(a)
The
city council hereby adopts the 2015 edition of the International Fire
Code and the most recent version of the National Fire Prevention Association
99C Standard on Gas and Vacuum Systems (NFPA 99C), including all appendices,
except as modified or amended in this article. In the event that this
code is ever updated or revised, those changes are automatically included
and incorporated into this section once the changes are approved by
the North Central Texas Council of Governments. Copies of the code
and the amendments thereto, as referenced herein, are on file in the
office of the city secretary, for permanent record and inspection.
From the date on which this section shall take effect, the provisions
thereof shall be controlling within the corporate limits of the city.
(b)
The
city council hereby adopts the North Central Texas Council of Governments
recommended amendments to the 2015 International Fire Code, Option
B, attached to Ordinance O-04-18 as exhibit J and on file in the office
of the city secretary.
(Ordinance O-04-18 adopted 2/20/18)
Editor’s note–Sections 5.03.002 (establishment and duties of bureau of fire prevention) and 5.03.003 (definitions), which derived from secs. 5.102 and 5.103 of the 1996 Code, were repealed by Ord. O-847-07, adopted July 16, 2007.
The storage of flammable or combustible liquids in outside aboveground
tanks is prohibited within the corporate city limits.
(1996 Code, sec. 5.104)
(a)
No
bulk storage of liquefied petroleum gases shall be allowed within
the corporate city limits.
(b)
No
storage of liquid petroleum gases for resale shall be allowed within
the corporate city limits.
(c)
Only
that liquefied petroleum gas which is being consumed by the occupant
for either personal or business needs will be allowed within the corporate
city limits.
(1996 Code, sec. 5.105)
The limits referred to in table 2703.1.1(1) of the 2006 International
Fire Code, in which storage of explosives and blasting agents is limited
to certain amounts per control area, are hereby amended to disallow
all storage of explosives and blasting agents within the corporate
city limits.
(Ordinance O-847-07, sec. 3, adopted 7/16/07)
Whenever the chief disapproves an application or refuses to
grant a permit applied for, or when it is claimed that the provisions
of the fire code do not apply or that the true intent and meaning
of the code have been misconstrued or wrongly interpreted, the applicant
may appeal from the decision of the chief to the city manager within
thirty (30) days from the date of the decision appealed.
(1996 Code, sec. 5.107)
The city manager, the fire chief and the chief of the bureau
of fire prevention shall act as a committee to determine and specify,
after giving affected persons an opportunity to be heard, any new
materials, processes or occupancies for which permits are required
in addition to those now enumerated in said code. The chief of the
bureau of fire prevention shall post such list in a conspicuous place
in his office, and distribute copies thereof to interested persons.
(1996 Code, sec. 5.108)
(a)
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of the fire code or standards hereby adopted or fail to comply therewith, or who shall violate or fail to comply with any order made thereunder, or who shall build in violation of any detailed statement of specifications or plans submitted and approved thereunder, and from which no appeal has been taken, or who shall fail to comply with such an order as affirmed or modified by the city manager or by a court of competent jurisdiction, within the time fixed herein, shall severally for each and every such violation and noncompliance, respectively, be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine as provided for in the general penalty provision found in section 1.01.009 of this code, or by imprisonment for not less than three (3) days nor more than thirty (30) days or by both such fine and imprisonment. The imposition of one penalty for any violation shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue, and all such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violations or defects within a reasonable time. When not otherwise specified, each ten (10) days that prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate offense.
(b)
The
application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent the
enforced removal of the prohibited conditions.
(1996 Code, sec. 5.109)
