(A) The following standard fire and life safety codes are adopted for the purpose of prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property from fire or explosion, the International Fire Code, 2018 Edition, including Appendix Chapters A - K, as published by the International Code Council, be and is hereby adopted as the Fire Code of the city (all collectively the “Fire Prevention Code”).
(B) Provided, the most restrictive of regulations will be used when there is conflict between the Fire Prevention Code and other codes adopted by the city. Not less that one copy of the Fire Prevention Code referred to above shall be and remain on file in the office of the City Clerk; and the contents, to the extent adopted, are incorporated in and made a part of this article by reference. Any reference to a standard code is hereinafter referred to as the Fire Prevention Code.
(C) The following sections shall read:
(1) Section 101.1. Insert: City of Scottsbluff.
(2) Section 102.7. The codes and standards referenced in this code shall be those that are listed in Chapter 80, and such codes and standards shall be considered to be part of the requirements of this code to the prescribed extent of each such reference and as further regulated in Sections 102.7.1 and 102.7.2 except that the referenced International Code Council (ICC), other than the International Mechanical Code or the International Plumbing Code, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), and International Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Association (IKECA) codes shall be adopted in their full text.
(3) Section 110.4. Insert: Class II Violation, $250.00, N/A.
(4) Section 112.4. Insert: none, $250.00.
(5) Section 109.1 Add: The appeal shall be made in a writing which shall state the decision appealed and the alleged grounds of error, and shall be filed with the City Clerk within thirty (30) days after the date of the decision appealed.
(6) Section 903.2.8 Add: Exception 1: Except in one- and two-family dwellings.
(7) Section 5601.1.3. Add: Exception 5. Fireworks sold, possessed, or discharged in accordance with City Codes 8-1-29 through 8-1-36.
(D) The geographic limits referenced in the following sections of the 2018 International Fire Code shall mean the fire limits as defined in Chapter 4: 5704.2.9.6.1, 5706.2.4.4, 5806.2, and 6104.2.
(Ord. 4231, passed 6-18-2018; Ord. 4255, passed 1-19-2021)