The International Fire Code, as adopted in Section 1610.01, is hereby amended as follows:
Section 101.1 amended to read as follows, “These regulations shall be known as the Fire Prevention Code of the City of Freeport, Illinois.”
Section 105.6.32 is deleted in its entirety.
Section 109.4 is added as follows: “Violation Penalties. 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(s), or of a permit or certificate used under provisions of this code, shall be guilty of a Fire Prevention Code violation, punishable by a minimum fine of $50.00 and maximum of $750.00. Each day that a violation continues after due notice has been served shall be deemed a separate offense."
Section 112.4 amended to read as follows, “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 to a fine of not less than $50.00 or more than $750.00.”
Section 311.2.2 exceptions are deleted in their entirety.
Section 401.1 exception is deleted in its entirety.
Section 505.1.2 added to read as follows, "New and existing interior tenant spaces shall have numbers or alphabetical identification that is a minimum 4 inches high. All tenant spaces within a building shall be clearly labeled and placed in a position that is plainly legible and visible from the common area. If the tenant space is located to the rear of the structure, rear exterior doors of structures shall also be addressed, or as determined by the Fire Code official."
Section 511 added to read as follows, "The property owner and/or manager shall provide current contact persons and telephone numbers of persons to be notified in case of an emergency involving their property and/or building."
Section 903.3.5 is amended to delete "International Plumbing Code" and replace with "Illinois Plumbing Code."
Section 903.6 amended to read as follows, "An automatic sprinkler system shall be provided in existing buildings and structures where required in Chapter 11 excepting those amendments or deletions referenced in this code."
Section 5608.1.2 added to read as follows, "Bond and responsibility for fireworks display and discharge requires public liability insurance in the amounts of not less than four million dollars ($4,000,000.00) bodily injury and two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000.00) property damage and the City of Freeport, Illinois, and the Freeport Fire Department shall be added as additional insured."
Section 5704.2.9.6.1 amended to read as follows, “Locations of Above Ground tanks/Storage of Class I and II Liquids. Above-ground fuel storage tanks outside of buildings for flammable (Class I) or combustible liquids (Class II) within the corporate limits of the City shall be located only on parcels which are zoned either M-1, M-2, M-3 or A-1, as defined in the Zoning Code of the City of Freeport, as now or hereafter amended. Service stations may only maintain above-ground fuel storage tanks of combustible liquids, and not of flammable liquids. No person shall install, operate or maintain any above-ground fuel storage tank for flammable or combustible liquids without first obtaining a written permit from the Office of Fire Prevention of the City Fire Department as provided in Section 5501.2. Such Office is hereby authorized to promulgate such regulations as it deems necessary for the issuance of such permits or for the operation and/or construction of such tanks.”
Section 5706.2.4.4 amended to read as follows, “Locations of Above Ground tanks/Storage of Class I and Class II Liquids: Above-ground fuel storage tanks for flammable (Class I) or combustible liquids (Class II) within the corporate limits of the City shall be located only on parcels which are zoned either M-1, M-2, M-3 or A-1, as defined in the Zoning Code of the City of Freeport, as now or hereafter amended. Service stations may only maintain above- ground fuel storage tanks of combustible liquids, and not of flammable liquids. No person shall install, operate or maintain any above-groung fuel storage tank for flammable or combustible liquids without first obtaining a written permit from the Office of Fire Prevention of the City Fire Department as provided in Section 5501.2. Such Office is hereby authorized to promulgate such regulations as it deems necessary for the issuance of such permits or for the operation and/or construction of such tanks.”
Section 5806.2 amended to read as follows, “Locations of Flammable Cryogenic Fluids in Stationary Containers: Flammable cryogenic fluids in stationary containers within the corporate limits of the City shall be located only on parcels which are zoned either M-1, M-2, M-3 or A-1, as defined in the Zoning Code of the City of Freeport, as now or hereafter amended. No person shall install, operate or maintain any flammable cryogenic fluids in stationary containers without first obtaining a written permit from the Office of Fire Prevention of the City Fire Department as provided in Section 5501.2. Such Office is hereby authorized to promulgate such regulations as it deems necessary for the issuance of such permits or for the operation and/or construction of such containers.”
Section 6104.2 amended to read as follows “Maximum Capacity within established limits. Bulk storage of liquefied petroleum gas shall be prohibited in the City except in areas zoned M-3 Heavy Industrial. Within M-3 Districts, no installation with an aggregate capacity in excess of 200 gallons water capacity shall be made, or permitted to exist, unless a written permit therefor is first obtained from the Fire Chief or the Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention, and it shall be within his or her sole discretion to grant or deny such permit. This provision shall not apply to any storage facility which existed prior to 1997, and which has facilities which have been approved by the Office of Fire Prevention of the City Fire Department.”
(Ord. 98-73. Passed 3-15-99; Ord. 2010-20. Passed 4-19-10; Ord. 2020-43. Passed 9-8-20; Ord. 2024-36. Passed 8-5-24.)