(a) 
The city council adopts the International Fire Code, 2021 edition, as published by the International Code Council and its appendices. Specifically, NFPA 4.09, as it relates only to aviation and airports, supersedes the NCTCOG Regional Amendments below and is hereby adopted, a copy of which is located on the city building department website.
(b) 
The city council adopts the NCTCOG 2021 regional amendments option B to the International Fire Code, 2021 edition, a copy of which is located on the North Central Texas Council of Governments website.
(Ordinance 21-25, sec. 11, adopted 4/20/21; Ordinance 23-76 adopted 10/17/2023)
(a) 
The term “jurisdiction” as used in the International Fire Code shall refer to the corporate city limits of the city.
(b) 
The term “chief of the bureau of fire prevention” shall refer to the fire inspector.
(c) 
All references to the “chief” or “his authorized representative” in the International Fire Code when used in reference to the enforcement of this code shall refer to the fire inspector.
(Ordinance 13-583, sec. 2, adopted 10/15/13; Ordinance 19-51 adopted 9/3/19)
(a) 
The city’s fire code shall be enforced by the fire inspector’s office of the city, which is hereby established and which shall be operated under the supervision of the city manager or his/her designee. The fire inspector shall report to the city manager or his/her designee.
(b) 
The fire inspector shall be in charge of the fire inspector’s office and shall be appointed by the city manager or his/her designee.
(c) 
The fire inspector shall recommend to the city manager or his/her designee any changes or amendments to the fire code which, in his judgment, shall be desirable.
(Ordinance 15-51 adopted 12/1/15)
It shall be unlawful for any person to possess, store, offer for sale, expose for sale, sell at retail, use or explode any fireworks within the corporate city limits of the city or within five thousand feet (5,000') of the city limits.
(Ordinance 13-583, sec. 2, adopted 10/15/13)
The storage of flammable or combustible liquids in outside aboveground tanks is prohibited in all areas within the corporate city limits except for those areas zoned industrial and then only on sites specifically approved by the fire inspector.
(Ordinance 13-583, sec. 2, adopted 10/15/13)
The storage of liquefied petroleum gas in the corporate city limits of the city shall be limited and restricted in conformity with the provisions of the International Fire Code and the city’s comprehensive zoning ordinance.
(Ordinance 13-583, sec. 2, adopted 10/15/13)
The storage of explosives and blasting agents in the corporate city limits of the city shall be limited and restricted in conformity with the provisions of the International Fire Code and the city’s comprehensive zoning ordinance.
(Ordinance 13-583, sec. 2, adopted 10/15/13)
(a) 
The city adopts the NCTCOG Regional Amendments “option B,” to the adopted fire code, as maintained on file in the city secretary’s office.
(b) 
For the purpose of this chapter, the duties of the board of appeals in section 108 of the International Fire Code shall be delegated to the city’s building standards, plumbing, adjustments and appeals board, which board shall have the authority set out in article 3.03 of this code.
(Ordinance 13-583, sec. 2, adopted 10/15/13)
The city council reserves the authority to modify the city fire code.
(1991 Code, sec. 5.108)