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EDITOR'S NOTE: Chapter 1610, previously titled A.I.A. Fire Prevention Code, was repealed in its entirety and re-enacted by Ordinance 1073, passed January 28, 1986.
1610.01 1997 edition adopted; amendments and supplements.
1610.02 Enforcement.
1610.03 Jurisdiction.
1610.04 Storage limits for flammable or combustible liquids.
1610.05 Storage limits for liquefied petroleum gas.
1610.06 Storage limits for explosives and blasting agents.
1610.07 Modifications.
1610.08 Appeals.
1610.09 Effect on pending litigation.
1610.10 Conflict of laws.
1610.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
Fire protection for annexed territory - see R.S.N. § 16-120
Fire prevention regulations - see R.S.N. § 16-222
Adoption and enforcement of fire codes - see R.S.N. § 35-508
Duties of Fire Chief re fire prevention - see ADM. 242.07
Driving over fire hose; traffic regulations at fires - see TRAF. 430.03
False fire alarms - see GEN. OFF. 648.07
Open fires - see GEN. OFF. 660.03
Homemade stoves - see GEN. OFF. 660.04
Fires on pavement or near curbs - see S.U. & P.S. 1032.07
Fires at landfill areas - see S.U. & P.S. 1060.04
Burning during demolition work - see B. & H. 1431.07
Notification of City Inspector when wiring damaged by fire - see B. & H. 1466.04
Gas appliances and piping - see B. & H. Ch. 1484
(a) Those certain documents, one copy of each of which is on file in the office of the Clerk-Treasurer, being marked and designated as the Uniform Fire Code, 1997 edition, including Part IX Appendices, and the Uniform Fire Code Standards, 1997 edition, published by the International Fire Code Institute, are hereby adopted by and for the City for the purpose of prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property from fire, hazardous materials or explosion within the corporate limits of the City, and in the unincorporated area two miles beyond and adjacent to its corporate boundaries, and providing for the issuance of permits and the collection of fees therefor. Each and all of the regulations, provisions, conditions and terms of such Uniform Fire Code and Uniform Fire Code Standards are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part of this chapter as if fully set out in this chapter, save and except such portions thereof as may be hereinafter amended or deleted.
(b) Subsequently published amendments or supplements to the Uniform Fire Code, including the Appendices, and the Uniform Fire Code Standards, as adopted in subsection (a) hereof, or revisions of the same, are hereby adopted and the provisions thereof shall be controlling in the City without further action of Council, provided, however, that the copy of such Code and Standards on file in the office of the Clerk-Treasurer shall be kept current by the integration of all such amendments, supplements or revisions.
(Ord. 1382. Passed 3-10-98.)
The Uniform Fire Code shall be enforced by the City Inspector and by the Fire Prevention Bureau in the Fire Division of the City, which Bureau is established in Section 242.06 of Part Two - the Administration Code, and which Bureau shall be operated under the supervision of the Chief of the Fire Division.
(Ord. 1073. Passed 1-28-86.)
As used in the Uniform Fire Code, as adopted in Section 1610.01, "jurisdiction" means the City and "jurisdictional area" means the corporate limits of the City and the unincorporated area two miles beyond and adjacent to the corporate boundaries.
(Ord. 1073. Passed 1-28-86.)
The limits referred to in Sections 7902.2.2.1 and 7904.2.5.4.2 of the Uniform Fire Code, 1997 edition, in which the storage of flammable or combustible liquids is restricted, are hereby established as follows:
The entire jurisdictional area, except for the areas zoned M-1 Light Manufacturing and Industrial, M-1(s) Light Manufacturing and Industrial Park and M-2 Heavy Manufacturing and Industrial.
(Ord. 1382. Passed 3-10-98.)
The limits referred to in Section 8204.2 of the Uniform Fire Code, 1997 edition, in which the storage of liquefied petroleum gas is restricted, are hereby established as follows:
The entire jurisdictional area, except for the areas zoned M-1 Light Manufactured and Industrial, M-1(s) Light Manufacturing and Industrial Park and M-2 Heavy Manufacturing and Industrial.
(Ord. 1382. Passed 3-10-98.)
The limits referred to in Section 7701.7.2 of the Uniform Fire Code, 1997 edition, in which the storage of explosives and blasting agents is restricted, are hereby established as follows:
The entire jurisdictional area, unless approval is granted by Council.
(Ord. 1382. Passed 3-10-98.)
The City Manager or his or her authorized representative may modify any provision of the Uniform Fire Code, as adopted in Section 1610.01, upon application, in writing, by the owner or lessee, or his or her duly authorized agent, when there are practical difficulties in the way of carrying out the strict letter of the Code, provided that the spirit of the Code shall be observed, public safety secured and substantial justice done. The particulars of such modification, when granted or allowed, and the decisions thereon of the City Manager or his or her authorized representative, shall be entered upon the records of the Fire Division, and a signed copy shall be furnished to the applicant.
(Ord. 1073. Passed 1-28-86.)
Whenever the Fire Chief, the City Inspector or the City Manager disapproves an application or refuses to grant a permit applied for, or whenever it is claimed that the provisions of the Uniform Fire Code do not apply or that the true intent and meaning of the Code have been misconstrued or wrongly interpreted, the applicant may appeal from the decision to Council, which shall constitute the Board of Appeals provided for in the Code, within thirty days from the date of the decision appealed.
(Ord. 1073. Passed 1-28-86.)
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