[Ord. No. 12-18-00-11, § 1, 12-18-2000; Code 2005 § 42-31; amended at adoption]
There is hereby adopted the International Fire Code, 2015 Edition, and subsequent editions thereto, including Appendixes B, C, E, F and G as published by the International Code Council, as the code of the City for regulating and governing the safeguarding of life and property from fire and explosive hazards arising from the storage, handling and use of hazardous substances, materials and devises, and from conditions hazardous to life or property in the occupancy of buildings and premises and providing for the issuance of permits for hazardous uses or operations; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, conditions and terms of such International Fire Code, one copy of which is on file with the City Clerk, are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof as if fully set out in this section, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in § 10-10.
[Ord. No. 12-18-00-11, § 2, 12-18-2000; Ord. No. 12-15-14-08, § 1, 12-15-2014; Code 2005 § 42-32; amended at adoption]
The International Fire Code, 2000 edition, is hereby revised and amended as follows:
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Section 101.1. Insert: "City of Cushing" in place of "[NAME OF JURISDICTION]."
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Section 108. Amend to provide:
Section 108. Means of appeal.
Section 108.1 Application for appeal. Any person shall have the right to appeal orders, decisions or determinations of the code official to the City Manager. An application for appeal shall be based on a claim that the true intent of this code or the rules legally adopted thereunder have been incorrectly applied or interpreted. The application shall be filed on a form obtained from the code official within 20 days after the order, decision or determination was served.
Section 108.2 Limitations or authority. An application for appeal shall be based on a claim that the intent of this code or the rules legally adopted thereunder have been incorrectly interpreted, the provisions of this code do not fully apply, or an equivalent method of protection or safety is proposed. The City Manager shall have no authority to waive requirements of this code.
Section 108.3 Notice of meeting. The appeal shall be heard, upon notice from the City Manager, within 10 days of the filing of an appeal.
Section 108.4 Open hearing. All hearings shall be open to the public. The appellant, the appellant's representative, the code official and any person whose interests are affected shall be given an opportunity to be heard.
Section 108.5 Procedure. The procedures shall not require compliance with strict rules of evidence, but shall mandate that only relevant information be received.
Section 108.6 Postponed hearing. Either the appellant or the appellant's representative shall have the right to request a postponement of the hearing.
Section 108.7 City Manager's decision. The City Manager shall affirm, modify or reverse the decision of the code official.
Section 108.8 Written decision. The decision of the City Manager shall be in writing. Certified copies shall be furnished to the appellant and to the code official.
Section 108.9 Administration. The code official shall take immediate action in accordance with the decision of the City Manager.
Section 108.10 Court review. Any person, whether or not a previous party of the appeal, shall have the right to apply to the appropriate court for a writ of certiorari to correct errors of law. Application for review shall be made in the manner and time required by law following the filing of the decision in the office of the City Clerk.
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Section 109.3. Amend to provide:
Violations, penalties. Any person who violates a provision of this code or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who erects, constructs, installs, alters, repairs or does work in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of the official, or of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of this code, shall be guilty of an offense, punishable in accordance with § 1-8 of the Cushing City Code. Each day that a violation continues after due notice has been served shall be deemed a separate offense.
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Section 111.4. Amend to provide:
Failure to comply. Any person who shall continue any work 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 liable to a fine of not less than $75 or more than the maximum fine provided in § 1-8 of the Cushing City Code.
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Section 506.1. Amend to provide:
When required. All commercial buildings, churches and schools where access to or within a structure or an area is restricted because of secured openings or whether immediate access is necessary for lifesaving or firefighting purposes, the code official is authorized to require a key box to be installed in an accessible location. The key box shall be of an approved type and shall contain keys to gain access as required by the code official.
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Section 506.1.1. Locks. The key lock box shall be located at or near the main entrance to the building or property. It shall be mounted at a height of six feet above final grade, or as designated by the chief of the fire department.
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Section 3204.3.1.1. Amend the second paragraph to provide:
Storage of flammable cryogenic fluids in stationary containers outside of buildings is prohibited within 25 feet from all buildings and no container over 25 gallons allowed in City limits. Exception: Liquid oxygen used in medical facilities.
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Section 3404.2.9.5.2. Amend the first paragraph to provide:
Separation between adjacent stable or unstable liquid tanks. The separation between tanks containing stable liquids shall be in accordance with NFPA 30: Table 2-7. Where tanks are in a diked area containing Class I or II liquids, or in the drainage path of Class I or II liquids, and are compacted in three or more rows or in an irregular pattern, the separation shall be 100 feet from all buildings, 300 feet from schools and churches, and must be diked with fire protection system.
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Section 3406.2.4.4. Amend to provide:
Locations where aboveground tanks are prohibited. The storage of Class I and II liquids in aboveground tanks is prohibited within 100 feet from all buildings, 300 feet from schools and churches, and must be diked with fire protection system.
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Section 6104.2. Amend the first paragraph to provide:
Maximum capacity within established limits. Within the limits established by law in the adopting ordinance restricting the storage of liquefied petroleum gas for the protection of heavily populated or congested areas, the aggregate capacity of any one installation shall not exceed a water capacity of 10 gallons.
Exceptions:
1.
In particular installations, this capacity limit shall be determined by the fire code official, after consideration of special features such as topographical conditions, nature of occupancy, and proximity to buildings and/or residential areas, capacity of proposed LP-gas containers, degree of fire protection to be provided and capabilities of the local fire department.
2.
Commercial Cylinder Exchange shall be allowed a maximum aggregate water capacity of 120 gallons. Commercial Cylinder Exchange shall not be permitted in residential (R1, R2, R3), C1 office district or C5 Central business zones.
3.
LP-gas dispensing for public resale shall be allowed a maximum aggregate water capacity of 500 gallons. LP-gas dispensing shall only be permitted in Industrial and C4 zones. LP-gas dispensing shall be prohibited within 500 feet from schools, churches, residential zones and potentially heavily populated areas.
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Section 105.6.28 Permitting. Any person installing a liquefied petroleum gas system within the City shall, prior to construction, provide the fire code official with a site plan for review. Construction shall not begin until permitted by the fire department.