[Ord. No. 89-12 §1, 2-1-1989; Ord. No. 95-07 §§1 — 2, 2-15-1995; Ord. No. 97-82 §§1 — 2, 11-19-1997; Ord. No. 98-71 §§1 — 2, 10-21-1998; Ord. No. 99-11 §§1 — 2, 2-17-1999; Ord. No. 00-74 §§1 — 2, 10-18-2000; Ord. No. 01-42 §2, 7-18-2001; Ord. No. 03-71 §§1
— 2, 12-3-2003; Ord. No. 04-21 §§1 — 2, 4-7-2004; Ord. No. 06-35 §1, 7-5-2006]
The following St. Louis County Codes, as amended, by the County
of St. Louis, Missouri, through the date of the last amendatory ordinances
hereinafter shown are hereby adopted as the respective codes of the
City of Bridgeton, Missouri, as if fully set out herein:
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Code Title
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Date of County Approval
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County Ord. No.
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2003 International Building Code
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May 18, 2005
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22,314*
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2003 International Residential Code
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N/A
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N/A
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2005 The National Electrical Code
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November 29, 2005
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22,556
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2003 International Mechanical Code
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May 18, 2005
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22,313*
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2003 The Uniform Plumbing Code
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June 1, 2005
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22,338
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Explosives
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November 12, 1997
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18,693
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* As it pertains to elevators/conveyors/fire suppressions.
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[Ord. No. 89-13 §1, 2-1-1989; Ord. No. 95-10 §1, 3-1-1995; Ord.
No. 06-35 §1, 7-5-2006]
A.
Scope of Services. County shall provide municipality Code
enforcement services in the following areas:
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1)
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Amusement rides
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4)
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Explosives
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7)
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Fire suppression system
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2)
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Electrical
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5)
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Mechanical/periodic inspection of equipment
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3)
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Elevators/conveyors
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6)
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Plumbing (new or altered)
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B.
Term of Agreement. This agreement shall commence on the first (1st) day of February, 1989, and shall continue in effect from year to year unless terminated as provided in Subsection (I) herein.
C.
Permits, Inspections, Licensing and Approval of Plans.
1.
Permits. County through its Department of Public Works shall issue all permits required by the code(s) as set forth in Subsection (A) herein.
2.
Inspections. County through its Department of Public Works shall execute all inspections required by the code(s) as set forth in Subsection (A) herein.
D.
Restrictive Provisions. If municipality has adopted provisions applicable to the services as set forth in Subsection (A) herein, said provisions being more restrictive than those contained in County's code(s), municipality shall approve all plans prior to submission to County's Department of Public Works for issuance of permits.
E.
Regulatory Ordinances. Municipality shall approve all plans
for compliance with zoning or other regulatory ordinances prior to
submission to County's Department of Public Works.
F.
Enforcement. County shall not take any action, either at
law or in equity, to enforce the provisions of municipality's ordinance(s)
as the same shall apply hereto. County shall notify municipality of
any known violations of municipality's ordinance(s).
G.
Fees. All fees including, but not limited to, "No Permit"
penalties and administrative penalties shall be paid to County in
accordance with the appropriate County ordinances and shall be collected
and retained by County as payment for their services rendered to municipality.
Municipality shall collect and retain all fines and costs arising
from municipality's prosecution of code violations.
H.
Amendments to County Code.
1.
Amendments. In the event County shall add to, delete or amend Sections of the code(s) as set forth in Subsection (A) herein, municipality shall amend its ordinance to make it identical in substance to County's amended code. County shall supply municipality with a copy of its proposed amendment prior to its effective date and municipality shall amend its ordinance within ninety (90) days of the effective date of said County amendment. In the event County shall fail to provide a copy of its proposed amendment as provided above, municipality shall have ninety (90) days to amend its ordinance after receipt of a copy of County's amendments.
2.
Certified copy. Municipality shall supply County with a
certified copy of all amendments to its ordinance within five (5)
days of said amendments' effective dates.
I.
Termination.
1.
Failure to amend. In the event municipality shall fail to amend its ordinances as provided in Subsection H(1) herein, this agreement shall be terminated.
2.
Termination for convenience. Either County or municipality
may terminate this agreement at any time by giving ninety (90) days'
prior written notice to the other party.
[Ord. No. 95-15 §1, 3-1-1995; Ord. No. 06-35 §1, 7-5-2006]
A.
For the
purposes of this Section, the terms "Code Official" or "Electrical Official" used in the Electrical
Code of St. Louis County as adopted by the City of Bridgeton by Ordinance
No. 06-35 shall mean the Director of Public Works/City Engineer of
the City of Bridgeton or his duly authorized delegate or the St. Louis
County Code Official or Electrical Official performing services under
such code pursuant to a contract between Bridgeton and St. Louis County
for code enforcement services.
B.
The following
sentence is hereby added to Section 80-21(B) of the said Electrical
Code: "When, in the opinion of the Code Official, there is imminent
danger due to an unsafe condition of any electrical equipment, installation
or system, the Code Official may cause the necessary work, herein
called "emergency repairs" or "emergency
work", to be done to render such condition safe, whether
or not the legal procedure herein described has been instituted.
C.
The following
sentence is hereby added to Section 80-21(D) of the said Electrical
Code: "Any emergency work may be done by negotiated contract without
seeking competitive bids under the Bridgeton Purchasing Ordinance."
D.
A new
Section 80-21(G) is added to Section 80-21 of said Electrical Code
reading in its entirety as follows:
(G) Costs, Tax Bills and Lien. If the Code
Official causes emergency work to be done, the Code Official shall
certify to the City Clerk or officer in charge of finance the cost
of performance of such emergency work, which cost of performance shall
include the amount of any attorneys' fees incurred by the City in
connection with the enforcement of the provisions of this Section
and the cost of administration of the enforcement of this Section
with respect to such emergency work. The City Clerk or officer in
charge of finance shall cause special tax bills or assessments for
such costs or performance to be issued against the real property on
which said emergency work was done to be prepared and collected by
the City Collector or other official collection taxes. There shall
be a separate tax bill or assessment for the costs of the emergency
work and a separate tax bill for the amount of the attorneys' fees,
hearing officers' fees, hearing costs and expenses, and other administrative
costs of performance. At the request of the taxpayer, the tax bills
may be paid in equal installments over a period of not more than three
(3) years. The tax bills from the date of their issuance shall be
a lien on the property until paid. The amount of each such special
tax bill or assessment shall bear interest from the date of its issuance
at the highest rate allowed by law.
