[Adopted 3-9-1999 by the ATM, Art. 38[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: Article 38 of the 3-9-1999 ATM also repealed former Art. II, Minimum Requirements, adopted 11-28-1989 by Ord. No. O89-21.
A. 
This article establishes the minimum regulations governing the safeguarding of life and property from the hazards of fire and explosions arising from the storage, handling and use of hazardous substances, materials and devices, and from conditions hazardous to life or property in the use or occupancy of buildings or premises.
B. 
These regulations shall be known as the "Fire Prevention Code."
[Amended 3-9-2004]
A certain document, one copy of which is on file in the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Hudson, being marked and designated as "The NFPA Fire Prevention Code, 2000 edition," as published by the National Fire Protection Association, is hereby adopted as part of the Fire Prevention Code of the Town of Hudson, in the State of New Hampshire. The NFPA Fire Prevention Code, 2000 edition, is adopted in its entirety with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in § 210-2.4 of this article.
Article II of Chapter 210, entitled "Minimum Requirements," adopted on November 28, 1989, as Ord. No. O89-21, is hereby repealed.
[Amended 3-9-2004]
The NFPA 1 Fire Prevention Code, 2000 Edition, is amended as follows:
A. 
The following sections of NFPA 1 Fire Prevention Code, 2000 edition, shall be excluded from adoption:
(1) 
Section 1-8 Board of Appeals.
(2) 
Section 1-17 Certificates of Fitness.
(3) 
Section 16-1 Fireworks Displays.
(4) 
Section 16-4 Fireworks Manufacturing.
(5) 
Section 16-8 Explosives.
[Amended 3-9-2004]
The limits referred to in NFPA 495, Explosives Materials Code, 1996 edition, in which the storage of explosives, ammunition and blasting agents are prohibited are established as the legal and recorded geographical boundaries of the Town of Hudson, New Hampshire.
Nothing in this article or in the Fire Prevention Code hereby adopted shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding impending in any court or any rights acquired or liability incurred or any cause or causes of action acquired or existing under any act or ordinance hereby repealed as cited in § 210-2.3 of this article; nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this article.