[Ord. No. 1590 §1, 7-9-2008; Ord. No. 1683 §14, 3-9-2011; Ord. No. 1783 §1, 9-23-2014; Ord. No. 1947, 1-25-2022]
A certain document, one (1) copy of which is on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Platte City, being marked and designated as the International Fuel Gas Code, Edition 2018, including Appendix Chapters, A, B, C, D, as published by the International Code Council and is hereby adopted as the Fuel Gas Code of the City of Platte City, in the State of Missouri for regulating and governing fuel gas systems and gas-fired appliances as herein provided; providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said Fuel Gas Code on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Platte City are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this Article, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in Section 500.370 of this Article.
[Ord. No. 1590 §1, 7-9-2008; Ord. No. 1783 §1, 9-23-2014; Ord. No. 1947, 1-25-2022]
A. 
The following Sections of the International Fuel Gas Code adopted in this Article are hereby revised:
1. 
[A] 101.1 Title. Insert:
These regulations shall be known as the Fuel Gas Code of the [City of Platte City], hereinafter referred to as "this code."
2. 
[A] 106.6.1 Work commencing before permit issuance. Amend:
Any person who commences any work on an installation before obtaining the necessary permits shall be subject to a fee [double] the required permit fee.
3. 
[A] 106.6.2 Fee schedule. Amend:
The fees for work shall be as indicated in the following fee schedule established in Section 500.510 of the Platte City Municipal Code.
4. 
[A] 106.6.3 Fee refunds. Amend:
The Code Official shall authorize The Code Official shall authorize the refunding of fees if deemed erroneously paid or collected.
5. 
[A] 108.4 Violation penalties. Deleted and replaced:
Replaced with Platte City Municipal Code Section 500.400.
6. 
[A] 108.5 Stop work orders. Amend:
Upon notice from the Code Official that work is being done contrary to the provisions of this code or in a dangerous or unsafe manner, such work shall immediately cease. Such notice shall be in writing and shall be given to the owner of the property, the owner's authorized agent, or the person doing the work. The notice shall state the conditions under which work is authorized to resume.
Where an emergency exists, the Code Official shall not be required to give a written notice prior to stopping the work. Any person who shall continue any work on the system after having been served with a stop work order, except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable as provided in Section 500.400 of the City of Platte City Code of Ordinances.
7. 
Deleted code Sections. The following code Sections of the 2012 International Fuel Gas Code have been omitted and not hereby incorporated:
[A] 109.2 Membership of board.
[A] 109.2.1 Qualifications.
[A] 109.2.2 Alternate members.
[A] 109.2.3 Chairman.
[A] 109.2.4 Disqualification of member.
[A] 109.2.5 Secretary.
[A] 109.2.6 Compensation of members.
[A] 109.3 Notice of meeting.
[A] 109.4 Open hearing.
[A] 109.4.1 Procedure.
[A] 109.5 Postponed hearing.
[A] 109.6 Board decision.
[A] 109.6.1 Resolution.
[A] 109.6.2 Administration.
[A] 109.7 Court review.
[Ord. No. 1590 §1, 7-9-2008; Ord. No. 1783 §1, 9-23-2014; Ord. No. 1947, 1-25-2022]
Nothing in this Article or in the International Fuel Gas 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 Section 500.380 of this Article; nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this Article.
[Ord. No. 1590 §1, 7-9-2008; Ord. No. 1783 §1, 9-23-2014; Ord. No. 1947, 1-25-2022]
Any person who shall violate a provision of the code adopted in this Article or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect, construct, alter or repair a building or structure in violation of an approved plan of or directive of the Code Official, or of a permit or certificate issued under the provision of this code, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine as follows: for municipal ordinance violations committed within a twelve-month period beginning with the first violation: two hundred dollars ($200.00) for the first municipal ordinance violation, two hundred seventy-five dollars ($275.00) for the second municipal ordinance violation, three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00) for the third municipal ordinance violation, and four hundred fifty dollars ($450.00) for the fourth and any subsequent municipal ordinance violations; Each day that a violation continues after due notice has been served shall be deemed a separate offense.