(A) (1) Pursuant to C.R.S. §§ 31-16-201 et seq., as amended, there is hereby adopted as the Mechanical Code of the town, published by the International Code Conference, to have the same force and effect as if set forth herein in every particular.
(2) The purpose of this code is to safeguard the life and limb, health, property and public welfare of the residents of the town by providing minimum standards regulating the design, construction, quality of materials, erection, installation, alteration, repair, location, relocation, replacement, addition to, use or maintenance of mechanical systems in the town.
(Prior Code, § 513.3)
(B) The following amendments to the 2018 edition of the International Mechanical Code shall apply.
(1) Section 101.1, “Title”, is replaced as follows:
101.1 Title. These provisions shall be known as the Mechanical Code of the Town of Limon hereinafter referred to as “this Code”.
(2) Section 106.5.2, “Fee schedule”, is replaced as follows:
106.5.2 Fee schedule. For mechanical work requiring a permit, a fee for each permit shall be paid as required in accordance with Table 1A Building Permit Fees in Section 513.9.1.2 of the Municipal Code of the Town of Limon.
(3) Section 106.5.3, “Fee refunds”, is replaced as follows:
106.5.3 Fee refunds. The building official is authorized to establish a refund policy.
(4) Section 108.4, “Violation penalties”, is replaced as follows:
108.4 Violation penalties. Any person who violates a provision of this code or fails to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect, construct, alter or repair mechanical work in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of the building official, of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of this code shall be subject to penalties as described by law and upon conviction of any such violation, such person shall be punishable by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). Each day such violation is committed, or permitted to continue, shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such hereunder.
(5) Section 108.5, “Stop work orders”, is replaced as follows:
108.5 Stop work orders. Upon notice from the code official that mechanical work is being performed contrary to the provisions of this code or in a dangerous or unsafe manner, such work shall immediately cease. Such notice shall be in writing and shall be given to the owner of the property, or to the owner’s authorized agent, or to the person doing the work. The notice shall state the conditions under which work is authorized to resume. Where an emergency exists, the code official shall not be required to give a written notice prior to stopping the work. Any person who shall continue any work on the system 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 for a fine as established by the applicable governing authority.
(6) Section 903.1, “General”, is amended by adding the following sentence:
903.1 General. Factory-built fireplaces shall be listed in the EPA Certified Wood Heater Database published by the Environmental Protection Agency as currently EPA Certified under the 2020 rule.
(7) Section 903.3, “Unvented gas log heaters”, is replaced as follows:
903.3 Unvented gas log heaters. Unvented gas log heaters shall be prohibited.
(8) Section 904.1, “General”, is amended by adding the following sentence:
Pellet fuel-burning appliances shall be listed in the EPA Certified Wood Heater Database published by the Environmental Protection Agency as currently EPA Certified under the 2020 rule.
(9) Section 925.1, “General”, is amended by adding the following sentence:
Masonry heaters shall be approved by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and listed on their currently published list of Colorado Approved Masonry Heaters.
(Prior Code, § 513.11)
(Ord. 344, passed 6-6-1990; Ord. 367, passed 2-4-1993; Ord. 403, passed 8-1-1966; Ord. 411, passed 1-2-1997; Ord. 463, passed 5-3-2001; Ord. 521, passed 1-3-2008; Ord. 584, passed 10-1-2015; Ord. 638, passed 6-8-2023)