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HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinances-1997-214 CITY OF TIFFIN ORDINANCE NO. 1997-214 AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 145 AND ADOPTING THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE FOR ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION IN THE CITY AND ADOPTING ADDITIONAL FIRE SAFETY PROVISIONS FOR THE CITY OF TIFFIN, IOWA: BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF TIFFIN, IOWA: Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to repeal Ordinance No. 145 of the Municipal Code of Tiffin, Iowa, and adopt, in its place the Uniform Building Code for all new construction in the City and adopting certain fire safety requirements . Section 2 . Uniform Building Code adoption. The Uniform Building Code is hereby adopted for all construction in the City. The City shall maintain a copy of the Code available for public reference. Section 3 . Fire Safety Provisions . The following situations shall require sprinkler systems as follows : An automatic sprinkler system shall be installed throughout: A.- every apartment house with three (3) floors of residential occupancy, three (3) or more stories in height or containing nine (9) or more dwelling units; B. every congregate residence of three (3) floors, three (3) or more stories in height, or having an occupant load of twenty (20) or more; and C. every hotel three (3) or more stories in height or containing twenty (20) or more guest rooms . Residential or quick-response standard sprinklers shall. be used in the dwelling units and guest room portions of the building. For the purpose of this section area separation walls used to define separate buildings shall have no openings . EXCEPTION: Sprinklers may be omitted in townhouse style buildings containing less than nine (9) dwelling units and three (3) floors of residential occupancy. Section _4 . Repealer. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed. Section _5_. Severability. If any section, provision, or part of this ordinance shall be (� adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such Ord■+/ance iiG7- ra9t. 2 La,,= adjudication shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole, or any section, provision, or part thereof note adjudged invalid or unconstitutional . Section _6 . Effective Date . This ordinance shall be ' in effect after its final passage, approval, and posting as provided by law. On the l i t hday of June , 1997 at a regular meeting of the Tiffin City Council, Tiffin, Iowa, Councilperson Bar t e l s introduced Ordinance No. 199j_- 214 , and moved that it be given its first reading. The motion was seconded by Councilperson Gericke Ayes: Brown, Walls , Bartels , Gericke and Kern _ Nays: None . Five members of the'council being present and having voted "Aye", Mayor Glen R. Potter declared the motion carried, and that Ordinance No. 199 7 - 214was read for the first time and placed on the record. Thereupon, it was moved by Councilperson Brown and seconded by Councilperson Gericke that the laws and rules providing that ordinances be considered . and voted on for passage at two council meetings prior to the meeting at which it is to be finally passed by suspended and dispensed-with and that Ordinance No. 19 9 7 - 214 be placed on its last reading. Ayes: Bartels , Kern , Gericke , Walls Nays: None . Absent : Brown members of the council being present and having voted "Aye", Mayor Glenn R. Potter thereupon declared the motion to be carried, and Ordinance No. 19 97 -214 was then placed upon its last reading and was read the last time. Thereupon, it was moved by Councilperson Walls . and seconded by Councilperson Bartels that Ordinance No. 19 97 - 214 be placed upon its final passage and adopted. Ayes: Walls , Kern, Gericke and Bartels - Nays: None . Absent : Brown F o u rmembers of the Council being present and having voted "Aye", Mayor Glen R. Potter declared the motion carried, and the Ordinance passed and adopted. Whereupon the Mayor declared that Ordinance No. 19 q 7 - 214 and entitled, Adopting Uniform Bldg Code and Fire Spr "i kiers be adopted and signified his approval of same by fixing his signature thereto. Passed by the council on the 11 t h day of June , 1997_and approved t,.,♦he 11 fo.,..r ,-n tho 1 1 t h claw of .Tii n a 19 97 1 r Orcl;noLice A/o. IcfF7-2Iq racje 3 i . 1 . , (*j, At 1 2,CliiY GLENN R. POTTER, Mayor ATTEST: ARINV ./ ...7. 41!! , 'nce,--- N A RG,.• B. REIHM , C ty Clerk II I, Clerk of the City of Tiffin, Iowa, state that an ordinance entitled 1 Adopting Uniform Building Code and {Fire Sprinklers and Fire Safety Provisions and known as No. 1997-214 was duly passed by the council on the , 11th day of jnnP 1997, and signed by the mayor on the 11th day of June 1997, and published on the 27th day of _ June 1997, by posting copies thereof in three public places within the limits of the City of Tiffin, Iowa. E i That I posted copies of Ordinance No. 1997-214 in thefollowing places : Tiffin Post Office Flansburg Hardware Morgan ' s Service r -----) /, .... ,, _ c MARGARET B. REIHMAN, Cit. , -rk (. . . . .