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Home My Public Portal AboutORD10670 BILL NO. ` • SPONSORED BY COUNCILMANL(�(? ORDINANCE NO. 10670- AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, PRESCRIBING A NATIONAL FIRE PREVENTION CODE, PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT THEREOF, PROVIDING A PENAL'T'Y FOR VIOLATIONS, PROVIDING A VALIDITY CLAUSE, REPEALING ORDINANCES NO. 8526 AND 9398, REPEALING SECTION 17-11 OF THE CITY CODE, AND REPEALING SECTION 12-42 OF THE CITY CODE AND ENACTING A NEW SECTION IN LIEU THEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Adoption of the BOCA Basic National Fire Preven- tion Code/1984 . The BOCA Basic/National Fire Prevention Code/1984, published by the Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc. , is hereby adopted, and incorporated herein by reference, as the Fire Prevention Code of the City of Jefferson, with the additions, insertions, deletions, and changes contained in this ordinance. Section 2. Additions, Insertions, Deletions, and Changes . The folowing additions, insertions, deletions and changes are made to the BOCA Basic/National Fire Prevention Code/1984, otherwise referred to herein as the Fire Prevention Code of the City of Jefferson: ( 1 ) Delete Section F-100 . 1, and insert the following in its place: _F-100. 1. Title: These regulations as set forth herein shall be known as the Fire Prevention Code of the City of Jefferson and are herein referred to as such or as "this code. " (2 ) Delete Section F-102 .1, and insert the following in its place: F-102 . 1. Enforcement Officer: It shall be the duty and responsibility of the chief of the fire department, or his duly authorized representative, to enforce the provisions of the fire prevention code as herein set forth. The designated enforcement officer of this code is herein referred to as the fire official. For the purpose of issuing permits, the fire official shall be the person designated to issue permits pursuant to section F-103 .2 of this code. The duties of enforcement shall be shared with the chief of the police department or the director of the department of planning and code enforcement as provided by this code or by ordinance. • .a ( 3) Delete Section F-103.2 , and insert the following in its place: F-103.2 Permits required: Notwithstanding any pro- visions to the contrary in other sections of this code, permits required in any section of this code shall be procured from the chief of the fire department unless City code section 7-20(d) lists the subject matter of the permit, in which case the permit shall be procured from the director of the department of planning and code enforcement. Permits required under sections F- 2003.2 and F-2400.2 shall be issued by the director of the department of planning and code enforcement . Inspection or permit fees , if any, shall be stipulated by ordinance. Permits shall at all times be kept in the premises designated therein and shall at all times be subject to inspection by the fire official. (4 ) Delete section F-104 .1, and insert the following in its place: F-104 . 1 Appeals: Appeals to the board may be taken by any person aggrieved by any decision or interpretation of the fire official made under the provisions of this code. The board of appeals shall. consist of five members who are qualified by experience and training to rule on matters pertaining to building construction and fire prevention. The board of appeals shall be appointed by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council and shall hold office in accordance with the terms of the appointment. The board shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations for conducting its hearings. All board hearings shall be open to the public. All resolutions or findings of the board shall be in writing and made available for public viewing. (5 ) Delete section F-105.3 in its entirety. ( 6) Delete section F-105 .3 .2 and insert the following in its place: F-105 . 3.2 Unlawful continuance: Any person who shall refuse to leave, interfere with the evacuation of other occupants or continue any operation after having been given an evacuation order except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be deemed guilty of a violation punishable by a fine of not more than $500 dollars or by imprisonment of not more than 180 days . Each day that a violation continues shall be deemed a separate violation. (7 ) Delete section F-105. 5. 1 and insert the following in its place: - 2 - 1 Y F. 11,11911:111111�1�111111�11 1 1111 � d w F-105. 5. 1 Penalty for violations : Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this code or failing to comply with any order issued pursuant to any section thereof , shall be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine of not more than $500 dollars or by imprisonment of not more than 180 days . Each day that a violation continues, after a service of notice as provided for in this code, shall be deemed a separate violation. (8 ) Add section F-105.5 .3: F-105.5.3 Damage to fire department equipment: Any neg- ligent or willful damage to fire department equipment caused by any person subject to this code shall be punishable by a fine of $500 dollars per occurrence of damage. This fine shall not be construed to preclude monetary recovery of damages by the City through civil proceedings . (9 ) Add sections F-311.3 through F-311. 5 F-311. 3 Fire lane signs: (A) Signs designating fire lanes shall comply with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. Such signs shall be rectangular in shape with a white background. and red letters stating "FIRE LANE NO Aft PARKING" . (B) The signs described in subsection A of this section shall be posted in the following manner: ( i) at each end of a fire lane which exceeds thirty ( 30 ) feet in length with signs which can be read from each direction; ( ii) midway between the ends of a fire lane less than thirty (30) feet in length with the signs to be posted to the right of the traffic way and to be legible from the roadway. F-311.4 Fire lane curb marking: (A) Curbs , or pavement if there are no curbs , in a fire lane shall be painted with a stripe at least three (3 ) inches wide. (B) The paint to beused in complying with subsection A of this section shall be yellow in color. If there are other restricted parking zones in the area of the fire lane, the paint shall be red in color. - 3 - (C) The yellow or red striping marking a fire lane shall not be a part of, and shall be distinctly different from, any other restricted parking striping used in the area of the fire lane. F-311.5 Fire lane locations : Pursuant to section F-311 of this code, the fire official shall have the authority to designate the following areas, or any portion thereof, as fire lanes: ( 1 ) entrances and exits to non-residential structures; (2 ) roadways providing access to fire stations; ( 3 ) roadways providing access to sprinkler or standpipe systems; and (4 ) roadways that lead to, are next to or in front of fire hydrants . ( 10) Delete section F-301. 1 in its entirety. ( 11 ) Add sections F-315. 1 through F-315.6 : F-315. 1 Obstructing fire hydrants: It shall be unlawful to, by the erection of a fence, placement of a living, dead, or imitation plants, or placement of any decorative device, to obscure from view, damage, deface, obstruct or restrict the access to any fire hydrant or any fire department connection for the pressurization of fire suppression systems , including fire hydrants and fire department connections that are located in public or private streets and access langes, or on private property. F-315.2 Notice of violation: The fire official. shall issue notices of violations of section F-315. 1 to any property owner in violation of said section. The notice shall contain a description of the material(s ) found to be a violation, a direction to remove the material(s ) within fifteen ( 15 ) days after mailing of the notice, and a copy of section F-315.3 . F-315. 3 Removal of materials: If fifteen ( 15 ) days after mailing the notice the obstructions or encroachments that constitute a violation of section F- 315 .1 are not removed, the fire official shall remove the same. Any costs incurred in removing the obstructions or encroachments shall be paid from the City treasury on certificate of the fire official and approval of the City Administrator; and the City counselor shall institute appropriate action for the recovery of such costs. F-315.4 Duty to maintain: It shall be the duty of the owner of the property on which a fire hydrant or fire department connection for the pressurization of fire suppression systems is located to maintain the property 4 a� MENEM N suppression systems is located to maintain the property surrounding such hydrant or connection in such a manner as to comply with section F-315 . 1. F-315.5 Hydrant use a2proval: A person shall not use or operate any fire hydrant intended for use of the fire department for fire suppression purposes unless such person first secures the permission of the fire official and the water company having jurisdiction. This section shall not apply to the use of such hydrants by a person employed by, and authorized to make such use by, the water company having jurisdiction. F-315. 6 Fire hydrant spacing: In the districts designated RU, RC, RS-1, RS-2, RS-3, RS-4 , RD, RA-1, and RA-2 by the City zoning ordinance, fire hydrants shall be six hundred (600 ) feet apart along any given street, unless a block between two intersecting streets streets is longer than four hundred (400 ) feet but less than six hundred (600) feet. In all other districts designated in such zoning ordinance, fire hydrants shall be three hundred (300) feet apart along any given street. In an area in the RU, RC, RS-1, RS-2 , RS-3, RS- 4 , RD, RA-1, or RA-2 districts which a non-residential use exists, the three hundred (300 ) foot spacing requirement shall apply. F-315.7 Fire Hydrant Construction: Any fire hydrant installed for private or public use shall conform to the specifications of the water company having jurisdiction. Any such hydrant shall be right-hand opening, with two 2�- inch and one 4� inch outlets, and shall be supplied by a water main of sufficient size to provide fire protection. ( 12 ) Delete sections F-411. 1 through F-411.2 in their entirety. ( 13 ) Add section F-316. 1: F-316. 1 Sale of fire extinguishers : Fire extinguishers that do not carry an Underwriter's Laboratory label and .rating shall not be offered for sale or trade within the City. ( 14 ) Add section F-317 . 1 : F-317 . 1 Sale of smoke detectors: Smoke detectors that are not listed by Underwriter's Laboratory, are not marked with an Underwriter's Laboratory label, or do not meet Standard 72-E or 74 of the National Fire Protection Association shall not be offered for sale or trade within the City. 5 - i ( 15 ) Add section F-3400. 1 : F-3400.1 Referenced standards: Appendix A of the BOCA Basic/National Fire Prevention Code/1984 shall be considered a full part of this code. Section 3. VALIDITY. The City Council hereby declares that should any section, paragraph, sentence, or word of this ordinance or of the code hereby adopted be declared for any reason to be invalid, it is the intent of the City Council that it would have passed all other portions of this ordinance independent of the elimination herefrom of any such portion as may be declared invalid. Section 4. REPEAL. Ordinances 8526 and 9398, and section 17- 11 of the Code of the City of Jefferson are hereby repealed. Section 5. Section 12-42 of the Code of the City of Jefferson is hereby repealed, and a new section is enacted in lieu thereof, to read as follows: Section 12-42 . Adoption of BOCA Basic National Fire Preven- tion Code 1984 Edition. The BOCA Basic/National Fire Prevention Code/1984, published by the Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc. , is hereby adopted, and incorporated herein by reference, as the Fire Prevention Code of the City of Jefferson, with the additions, insertions , deletions and changes contained in Ordinance No. 106 7C:) Section 6. COPIES IN CITY CLERK'S OFFICE: Three copies of this Ordinance and the BOCA Basic/National Fire Prevention Code/1984 shall be kept on file in -the office of the City Clerk, and there kept available for public use, inspection and examination. Section 7 . EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage an approval. Passed _ , /�7 F6 Approved t. ,-P 7_ /57 g'6; � 7 Pre ding Officer Mayor iw ATTEST: City Ci y Clerk 6 -