills per school
year, two in the fall semester and two in the spring semester.
Section 505.1. Add table.
Minimum Height and Stroke Width a,b,c,d
Distance from the centerline of the
Public Way (ft)
Minimum
Height (in)
Minimum
Stroke
Width (in)
Less than 100
4
1/2
100
199
6
3/4
200
299
8
1
For each additional 100
Increase 2
Increase
1/2
a) Exterior suite identification, minimum height shall be 4 inches and
stroke width shall be 1/2 inch.
b) Interior suite identification, minimum height shall be 3 inches and
stroke width shall be 1/4 inch.
c) Measurements to determine the minimum number or letter size shall be
measured from the approved address location to the center line of the
street for which the premise is addressed.
d) Minimum height and minimum stroke may be increased by the Fire
Code Official.
Section 505.3 Add a new section to read as follows: Addresses for Buildings under
Construction. Upon permit issuance, all new commercial and residential
buildings under construction shall have plainly visible addresses from the street.
Additional address signage may be required at the discretion of the Fire Code
Official.
Section 506.1 Insert a sentence to the beginning of the section to read as follows:
An approved key box shall be installed in an approved location on all new
construction. Add the following to the end of the section: Exception: Group R-3
occupancies and unsecured R-2 occupancies.
507.2.1 Add the following to the end of the section to read: Private fire service
mains shall be appropriately sized and installed to provide the required fire flow
and shall be a minimum of 8" in diameter.
Section 507.3 Delete the section and replace with: Fire flow. Fire flow
requirements for buildings or portions of buildings shall be determined by
"Appendix B" of this code.
Section 507.5.1 Delete exceptions 1 862
Section 507.5.1.1 Delete section and add a new section to read as follows: Fire
Sprinkler System 8s Standpipe System Support. A fire hydrant shall be located
no more than 100 feet from a fire sprinkler or standpipe system connection on a
hard surface, located on the same side of the fire department access road, easily
accessible by fire apparatus, and meeting the approval of the Fire Code Official.
Section 507.5.7 Add a new section to read as follows: Fire Hydrant Installation
Section 507.5.7.1 Add a new section to read as follows: Fire hydrant outlet
direction: All fire hydrants shall be positioned so that the four and one-half (4
1/2) inch connection is facing the street or driveway accessible to fire department
apparatus.
Section 507.5.7.2 Fire hydrants threads: All new fire hydrants within the limits
of the City of Tiffin shall have National Standard Threads (NST) on the two and
one-half (2 1/2) inch connections and the four and one-half (4 1/2) inch
connection will have a Storz connection.
Section 507.5.7.3 Flow: The minimum flow requirements for a water main serving
a fire hydrant is the rate of water flow, at a residual pressure of twenty pounds
per square inch (20psi) and for a specified duration, as specified in appendix B
of this code and shall be a minimum of 8" in diameter.
Section 507.5.7.4 Add a new section to read as follows: Fire Hydrant height: Fire
hydrants shall be installed a minimum of sixteen (16) inches from the nominal
ground level to the center of the lowest water outlet.
Section 510.1 Delete exceptions 1 & 2.
Section 604.6.1 Delete section and replace with: Elevator key location. Keys for
the elevator car doors and fire-fighter service keys shall be kept in an approved
elevator key box in an approved location by the Fire Code Official for immediate
use by the fire department.
Section 604.8. Add a new section to read as follows: Elevator equipment signage.
New and existing buildings with an elevator shall have an approved, visible sign
located next to the elevator key box stating the location of the elevator equipment
room and elevator power shut-off.
Section 606.4 Delete the last sentence and replace with: Movement of new and
existing cooking appliances with casters under a Type 1 hood shall be limited by
an approved floor -mounted restraining device and flexible gas connector installed
in accordance with the connector and appliance manufacturer's instructions.
Section 606.5 Add a new section to read as follows: Required separation. All deep -
fat fryers shall be installed with at least 16 -inches space between the fryer and
surface flames from adjacent cooking equipment. Where a steel or tempered glass
baffle plate is installed at a minimum 8 -inch height between the fryer and surface
flames to the adjacent appliance, the requirement for a 16inch space shall not
apply.
Section 803.16 Add a new section to read as follows: Maintenance. The interior
finish of buildings shall be maintained in accordance with the conditions of
original approval. Any change to the interior finish that is regulated by the
provisions of this code, or the building code, shall be made in accordance with
all applicable requirements.
Section 807.5.2.1 Delete exception 2.
Section 807.5.5.1 Delete exception 2.
Section 901.2 (a) Add a new section to read as follows: Water -based fire
protection systems. Working plans submitted to the fire department for water -
based fire protection systems shall be stamped and approved by a qualified
person to be in compliance with applicable NFPA standards and the Tiffin Fire
Code. Any changes to the working plans shall be approved by a qualified person.
A qualified person shall have a minimum National Institute for Certification in
Engineering Technologies [NICET] Level III certification for Automatic Sprinkler
System Layout OR be a licensed engineer with experience in life safety system
design. Other qualifications may be approved by the Fire Code Official.
Section 901.2 (b) Add a new section to read as follows: Fire alarm systems.
Working plans submitted to the fire department by a qualified person for fire
alarm systems shall be stamped and approved by a qualified person to be in
compliance with applicable NFPA standards and the Tiffin Fire Code. Any
changes to the working plans shall be approved by a qualified person. A qualified
person shall have a minimum National Institute for Certification in Engineering
Technologies [NICET] Level III certification for Fire Alarm Systems OR be a
licensed engineer with experience in life safety system design. Other
qualifications may be approved by the Fire Code Official.
Section 901.4.7.1. Add a sentence to the end of the section to read as follows:
The fire pump room or automatic sprinkler riser room shall have an exterior
access door. The room shall have a hard -cleanable walking surface from the fire
department access road.
Section 901.4.7.3. Add a sentence to the end of the section to read as follows:
The fire pump room or automatic sprinkler riser room shall have a supervised
room temperature sensor.
Section 901.4.7.4. Add a sentence to the end of the section to read as follows:
Emergency lighting shall be provided in the fire pump room or automatic
sprinkler riser room
Section 901.4.7.5 Add a new section to read as follows: Additional Requirements.
The fire pump room or automatic sprinkler riser room shall be separated from
electrical room and have no electrical panels inside the rooms other than
electrical power required for the use of the fire alarm and fire protection
equipment and have a floor drain. Unless otherwise approved by the Fire Code
Official, the fire sprinkler riser room with one sprinkler riser shall have a
minimum area of sixteen (16) square feet with a minimum dimension of four (4)
feet providing at least three (3) feet clearance in front of the sprinkler, fire alarm
control panel and fire pump equipment. If additional sprinkler risers are
installed, the room size shall be increased to provide at least three (3) feet of
clearance in front of each riser.
Section 901.6.3.2 Add a new section to read as follows: Inspection Record
Submission. Contractors who perform installation, inspection, testing and/ or
maintenance services on fire and life safety systems are required to electronically
submit all installation and compliant and non -compliant inspection reports to
the Fire Code Official via a method approved by the Fire Code Official within 30
calendar days of the installation/ inspection date. Reports submitted after 30
calendar days may incur late fees.
Section 901.7 Add a sentence to the end of the section to read as follows: A person
assigned to fire watch must walk through the building at least once every 30
minutes checking for fire or smoke. A fire watch must be continued until the fire
alarm system and/ or fire protection system has been restored to normal
operating condition or the building has been evacuated. A competent adult
familiar with the building must conduct the fire watch, and if a fire is discovered
shall call 911 and immediately evacuate the building.
Section 903.3.5.1 Delete this section and replace with: A single domestic and
automatic fire sprinkler system water supply. If the city water provider requires
a single domestic and automatic fire sprinkler system supply, then the water
supply shall be split outside of the building and shall have a shutoff provided for
the domestic service after the split outside of the building. The total domestic
demand is required to be added to the fire sprinkler demand.
Section 903.3.5.2 Delete this section and replace with: Water supply safety
margin: The fire sprinkler system hydraulically calculated demand per NFPA 13
or NFPA 13R including required hose stream allowances, and domestic water
demand if required by section 903.3.5.1 must be a minimum 10%, but not less
than 5 psi below the water supply flow test curve. The flow test must have been
conducted within 90 days of fire sprinkler plan submittal to the city (and third -
party reviewer where applicable). The base of riser psi at the time of acceptance
test shall also be 10% but not less than 5 psi above the most demanded
hydraulically calculated pressure.
Section 903.4.2 Delete the section and replace with: Alarms. An approved
weatherproof horn/ strobe device shall be mounted directly above the fire
department connection between seven (7) and ten (10) feet in height above grade.
The water -flow alarm device shall be activated by water flow equivalent to the
flow of a single sprinkler of the smallest orifice size installed in the system.
Approved and supervised audible visual notification appliances shall be installed
throughout each level of the interior of the building as required by the Fire Code
Official and NFPA 72. Where a fire alai iii system is installed, actuation of the
automatic sprinkler system shall actuate the building fire alarm system.
Section 903.5.1 Add a new section to read as follows: Inspector's test valve. An
inspector's test valve is required at the most remote location in each fire sprinkler
system or tenant/floor control valve space, for use at the acceptance test and to
remove air from the system after maintenance work is done on the system.
Section 903.5.2 Add a new section to read as follows: Forward Flow Testing.
Automatic sprinkler systems shall be provided with an external outlet to perform
forward flow testing as required by NFPA 25. Outlet shall be supervised, signed
as testing, and have male threads.
Section 903.7 Add a new section to read as follows: Zones. Automatic sprinkler
system zones shall not exceed the area permitted by NFPA 13 or NFPA 13R and
shall provide a sprinkler control valve and water flow device for each normally
occupied floor or normally occupied space in a multi -tenant building. Except by
approval of the Fire Code Official, all control and drain valves shall be located in
the sprinkler riser room or in the stairwell of a multi -story building provided with
standpipes, mounted no higher than 6 feet from floor.
Section 903.8 Add a new section to read as follows: Fire sprinkler for exterior
projections. An exterior projection as outlined in NFPA 13 attached to a building
shall be required to have fire sprinklers installed underneath for protection
throughout if the exterior projection extends more than 4 feet from the building
and is 12 feet or less in height from the ground regardless of whether the exterior
projection is combustible or noncombustible. Canopies that are attached to or
within ten (10) feet of the building and have vehicle access under them with
openings into the building shall be required to have fire sprinklers coverage
installed under the canopy regardless of whether the canopy is combustible or
non-combustible.
Section 904.13.6 Add a new section to read as follows: System Annunciation.
Commercial cooking automatic fire extinguishing systems installed in buildings
that do not have a fire alarm system, shall be connected to an approved audible
and visible emergency notification device to warn of system discharge. The
horn/ strobe and signage shall be installed in a location approved by the Fire
Code Official, typically in the kitchen.
Section 904.13.7 Add a new section to read as follows: Ventilation Operation. The
ventilation system shall shut down the make-up air to the hood and continue to
exhaust upon activation of the hood fire extinguishing system. Exception: Section
904.12.6.6 may be revoked if the fire extinguishing agent will not perform to
specifications due to exhausting requirements.
Section 905.1.1 Add a new section to read as follows: Class III standpipe systems.
Delete all references to class II standpipe systems and replace with class III
standpipe systems.
Section 905.3.4 Delete the exception without substitution.
Section 905.3.9 Add a new section to read as follows: Additional Standpipe
Systems. Additional standpipe systems may be added to new buildings or
structures as deemed necessary by the Fire Code Official.
Section 905.4 Requirement # 1 Delete the section and replace it with: In every
required interior exit stairway, a hose connection shall be provided for each story
above and below grade plane. Hose connections shall be located at the
intermediate landing between stories, unless otherwise approved by the Fire Code
Official.
Section 906.1 Delete exceptions 1, 2, 86 3 without substitution.
Section 906.3 Add a sentence to the end of the section to read as follows: The
minimum size and rating of any required portable fire extinguisher for Class A,
Class B, or Class C hazard shall be 5 lb. 2-A, 10-B, C.
Section 907.1.4 Add a new section to read as follows: Fire alarm control panels
and Fire alarm annunciator panels. Installation of fire alarm control panels and
fire alarm annunciator panels shall be installed in accordance with section
907.1.4.1 through 907.1.4.5.
Section 907.1.4.1 Add a new section to read as follows: Fire Alarm Panel Height.
Installation of fire alarm panels shall not exceed 6 feet in height measured from
the floor to the top of the panel. Exception: Panel height may be altered by the
Fire Code Official.
Section 907.1.4. 2 Add a new section to read as follows: Number of Fire Alarm
Control Panels in Buildings. Only one listed fire alarm control panel shall be
allowed per building and shall lock in the alarm until the system is reset and
shall not be canceled by the operation of an audible - alarm silencing switch. This
control panel shall only receive alarm signals from fire protection equipment.
Section 907.1.4.3 Add a new section to read as follows: Combination
Fire/Security Alarm System Panels. A listed combination fire/ security alarm
system panel that meets all the requirements of this code and amendments may
be permitted by approval of the Fire Code Official. The fire/ security panel shall
be capable of providing a signal that can differentiate between the fire and
security alarm.
Section 907.1.4.4 Add a new section to read as follows: Password/PIN Protection
Prohibited. Fire alarm control panels and/ or fire alarm annunciator panels that
require a password/PIN to silence an alarm/ supervisory /trouble signal and/ or
to reset an alarm/ supervisory/ trouble signal shall be prohibited.
Section 907.1.4.5 Add a new section to read as follows: Fire Alarm Annunciator
Panels. The Fire Code Official can require addition fire alarm annunciator panels
based on the size of building and access to the building, these panels shall meet
the requirements of 907.1.4 and 907.2.
Section 907.2 Delete the section and replace with: Where required -new buildings
and structures. An approved and addressable manual, automatic or manual and
automatic fire alarm system installed in accordance with the provisions of this
code and NFPA 72 shall be provided in new buildings and structures in
accordance with Sections 907.2.1 through 907.2.23 and provide occupant
notification in accordance with 907.5 unless other requirements are provided by
another section of this code. Not fewer than one manual fire alarm box shall be
provided in an approved location to initiate a fire alarm signal for fire alarm
system employing automatic fire detectors or water -flow devices. Where other
sections of this code allow elimination of fire alarm boxes due to sprinklers a
single fire alarm box shall be installed in a location approved by the Fire Code
Official.
Exceptions:
1. The manual fire alarm box is not required for fire alarm systems dedicated
to elevator recall control and supervisory service.
2. Where the manual fire alarm box is required for Group R-2 occupancies
as a means for fire watch personnel to initiate an alarm during a sprinkler
system impairment event, the manual fire alarm box shall not be located
in an area that is accessible to the public.
3. Multi -tenant buildings required to have a manual/automatic fire alarm
system shall install one manual pull station per tenant space.
4. Visual notification appliances are not required within self -storage units.
Section 907.2.1.3 Add a new section to read as follows: Group A Occupancies.
In Group A occupancies, the activation of the fire alarm or fire sprinkler system,
shall automatically shut down or stop music, sound systems, conflicting or
confusing sounds and visual distractions and initiate illumination of all the
means of exit egress components.
Section 907.2.9.1 Delete exception 2 without substitution.
Section 907.2.11.2 Modify by adding a fourth location requirement as follows: 4)
Supervised smoke detectors shall be installed in all common corridors and at the
top and bottom of all stairway enclosures in Groups R-2, R-4 and I-1
occupancies. In corridors, detectors shall be located within fifteen (15) feet of the
end of the corridor and in such a way that one detector is located for each thirty
(30) feet of corridor length or spaced as allowed by the code.
Section 907.4.2 Add a sentence to the end of the section to read as follows: Where
the Fire Code Official determines that manual fire alarm boxes may be used to
cause false fire alarms, the Fire Code Official is authorized to modify the
requirements for manual fire alarm boxes.
Section 907.6.3 Delete this section and replace with: Initiating device
identification. The fire alarm system shall identify the specific initiating device
with an alphanumeric address description showing location, type of device, and
status including indication of normal, alarm, trouble, and supervisory, as
appropriate. Alphanumeric descriptions and locations shall be reported to the
Emergency Communications Center upon activation of an alarm condition as
specified by the Fire Code Official.
Exception:
1. Special initiation devices that do not support individual device
identification.
Section 907.6.4.3 Add a new section to read as follows: Zone and address location
labeling. Fire alarm and/ or annunciator panels shall have all zones and address
points plainly and permanently labeled as to their location on the outside of the
panel or on an easily readable map of the building if no display is present.
Section 907.6.6 Delete the section and replace with: Monitoring. All fire alarms
required by this chapter, the International Building Code, or the Fire Code
Official, shall be monitored by an approved UL listed Central Station service in
accordance with NFPA 72 to provide for the immediate and automatic notification
of the Emergency Communications Center. Each initiating device shall report an
address point and an alpha/numeric descriptor showing location, type of device
and status including indication of normal, alarm, trouble, and supervisory
status, as appropriate. Alpha/ numeric descriptor shall be required to be reported
to the emergency communications center upon activation of alarm conditions as
specified by the Fire Code Official.
Exception: Monitoring by a supervising station is not required for:
1. Single and multiple -station smoke alarms required by Section 907.2.10.
2. Smoke detectors in Group 1-3 occupancies.
3. Automatic sprinkler systems in one and two-family dwellings
4. Fire alarm systems in one- and two-family dwellings
Section 907.7.4 Add a new section to read as follows: Device/Zone Map. An easily
readable fire alarm device and/ or zone map of the building shall be permanently
mounted in or near the fire alarm control panel and documentation cabinet
showing the location of all initiating devices when required by the Fire Code
Official.
Section 907.11 Add a new section to read as follows: Approved hold -open devices.
When installed in buildings that have a fire alarm system and/ or sprinkler
system, all approved hold -open devices shall release upon activation of a fire
alarm and/ or sprinkler water -flow activation.
Section 912.4.1 Delete the sentence and replace with: Locking fire department
connections caps. Locking fire department connections caps approved by the fire
department are required for all new construction that have a water -based fire
protective system and existing structures that have a water -based fire protective
system immediately after conducting the five-year obstruction and maintenance
testing or if one or more of the fire department caps are missing.
Section 912.8 Add a section to read as follows: Fire Department Connection
Height. The fire department connection shall be located not less than 18 inches
from the bottom of the cap(s) and not more than 3 feet from the top of the cap(s)
above the level of the adjacent grade or access level. Deviation from this height
may be granted by the Fire Code Official for just cause.
Section 912.9 Add a new section to read as follows: Size. Minimum fire
department connection size shall be 2 1/2 -inch National Standard Thread Siamese
connection.
Section 1008.3.3 Delete number 5 and replace with: 5. Public restrooms designed
for simultaneous use by more than one occupant.
Section 1008.3.6 Add a new section to read as follows: Additional emergency
lights: Emergency lights may be required at the discretion of the Fire Code Official
for illumination in the event of a power failure.
Section 1103.11 Add a new section to read as follows: Existing fire alarm systems
monitoring requirements. Existing fire alarms systems that are currently not
monitored by an approved UL listed Central Station shall become monitored
within 1 year from receiving notice in accordance with section 907.6.6.
Section 5003.5 Add a sentence to the end of the section to read as follows:
Signs shall also comply with the requirements of the Iowa Right to Know law.
Section 3. Repealer. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with
the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section 4. Severability Clause. If any section, provision, or part of this
ordinance shall be adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall
not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any section, provision or
part thereof not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 5. When Effective. This ordinance shall be in effect after its final
passage, approval, and posting as provided by law.
On the 20th day of June, 2023, at a regular meeting of the Tiffin City Council,
Tiffin, Iowa, Councilperson Limkemann introduced Ordinance No. 2023-502,
and moved that it be given its first reading. The motion was seconded by
Councilperson Havens.
Ayes: Olney, Schnedler, Limkemann, Havens, Orris
Nays: None
Five members of the Council being present and having voted "Aye", Mayor Steve
Berner declared the motion carried, and Ordinance No. 2023-502, was read the
first time, discussed, and placed on record.
On the 11 th day of July, 2023, at a regular meeting of the Tiffin City Council,
Tiffin, Iowa, Councilperson Limkemann introduced Ordinance No. 2023-502,
and moved that it be given its second reading. The motion was seconded by
Councilperson Havens.
Ayes: Orris, Havens, Olney, Schnedler, Limkemann.
Nays: None.
Five members of the Council being present and having voted "Aye", Mayor Steve
Berner declared the motion carried, and Ordinance No. 2023-502, was read the
second time and discussed and placed on record.
On the 18th day of July, 2023, at a regular meeting of the Tiffin City Council,
Tiffin, Iowa, Councilperson Havens introduced Ordinance No. 2023-502, and
moved that it be given its third and last reading. The motion was seconded by
Councilperson Limkemann.
Ayes: Schnedler, Limkemann, Havens, Olney, Orris.
Nays: None.
Five members of the Council being present and having voted "Aye", Mayor Steve
Berner declared the motion carried, and the ordinance was passed and
adopted.
Whereupon the Mayor declared that Ordinance No. 2023-502 be adopted and
signified his approval of same by fixing his signature thereto. Passed by the
Council on the 18th day of July 2023 and approved by the Mayor on the 19th
day of July 2023.
CITY OF TIFFIN, IOWA:
i
By:
STEVE BERNER, Mayor
ATTEST:
Abigail Hora, C ty Clerk
I, Abigail Hora, City Clerk of the City of Tiffin, Iowa, state that an ordinance
entitled AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE
WITH AMENDMENTS, and known as No. 2023-502 was duly passed by the
Council on the 18th day of July 2023, and signed by the Mayor on the 19th day
of July 2023, and published on the 19th day of July 2023, by posting copies
thereof in three public places within the limits of the City of Tiffin, Iowa. That I
posted copies of Ordinance No. 2023-502 in the following places:
The Depot, Tiffin, Iowa
Casey's, Tiffin, Iowa
Solon State Bank, Tiffin, Iowa.
Abigail Hia, City Clerk