Sec. 13-3. Code adopted by reference.

   The 2024 Edition of the International Fire Code published by the International Code Council, with those local amendments attached as Exhibit A to Ordinance 12115, is hereby adopted and made a part hereof as if set forth at length and shall be the Fire Code of the City of Tucson.

(Ord. No. 5607, § 2, 12-13-82; Ord. No. 6029, § 1, 6-11-84; Ord. No. 6740, § 1, 7-6-87; Ord. No. 7445, § 1, 7-2-90; Ord. No. 8031, § 1, 4-26-93; Ord. No. 8609, § 1, 1-2-96; Ord. No. 9120, § 1, 9-28-98; Ord. No. 9609, § 1, 10-1-01; Ord. No. 10036, § 1, 9-7-04; Ord. No. 10437, § 1, 7-10-07; Ord. No. 11040, § 1, 12-18-12, eff. 1-1-13; Ord. No. 11393, § 1, 8-9-16, eff. 9-1-16; Ord. No. 11556, § 1, 6-5-18, eff. 7-1-18; Ord. No. 12115, § 1, 8-27-24)

   Editor's note – Exhibit A is not printed herein but is on file in the office of the city clerk and available for public inspection during regular business hours.

Sec. 13-4. Clerk to keep copies of fire code and of rules and regulations.

Three (3) copies of the fire code adopted in section 13-3, of all fee schedules adopted pursuant to section 13-12, and of any amendments to any of the above shall be filed in the office of the city clerk and made public records and shall be available for public use and inspection during regular office hours and shall be of full force and effect immediately upon such filing.

(Ord. No. 5607, § 2, 12-13-82; Ord. No. 6581, § 1, 12-8-86)

Sec. 13-5. Amendments to fire code.

The fire code adopted in section 13-3 may be amended from time to time by the mayor and council. Three (3) copies of current ordinances amending the fire code shall be kept on file in the office of the city clerk as public records and shall be available for public use and inspection during regular office hours.

(Ord. No. 5607, § 2, 12-13-82)

Sec. 13-6. Violation declared a civil infraction.

   Editor's note – Ordinance No. 11040, § 2, adopted December 18, 2012 and effective January 1, 2013, deleted section 13-6 in its entirety. Formerly, such section pertained to violation declared a civil infraction and derived from Ord. No. 5607, § 2, 12-13-82; Ord. No. 5721, § 2, 2-28-83; Ord. No. 6581, § 2, 12-8-86; Ord. No. 8958, § 4, 9-22-97; Ord. No. 9609, § 2, 10-1-01; and Ord. No. 10036, § 2, 9-7-04.

Sec. 13-7. Reserved.

   Editor's note – Section 13-7, relating to transportation of radioactive materials, derived from Ord. No. 5148, § 1, adopted December 14, 1981, and Ord. No. 5607, § 3, adopted December 13, 1982, was repealed by § 3 of Ord. No. 6581, adopted December 18, 1986. See new §§ 13-9--13-15.

Sec. 13-8. Assumption of fire prevention minimum standards jurisdiction.

The city assumes from the state fire marshal all jurisdiction to prescribe minimum standards for fire prevention throughout the territorial jurisdiction of the city, except with respect to state- or county-owned and operated buildings and public schools, wherever located therein.

(Ord. No. 6031, § 1, 6-11-84)

Sec. 13-9. Restrictions on transportation of hazardous and radioactive materials.

Hazardous materials required to be placarded under 49 C.F.R. part 172, as amended, and radioactive materials subject to regulation under 10 C.F.R. section 71.5, as amended, may not be transported within the city except on truck routes as established by section 20-15 of this Code, notwithstanding the fact that the transporting vehicle does not exceed minimum qualifying weights or sizes as set out in that section.

(Ord. No. 6581, § 4, 12-8-86)